Jan 17 2025
Hello, readers! January is always such a weird month, feeling at once packed with activity and strangely prolonged. Depending on how many recent releases I can spotlight here, I might have to do three round-up columns this month, starting with this one! Late last year, I was sent a delightful gift bundle featuring Ramsey Campbell’s …
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Dec 31 2024
Hello, readers! I decided to keep my final 2024 recap of books on my TBR pile for the very last day of the year instead of trying to shoehorn it into last Friday’s slot. Mostly, I needed the time off from writing and publishing. It has been a very busy year filled with a tremendous …
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Dec 13 2024
Happy December, readers! This is our only December pre-Christmas book roundup this year, so hopefully you’ll find some amazing reads in this list to gift to your nearest and dearest (which definitely includes yourself!) First up, we have the latest book from one of my favorite lawyers turned crime writers, Marcia Clark. Her non-fiction tome …
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Nov 29 2024
Three, three fortnightly roundups for the month of November, ah-ah-ah! (That last bit was meant to be laughed a la Sesame Street’s The Count.) And what a coincidence, today’s post falls on Black Friday too! Let’s take a look at some of the delicious books I haven’t yet had a chance to get to reading …
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Nov 15 2024
It has been one of those fortnights where time ceases to have meaning, dear readers. I can scarcely believe that it’s the middle of November already. And even at the rate of covering one book almost every work day, I’m still working my way through October, woof. It’s actually an October title that leads this …
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Nov 01 2024
Happy November, friends! I’ve been so overwhelmed with work that I had to take yesterday off from posting, though Halloween always feels like a good reason to work less and celebrate more. While I originally thought that I’d just be reading last night between bouts of handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, I ended up sharing …
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Oct 18 2024
Time flies, dear friends! Halloween will soon be upon us, so let’s check out some of the best spooky season reading, as well as some excellent counterprogramming should you be in the mood for a break from the cold, dark and scary. Into that first category goes Joelle Wellington’s sophomore effort, The Blonde Dies First, …
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Oct 04 2024
It’s October already, friends, and we have a mountain of excellent reads to dive into. First up is a book from bestselling author Richard Osman, he of Thursday Murder Club fame! He’s such a hot commodity amongst mystery aficionados that I keep getting beaten by other reviewers to claiming his books over at Criminal Element, …
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Sep 20 2024
Had a mini panic attack when I thought we were in October already: reading all the spooky stories currently rolling out will definitely do that to a reviewer! But here we are considering the middle to late part of September and all the intriguing books that I haven’t quite had the time to get to …
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Sep 06 2024
A surprisingly short round-up column to start off September, likely due to the fact that I think I actually have a better than decent shot at reading all the other books I’ve yet to talk about here! First up, we have An Honorable Assassin by Steve Hamilton. This third book in the Nick Mason series …
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