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Of Vengeance by J.D. Kurtness

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

"A chilling justification of a life of violence, as nonchalant as it is grim." My take? What a weird little book...

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Ragdoll by Daniel Cole

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Jeff Grim / 0 Comment

One body. Six victims. William Fawkes, a controversial detective known as The Wolf, has just been reinstated to his post after months of psychological assessmen...

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The Dispatcher by John Scalzi

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

An entertaining and well done novella. Scalzi/Quinto drop you into the story and keep you interested from the start. It has an interesting hook and some well do...

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The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

A slow moving, but creative, mix of history, espionage and confidence games. It does take a while to build momentum and the ending felt odd. Still, the multi-la...

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The Land of Dreams by Vidar Sundstol

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

Those interested in Scandanavia crime novels and/or the Great Lakes Region will surely want to check this one out (unless you can read Norwegian and have alread...

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The Land of Dreams by Vidar Sundstol

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

Those interested in Scandanavia crime novels and/or the Great Lakes Region will surely want to check this one out (unless you can read Norwegian and have alread...

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