by Kristopher | Mar 22, 2013 | Review
Sophie Hannah has just released The Carrier in the United Kingdom. This is the eighth book in her Charlie Zailer and Simon Waterhouse series. Publication in the states will not happen until later this year, but the book is worth the effort to import if you are...
by Kristopher | Mar 15, 2013 | Review
The Burn Palace, by Stephen Dobyns, begins with the haunting image of a hospital bassinet containing a red and yellow snake where once an infant boy rested. From there, the omniscient narrator takes us on a journey above the town of Brewster, RI. As we are shown...
by Kristopher | Mar 6, 2013 | Review
This winter, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC is running an international festival called Nordic Cool 2013. The festival dates are February 19-March 17. Nordic Cool 2013 is a celebration of all creative art forms from the Nordic region. ...
by Kristopher | Mar 1, 2013 | Review
The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe by Gordon McAlpine and Sam Zuppardi The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe by Gordon McAlpine is a middle-grade series that should appeal to young and old alike. The first book in the series, The Tell-Tale Start, has...
by Kristopher | Feb 8, 2013 | Review
Sara J. Henry’s second novel, A Cold and Lonely Place, is an atmospheric novel which exposes the reader to the Adirondacks and surrounding areas. Henry uses her background in journalism to lend a credible verisimilitude to one reporter’s investigation into a life...
by Kristopher | Feb 1, 2013 | Review
Say You’re Sorry is the latest novel in Michael Robotham’s series of books featuring clinical psychologist Joe O’Loughlin. This book finds Joe helping with the investigation of a present day murder that seems to have ties to a past case involving two missing girls. ...
