August Heat (2005) Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Satarelli
It’s August, and it’s hot, and Inspector Montalbano is unhappy not only because of the heat, but because Liva made Salvo find a house from her friends to rent during their vacation.
Unfortunately, the house turns out to be far more trouble than Inspector Montalbno expected
Montalbano continues [...] Read more »
One Foot in the Grave (2008) Jeanine Frost
It’s been four years since Cat walked away from Bones–four years that she’s been working for a special group in the FBI to deal with the undead. But her past is now coming back to haunt her–not just the fact that she still loves Bones, but also the [...] Read more »
Deathwish (2009) Rob Thurman
This book too me far longer than I expected to finish.
I started reading, and then decided it felt like the final book in the series, and that was followed by the thought, “this can’t end well,” (after all, consider the name of the book) so as much as I desperately wanted to [...] Read more »
Promises to Keep (2007) Charles de Lint
Charles de Lint said he wasn’t going to write about Jilly any longer–he’d already done plenty to her in The Onion Girl, and resolved things for her in Widdershins, but in Promises to Keep we get to go back to Jilly’s past. Not the terrible past, but the time [...] Read more »
Halfway to the Grave (2007) Jeanine Frost
Cat is half-vampire, and since her mother has told her of her history, has dedicated her life to killing every vampire she can find. Her heritage gives her heightened senses and strength beyond that of a normal human, but her hunt is surprised one night when she meets a [...] Read more »
Kitty Raises Hell (2009) Carrie Vaughn
WAH! Now I have to wait a whole year for the next Kitty book!
Picking up where we left off at the end of Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand, Kitty is back in Denver, and being haunted (quite literally) by the events that occurred in Vegas. Someone burned the name [...] Read more »
Spiral Hunt (2009) Margaret Ronald
Apparently John Scalzi has created a devious plot to separate me from my money. He’s calling it “The Big Idea” and has authors talk about their recent works. The last book to catch my attention was Margaret Ronald’s Spiral Hunt. Since ordering that I’ve been all but avoiding his site before [...] Read more »
Some Danger Involved (2004) Will Thomas
Thomas Llewelyn is at the end of his rope. He’s spent time in prison, his wife is dead, and he cannot find a job–all but a death sentence in Victorian London. So he eventually applies for the position as assistant to the private inquiry agent Cyrus Barker. After only a [...] Read more »
Suffer the Little Children (2007) Donna Leon
Brunetti is called to the hospital for an assault case, where it turns out that a citizen of Venice has been injured, only the assault isn’t what he was expecting, and draws Brunetti into a case of illegal adoptions.
I’d been saving Suffer the Little Children for months, since it’s [...] Read more »
Death of a Dutchman (1982) Magdalen Nabb
Marshal Guarnaccia decides to to stop and check on Signora Giusti while doing his rounds with the hotels. Signora Giusti is an old woman who constantly calls to make complaints. Her complaints are always groundless, but they check on her anyway, because they recognize that she is a lonely [...] Read more »
The Stepsister Scheme (2009) Jim C. Hines
As you may or may not know, I love folk tales and fairy tales. I also love things derived from folk and fairy tales, which is why I love Fables, and Sandman, and Hellboy. Authors who work myth and characters from folklore into their works.
So when John Scalzi had [...] Read more »
