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Neliza Drew

Fresh Meat: Tunnel Vision by Aric Davis

By Neliza Drew

October 1, 2014

Tunnel Vision is the second book to feature Nickel, Aric Davis’s teenage sleuth and anti-hero (available October 1, 2014). Nickel – no last name – was twelve in his last book-length case and while I’ve known twelve-year-old thieves and drug dealers, I can imagine why a few people found the character’s age a tad hard…

Fresh Meat: Mistress of Lies by Holly West

By Neliza Drew

September 24, 2014

Mistress of Lies is the second book in Holly West’s series featuring 17th-century amateur sleuth Isabel Wilde (available September 29, 2014). The events of Mistress of Fortune have left Lady Isabel Wilde shaken. Her best friend and confidant has run off, her business is lagging, and while she’s been spending more time with the king,…

Fresh Meat: Bliss House by Laura Benedict

By Neliza Drew

June 11, 2014

Bliss House by Laura Benedict focuses on a historic Virginia house built in 1887, and despite its blood-stained and mysterious past, it remains alive and vibrant (available June 15, 2014). Bliss House is a creepy, Southern gothic ghost story from writer Laura Benedict. It’s also a mystery, a whodunit and a howdunit. It’s a story…

Fresh Meat: The Bones Beneath by Mark Billingham

By Neliza Drew

May 27, 2014

The Bones Beneath by Mark Billingham is the 12th Tom Thorne novel where the Detective Inspector must escort the very serial killer he caught on a trip to Bardsey Island where the killer will reveal his burial site (available May 27, 2014). Tom Thorne is out of his element, out of his city, and largely…

Fresh Meat: Wolverine Bros. Freight & Storage by Stephen Ulfelder

By Neliza Drew

May 3, 2014

Wolverine Bros. Freight and Storage by Steve Ulfelder is the fourth installment in the Conway Sax Mystery Series about the part-time racecar driver, part-time private eye and full-time recovering alcoholic (available May 6, 2014). Wolverine Bros. Freight and Storage is the fourth Conway Sax novel by Steve Ulfelder, but if you’ve missed the others, you…

Fresh Meat: Plaster City by Johnny Shaw

By Neliza Drew

April 30, 2014

Plaster City by Johnny Shaw is the second adventure in the Jimmy Veeder Fiasco series where the semi-reformed brawler agrees on taking a trip across the vast SoCal desert with Bobby to help him look for his missing daughter (available May 1, 2014). So you know, I loved Johnny Shaw's first Jimmy Veeder “fiasco.” Yes,…

Fresh Meat: Brotherhood of Fear by Paul Grossman

By Neliza Drew

February 18, 2014

Brotherhood of Fear by Paul Grossman is the third Willi Kraus novel, in which the Berlin detective's been exiled from his homeland by the rise of the Nazis (available February 18, 2014). Paul Grossman’s third Willi Kraus novel finds its title character without any of his prestige and power, or even his home, but provides…

Mistress of Fortunes by Holly West

Fresh Meat: Mistress of Fortune by Holly West

By Neliza Drew

February 2, 2014

Mistress of Fortune by Holly West is a debut mystery set in late-seventeenth century London featuring amateur sleuth, sometimes-mistress, and secret fortune teller Lady Isabel Wilde (available February 3, 2014). Personally, I’ve never been a big fan of historical fiction. Years ago, to me, the genre was bloated by excess period details an author couldn’t…

Tiger Shrimp Tango by Tim Dorsey

Fresh Meat: Tiger Shrimp Tango by Tim Dorsey

By Neliza Drew

January 23, 2014

Tiger Shrimp Tango by Tim Dorsey is the 17th book in his off-beat, humorous Serge Storms thriller series (available January 28, 2014). Tim Dorsey is back with Tiger Shrimp Tango, another delightfully demented tale of manic reverence for all things Florida kitsch and homicidal glee (Glee, too — Serge and Coleman are a little obsessed).…

Fresh Meat: Purgatory by Ken Bruen

By Neliza Drew

November 5, 2013

Purgatory by Ken Bruen is the tenth Jack Taylor crime novel of Galway, Ireland (available November 4, 2013). Ken Bruen’s latest book, Purgatory, starts with a bang—fairly literally—and it’s all downhill from there. Jack Taylor is washed out, washed up, and washed clean. Bounced from the Guards and not really interested in any more private…

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