Category: Books

Title: Cassie Scot: Paranormal Detective (Cassie Scot #1) Author: Christine Amsden Category: Paranormal Mystery Published: May 15, 2013 by Twilight Times Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | Book Depository Cassie Scot is the ungifted daughter of powerful sorcerers, born between worlds but belonging to neither. At 21, all she wants is to find a place for herself, but earning a living as a private investigator in the shadow of her family’s reputation isn’t easy. When she is pulled into a paranormal investigation, and tempted by a powerful and handsome sorcerer, she will have to decide where she truly belongs.   Cassie Scot is a good mystery with a paranormal twist, but to be honest Cassie herself is what sold me on the book. Setting: Eagle Rock is an interesting town full of regular folks and magical folks. The magic is not in the open but it's kind of one of those known secrets. People suspect and respect the magical families but never actually accuse...

Title: The Baker Street Letters (Baker Street Letters #1) Author: Michael Robertson Reader: Simon Vance Category: Mystery Audio published: May 29, 2009 by Blackstone Audio Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | Book Depository In Los Angeles, a geological surveyor maps out a proposed subway route--and then goes missing. His eight-year-old daughter, in her desperation, turns to the one person she thinks might help--she writes a letter to Sherlock Holmes. That letter creates an uproar at 221b Baker Street, which now houses the law offices of attorney and man about town Reggie Heath and his hapless brother, Nigel. Instead of filing the letter like he’s supposed to, Nigel decides to investigate. Soon he’s flying off to Los Angeles, inconsiderately leaving a very dead body on the floor in his office. Big brother Reggie follows Nigel to California, as does Reggie’s sometime lover, Laura---a quick-witted stage actress who’s captured the hearts of both brothers. When Nigel is arrested, Reggie must use all his wits to solve a case that Sherlock...

I'm starting Missing Barbados by Willem Pain sometime today, so I'd thought I'd share the first bit of Chapter 1. Susan Berg passed by the ninth floor like bird poop falling out of the crystal blue Miami sky. At 32 feet per second, most would think that the building would be moving by very quickly. Funny how the mind works in an unusual circumstance like this, she thought. It all actually slows down, almost to a snail's crawl, perhaps because your body and mind have entered some sort of shock. Robert Merchant looked the same way as he seemed to float on a downward descent next to Susan, his eyes as big as saucers, his moth agape like a dry-bed guppy gasping for air. How was she to know he wasn't Luther Stein, the weasel bastard whom she was sure had broken into her eleventh floor condo to steal the evidence she had on him? So, what do you think? Keep reading or...

Title: The Song Dog (Kramer and Zondi #8) Author: James McClure Reader: Steven Crossley Category: Mystery- Police Procedural Audio published: April 23, 2013 by AudioGo (First published 1993) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | Book Depository The year is 1962. Young Lieutenant Tromp Kramer of the Trekkersburg Murder and Robbery Squad has been ordered up to Jafini, a small, dusty town in northern Zululand, to investigate the "hero's death" of the town's chief detective, Maaties Kritzinger––another Afrikaner maverick, and one with many secrets. Kramer finds himself increasingly identifying with the victim as the investigation proceeds. And then his path crosses that of Bantu Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi, who is trying to locate a multiple killer whose summary execution will quiet the spirits of his ancestors. Despite the racial differences, the two men sense a kinship...one that might prove dangerous in rural South Africa in the year of Nelson Mandela's imprisonment. The Song Dog by James McClure is as much about the South Africa in the early...

Just added How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny to my wishlist today. Well, I actually knew I was going to put it on my list months and months ago when I finished the last one in the series, but I technically added it to my Goodreads shelf today. Christmas is approaching, and in Québec it’s a time of dazzling snowfalls, bright lights, and gatherings with friends in front of blazing hearths. But shadows are falling on the usually festive season for Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Most of his best agents have left the Homicide Department, his old friend and lieutenant Jean-Guy Beauvoir hasn’t spoken to him in months, and hostile forces are lining up against him. When Gamache receives a message from Myrna Landers that a longtime friend has failed to arrive for Christmas in the village of Three Pines, he welcomes the chance to get away from the city. Mystified by Myrna's reluctance to reveal her friend's name, Gamache soon discovers the missing woman...

Vacations to exotic islands, murderous train rides, thrilling cross-country chases - just some of the ways I've traveled by reading. Here's my top ten books featuring travel in no particular order. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie - As a mystery lover, I have to include this classic mystery aboard the train. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - I loved reading about Gilbert's travels through Italy, India and Bali and her journey to self-discovery. Have Gun, Will Play by Camilla LaGuire - Fun  western mystery where a pair of  young married gunslingers, one of my favorite literary couples by the way, are hired to escort a child and her toys to a safe haven. The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny - I fell in love with Haida Gwaii when Inspector Gamache took a short trip there as part of his investigation. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - A hilarious journey through the galaxy. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - A cross-country quest to...