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Book Review: The Price of Safety by Michael C. Bland

April 30th, 2020

Right now we live in some scary times due to the COVID-19 virus, a crisis that has many leaders or countries thinking of removing some of their people's privacy rights in order to better protect them. But such a drastic decision could lead to nothing short of a dystopian world, which is what The Price of Safety by Michael C. Bland is trying to depict as well. The book is a techno-thriller, but dystopia came often to mind as I was reading it. The story happens some 30 years in the future when privacy is an archaic word. There is nothing[...]

Book Review: A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones

April 21st, 2020

Reading urban fantasy is a guilty pleasure of mine, so I was eagerly keeping tabs on whatever new books Darynda Jones released after her Charlie Davidson series was over. Much to my surprise, her next book, A Bad Day for Sunshine turned out to be a well-crafted romantic suspense novel, which is a departure for her usual genre. I already experienced this departure with Kelley Armstrong's Rockton series that started with City of the Lost, which turned out to be another success in dipping one's toes in another genre. Sunshine Vicram has recently returned home to the small village of Del[...]

Book Review: The Final Deception by Heather Graham (New York Confidential #5)

March 30th, 2020

The Final Deception, the latest book in the New York Confidential romantic suspense series by Heather Graham is also the last in this series. Yes, as disappointed as I am with the word "last," it is indeed the finale, the conclusion to this awesome series featuring Kieran and Craig, aka psychologist Kieran Finnegan and FBI agent Craig Fraiser. After getting over my shock about the finale, I dove in and only came up for some air every now and then. This book is "sick." It features a sick serial killer named The Fireman who was initially caught but then escaped from prison[...]