Monthly Archives: March 2017

A Confidential Agreement by Rita Ann Ryan – 2016

Posted on March 31, 2017 by alysonebaker

Woohoo this is great: Interesting characters, complex plotting, multiple storylines – and hints at future volumes!  Frida Delaney has come home to her family’s small Kawa Bay home for her mother’s funeral.  She is haunted by a traumatic past and … Continue reading →

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Overcast Sunday by Christodoulos Moisa – 2016

Posted on March 25, 2017 by alysonebaker

Well I was hoping there was going to be a good murder mystery in here somewhere – buried beneath at least two history books, one books of Greek philosophy and a small collection of extremely offensive Greek proverbs.  Moisa tells … Continue reading →

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Psychobyte by Cat Connor – 2016

Posted on March 23, 2017 by alysonebaker

Readers of mysteries, thrillers, chick lit, paranormal fiction, police procedurals and the macabre will all find something to like about Psychobyte! It is the eighth in the …byte series, featuring FBI Agent Ellie Conway.  I found much to really like … Continue reading →

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Skin of Tattoos by Christina Hoag – 2016

Posted on March 18, 2017 by alysonebaker

When I first started reading this book, I was thinking there are only so many stories you can tell – and that this was the one about the guy that gets out of prison, wants to go straight, can’t due … Continue reading →

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Snark / David Elliot after Lewis Carroll – 2016

Posted on March 5, 2017 by alysonebaker

Warning: Not for the faint-hearted!  Snark: being a true history of the expedition that discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock … and its tragic aftermath is the delightful filling out of Lewis Carroll’s poems The Hunting of the Snark (an … Continue reading →

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Dead Lemons by Finn Bell – 2016

Posted on March 4, 2017 by alysonebaker

Novels can get your adrenaline pumping, engage your head or your heart, or take you to other worlds.  Dead Lemons to a degree does all four of these.  The narrator is a paraplegic and we first meet him hanging upside … Continue reading →

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