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Title:  The Quick Red Fox: A Travis McGee Novel by John D. MacDonald Publisher: Random house trade paperbacks 224 pages Genre: crime mystery Synopsis:  She’s the opposite of a damsel in distress: a famous movie star, very beautiful, very much in control of her life. She’s just made one little mistake and now she needs Travis McGee to set it right. The money is good and Travis’s funds are in need of replenishing. But that’s not the only reason he takes the case. There is the movie star’s assistant—efficient and reserved, with a sadness underneath that makes McGee feel he’d brave any danger to help her. Review: I love mystery novels and old fashioned hard boiled detective novels are a passion.  Travis McGee definitely delivers.  Dashing yet with scruples Travis takes on cases where his fee is half of the value of whatever he is hired to get back plus expenses.  When the client is an actress those expenses can certainly pile up. In a time without cell phones or computers detec

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of  Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! •  Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •  BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!  ( make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others! ) •  Share the  title & author , too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! My Teaser for today is from  Doc: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell "Along with everyone else in the saloon, the South Carolinian went motionless a heartbeat later, paralyzed by the sight of a short-barreled nickel-plated Colt .38 leveled at his chest. 'Think about how much practice a move like that takes! Hours and hours, ' Bat would say.

Title:   The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol & Agnete Friis Publisher: Soho Crime 317 pages Genre: Crime / mystery Synopsis:  Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is a compulsive do-gooder who can't say no when someone asks for help—even when she knows better. When her estranged friend Karin leaves her a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, Nina gets suckered into her most dangerous project yet. Inside the locker is a suitcase, and inside the suitcase is a three-year-old boy: naked and drugged, but alive. Is the boy a victim of child trafficking? Can he be turned over to authorities, or will they only return him to whoever sold him? When Karin is discovered brutally murdered, Nina realizes that her life and the boy's are in jeopardy, too. In an increasingly desperate trek across Denmark, Nina tries to figure out who the boy is, where he belongs, and who exactly is trying to hunt him down. Review: I'm a big fan of th

Title:     A Taste for Passion, Vampire Romance (Kendrian Vampires, Book #1) by Patrice Michelle Publisher: Limitless Ink Press 141 pages Genre: Romance Book Type: Kindle Synopsis:  Rana Sterling finally meets the man of her dreams and boy does he know how to push all the right buttons. Only, Mr. Tall, Dark and Too-Good-to-Be-True turns out to be just that-he's beyond her world. Lucian Trevane has a duty to fulfill. He's expected to take the role of Vité, leader of all the vampires, but he knows he won't take the position without his mate by his side. Now, after searching seventy years for his reincarnated fiancé, he finally finds his mate in Rana. Only he has a slight problem, Rana refuses to become his vampire wife. Add to the mixture a vengeful vampire, a surprise twist and time ticking against him, Lucian will have to call upon all his vampire skills and beyond in order to draw Rana fully into his world. Review: This is a short 50,000 word bodice ripper.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of  Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! •  Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •  BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!  ( make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others! ) •  Share the  title & author , too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! My Teaser Tuesday is from  A Taste for Passion, Vampire Romance (Kendrian Vampires, Book #1) by Patrice Michelle "As she drove off in the rumbling car, her thighs tingled and her body still throbbed in unfulfilled desire. How long would she be able to hold off in order to assure herself what they had was real?"

Title:   The Right Side of Wrong: A Red River Mystery (Red River Mysteries) by Reavis Z. Wortham Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press 250 pages Genre: Mystery I received an e-galley of this book from the publisher through netgalley.com in return for an honest review.  Synopsis:  Cody is ambushed and nearly killed on a lonely country road during an unusually heavy snowfall. With that attack, the locals begin to worry that The Skinner, from The Rock Hole Constable Ned Parker struggles to connect a seemingly unrelated series of murders as his nephew recovers. As the summer of 1966 approaches, rock and roll evolves to reflect the increasing unrest in this country and the people of northeast Texas wonder why their once peaceful community has suddenly become a dangerous place to live. Ned’s pre-teen grandchildren, Top and Pepper, are underfoot at every turn. The two lawmen, along with the deputy John Washington, cross paths with many colorful characters originally introduced in Wor

Title:   After The Ending (The Ending Series) (Volume 1) by Lindsey Fairleigh & Lindsdy Pogue Publisher: L2 Books 406 pages Genre: Fiction I received this book as an advanced e-copy through netgalley.com , it was published in February 2013. Synopsis:  The virus spread. Billions died. The Ending began. We may have survived the apocalypse, but the virus changed us. When people started getting sick, "they" thought it was just the flu. My roommate, my boyfriend, my family...they're all gone now. I got sick too. I should have died with them--with the rest of the world--but I didn't. I thought witnessing the human population almost disappear off the face of the earth was the craziest thing I'd ever experience. I was so wrong. My name is Dani O'Connor, I'm twenty-six-years-old, and I survived The Ending.  The Virus changed everything. The world I knew is gone, and life is backwards. We've all had to start over. I've been stripped of my

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of  Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! •  Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •  BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!  ( make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others! ) •  Share the  title & author , too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! My Teaser Tuesday is  BOTH SIDES: SIDE ONE by Paul E Stawski   " The only way to save you is to reach into your body and take out the living cells - the ones that most make up who you are - and combine them with Sandra's. To create one new you that's both somebody you know and somebody you don't"