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Book Review: Burn You Twice by Mary Burton

By Doreen Sheridan

October 2, 2020

Burn You Twice by Mary Burton is a searing serial-killer thriller that follows Police Detective Joan Mason as she returns to her hometown of Montana to seek closure on a fire event that changed the entire course of her life—but will bringing up the past cauterize old wounds or turn her life to ash?  Philadelphia…

Tangled Vines: Exclusive Excerpt

By Frances Dinkelspiel

October 15, 2015

Tangled Vines by Frances Dinkelspiel is a true account the greed, murder, obsession, and arsonist that have plagued the vineyards of California (available October 6, 2015). On October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed 4.5 million bottles of California's…

On Track for Murder: New Excerpt

By Stephen Childs

September 3, 2015

On Track for Murder by Stephen Childs is a 19th Century mystery about an Englishwoman in Australia forced to sleuth her way through a murder that hits close to home (available September 2015). Traveling from England to Australia in the late nineteenth century, Abigail Sergeant and her brother, Bertrand, are looking forward to their new…

Fresh Meat: Flame Out by M.P. Cooley

By John Jacobson

June 1, 2015

Flame Out by M.P. Cooley is the 2nd small-town mystery featuring FBI-agent-turned-local-cop June Lyons set in Hopewell Falls, NY (available June 2, 2015). Where and when are more than just integral parts to a news story – they’re also integral parts to an investigation. In this case, the ‘what’ is M.P. Cooley’s sophomore novel Flame…

Fresh Meat: Skies of Ash by Rachel Howzell Hall

By Dorothy Hayes

May 19, 2015

Skies of Ash by Rachel Howzell Hall is the 2nd police procedural in the Detective Elouise Norton series set in Los Angeles where a deadly house fire looks a lot like murder (available May 19, 2015). The luscious and wise cracking Detective Elouise Norton is in a personal quandary when this LAPD police procedural Skies…

Neighing with Fire: New Excerpt

By Kathryn O'Sullivan

May 1, 2015

Neighing with Fire by Kathryn O'Sullivan is the third cozy mystery featuring Fire Chief Colleen McCabe where she believes an unearthed body and a recent fire are linked (available May 5, 2015). Fire Chief Colleen McCabe is enjoying a quiet summer and her budding romance with Sheriff Bill Dorman. However, her peaceful start to the…

Naked Teen Breaks into Two Homes in One Night

By Teddy P

November 19, 2014

Here is another interesting story for you this morning. An 18-year-old Maine man faces charges after police claim he broke into not one, but two homes while completely naked. According to Falmouth police via The Associated Press, he broke into the two homes late Saturday night in an attempt to find and steal car keys.…

Longmire 3.09: “Counting Coup” Down to the Finale

By David Cranmer

July 29, 2014

The penultimate episode of the season started with a bang and barely came up for air as writer Sarah Nicole Jones scrawled another corker of a show that had me satisfied almost to the end. Editor's Note: We feel free to put episode spoilers in after the jump, but at this point in the season,…

Woman Torches Car Over a McFlurry

By Teddy P

March 20, 2014

The lack of a delicous ice cream treat made a Florida woman really hot-headed. According to the witnesses at the scene, the woman set a man's car on fire in the parking lot of a Jacksonville McDonald's after he refused to buy her a refreshing McFlurry. A witness who spoke to Action News Jax shared:…

Fresh Meat: River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz

By Susan Amper

January 3, 2014

River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz is a novel of romantic suspense about a forensic genealogist and investigator who teams up with a security expert, also her childhood crush, to uncover the secrets of their shared hometown (available January 7, 2014). In River Road, Jayne Ann Krentz returns to what she does best: classic romantic-suspense.…

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