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Vanessa Parker

Fresh Meat: Shadow People by James Swain

By Vanessa Parker

June 6, 2013

Shadow People by James Swain is a supernatural urban fantasy and the follow-up to Dark Magic (available June 11, 2013). What do you see when you turn out the lights during a séance? If you are Peter Warlock, a magician by day, a psychic by night, you see shadow people. Every Friday night, Peter and…

James D. Doss The Old Gray Wolf

Fresh Meat: The Old Gray Wolf by James D. Doss

By Vanessa Parker

October 22, 2012

The Old Gray Wolf by James D. Doss (1939–2012) is the 17th and final western mystery featuring Colorado rancher and investigator Charlie Moon (available October 30, 2012). As I was introduced to small-time thief LeRoy Hooten in James D. Doss’s new novel, The Old Gray Wolf, I kept thinking one thing: how many times can…

The Sleeping and the Dead by Jeff Crook

Fresh Meat: The Sleeping and the Dead by James Crook

By Vanessa Parker

July 3, 2012

The Sleeping and the Dead by Jeff Crook is the first in a new paranormal mystery series featuring a crime scene photographer who has a bit of ghostly assistance (available July 3, 2012). The Sleeping and the Dead introduces us to Jackie Lyons, a crime scene photographer in Memphis, Tennessee. She is a forty-six-year-old divorcee…

A Dark Anatomy by Robin Blake

Fresh Meat: A Dark Anatomy by Robin Blake

By Vanessa Parker

May 22, 2012

A Dark Anatomy by Robin Blake is an historical mystery featuring Titus Cragg and Luke Fidelus, and set in 1740s England (available May 22, 2012). Have you ever wondered what it would have been like if Sherlock Holmes had investigated a mystery in the halls of Downton Abbey? I’ll admit that thought never crossed my…

Dark Magic by James Swain

Fresh Meat: Dark Magic by James Swain

By Vanessa Parker

May 21, 2012

Dark Magic by James Swain is a supernatural thriller (available May 22, 2012). Did you hear the one about seven psychics who attend a séance? Do you think anything surprised them? Joking aside, this is how Dark Magic, the new book by James Swain opens. Each week, Peter Warlock and his fellow psychics meet to…

Black Thunder by Aimee and David Thurlo

Fresh Meat: Aimee and David Thurlo’s Black Thunder

By Vanessa Parker

October 25, 2011

In my search for novels featuring Native American characters, I was given the opportunity to read Black Thunder, by Aimee and David Thurlo. While it is the sixteenth novel in the mystery series featuring Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah, it was my first book in the series. I am an avid reader of Native…

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