This chilling high school slasher story has all the elements of romance that are expected from Stephanie Perkins (Anna and the French Kiss), with the added thrill of a suspenseful whodunit mystery and increasingly gruesome horror. –Lucy, teen reviewer for Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA Get a copy from Queen Anne Book Company or …
The world has gone wacko lately, and in the fictional world of The Marriage Pact, a secret group forms that ostensibly seeks to protect the integrity of marriage. With guidelines to follow to keep the worst from happening, it isn’t long before newlyweds Alice and Jake find themselves in trouble. One of them breaks a …
I met K.J. Howe at an author event and bought her book based on her comments. I have no regrets on that purchase. K.J. is the Executive Director of ThrillerFest, held annually in New York City. This event is a gathering of writers who produce books in the thriller/mystery/adventure genre. These include Robert Dugoni, Steve …
I am a big fan of author Stephen Hunter and his sniper/hero Bob Lee Swagger. I have now read the first four books in the Bob Lee series plus the World War II stand-alone, Master Sniper. They are all page turners for sure. I started reading these books with book four– The 47th Samurai — because of …
Catherine Coulter will be a featured speaker at the PNWA Summer Writer’s Conference in SeaTac. The conference runs Thursday, July 28 through Sunday, July 31. I am a “Johnny-come-lately” to the writings of one the Grande Dames of American police procedurals. Boy am I glad I found Catherine Coulter and her second book in The FBI. Series, …
I have read a couple of Mike Lawson’s books about Congressional Investigator Joe DeMarco that I thoroughly enjoyed. Writing as M. A. Lawson, he has created another series, this one featuring D.E.A. Agent Kay Hamilton. The first in that series is Rosarito Beach. I am looking forward to reading more stories featuring Agent Hamilton. Book One …
Robert Dugoni has done it again with My Sister’s Grave. The author has written a series of bestselling legal thrillers featuring Seattle-based trial attorney David Sloane. Dugoni himself is a civil law attorney. Murder One found both Dugoni and Sloane in new territory – criminal defense law. It was as good as, if not better, than most of …
I want to talk guilty pleasures, but I realized that I don’t feel guilty about anything that I read. The only time I feel guilty about books is when I waste time with a crappy book when I could be spending time with something awesome. But, there are books that other people try to make …
I don’t know how it happened, but there’s not a lot in this world that I’m afraid of. Not really afraid of, anyway. Clowns are rather terrifying (and also NOT FUNNY), but in spite of what movies may tell me, I don’t believe that they’re all cleaver-wielding homicidal maniacs waiting to slaughter me in my …
