Lisbeth Salander Returns in ‘The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye’ [REVIEW]

Eye in black and white — Revenge is on the menu in the fifth volume in the Mellennium Series featuring Lisbeth Salander, *The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye*. (Photo by Jamie Sanford, Flickr)

From the very beginning, the girl with the dragon tattoo hasn’t had an easy go of it. So many of the people in her life have done everything in their power to strip her of her dignity and destroy her. Even when she tries to help others, she seems to draw the short straw, which is exactly how she wound up in prison. But now she’s back, and it’s time for vengeance. Continue reading “Lisbeth Salander Returns in ‘The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye’ [REVIEW]”

Jathan FinkSeptember 19, 2017October 7, 2017Leave a comment

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Did She, or Didn’t She—from J.T. Ellison’s ‘Lie to Me’ [EXCERPT]

Mystery woman — Don’t a single suspenseful moment of J.T. Ellison’s *Lie to Me*, coming September 5. (Photo by Geoff Livingston, Flickr)

Don’t look for me.

Those were the last words she’d used to him. Continue reading “Did She, or Didn’t She—from J.T. Ellison’s ‘Lie to Me’ [EXCERPT]”

Jathan FinkAugust 22, 2017August 22, 20174 Comments

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‘The Doll Funeral’ Is Strange and Hypnotic [REVIEW]

A young girl caught in a nightmare dreams of another life. In some ways she envies Lewis Carroll’s Alice, who disappeared down the rabbit hole to find herself in an enchanted world. Yet there is no magical fall into a land populated by cheshire cats and mad hatters for her. She does have a glimmer of hope, however, when she receives an unexpected revelation on her thirteenth birthday. Find out what happens to her in Kate Hamer’s new novel, The Doll Funeral. Continue reading “‘The Doll Funeral’ Is Strange and Hypnotic [REVIEW]”

Jathan FinkAugust 17, 2017September 10, 20172 Comments

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‘My Sister’s Bones’ Is Mystifying and Insightful [REVIEW]

Paranoia — A reporter suspects something sinister is going on in the house next door in Nuala Ellwood’s *My Sister’s Bones*.
(Photo by Flood G., Flickr)

When a war reporter returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, she soon suspects that something is seriously wrong in the house next door. But are the things she’s seeing real or is her mind playing tricks on her? Find out in Nuala Ellwood’s debut novel, My Sister’s Bones. Continue reading “‘My Sister’s Bones’ Is Mystifying and Insightful [REVIEW]”

Jathan FinkAugust 4, 2017September 11, 20172 Comments

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Tough-As-Nails Attorney Spike Sanguinetti Returns In ‘A Thousand Cuts’ [REVIEW]

The further Spike Sanguinetti investigates, the more secrets deep in Gibraltar’s past he uncovers in Thomas Mogford’s *A Thousand Cuts*. (Photo by Patrick McDonald, Flickr)

When secrets long buried simply can’t be forgotten, a violent insurrection shatters the peace of the present as a series of heinous murders ricochet across Gibraltar in a misguided search for justice in Thomas Mogford’s A Thousand Cuts. Continue reading “Tough-As-Nails Attorney Spike Sanguinetti Returns In ‘A Thousand Cuts’ [REVIEW]”

Jathan FinkJuly 24, 2017July 23, 2017Leave a comment