Monthly Archives: January 2019

FISTFUL OF RAIN – Baron R. Birtcher

A JIM NESBITT REVIEW – GRITTY AND GRACEFUL:  BIRTCHER’S TRUE WEST NOVEL HAS INSIGHTS FOR TODAY’S TURMOIL. You’d be well-advised to never use that creative pejorative — sequel — anywhere near Baron R. Birtcher’s latest modern-day Western thriller, Fistful of Rain, … Continue reading

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MURDER by PROXY – Sandra Olson

A highly competent nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit seems to always be on hand to coolly save babies lives when emergencies arise, almost before the doctor in attendance has a chance to give orders, everything is on hand … Continue reading

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WHERE THE WICKED DWELL – Michael Parker

The exciting plot is entwined, but plausible if the reader is okay with the validity of the power of Voodoo. As a South African, I have experienced at least the power of the belief in witchcraft; and it seems to … Continue reading

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POLAR BEAR DAWN – Lyle Nicholson

A very involved exciting tale, as stockbrokers plot to bump the oil price with pipe-line disruption in the minus forty temperatures of northern Alaska and Canada. There is a huge cast of characters as the baddies commit their heinous deeds … Continue reading

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IN THE TICK OF TIME – P.D.Workman

At the Department of Health’s vector-borne disease division, Matt Malloy is battling a sleep deprivation caused by a bash on the head, but he knows there is something amiss with a concentration of Buffalo Head infections. Nobody believes him, putting … Continue reading

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SMOKE & MIRRORS – Angus McLean

Ex-SAS soldier, Craig Archer, in the employ of The Service, starts pursuing links to international terrorism across the world after a planned snatch goes wrong. Soon, he finds he can trust nobody when it becomes evident that the British, the … Continue reading

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BECOMING QUINN – Brett Battles

A thriller of note. A cleaner is a person who removes bodies, and other evidence from a crime scene in such a way as to turn a homicide into an accident, or a suicide. My introduction to a cleaner named … Continue reading

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