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Christmas MourningAuthor: Margaret MaronI love Judge Deborah Knott.  So when I picked up Christmas Mourning, I expected an aspiring first chapter.  However, like reading someone else’s mail stating that they had won the lottery, I felt disappointed with the rather slow – and forced – dialogue.  I loved Margaret Maron’s Sand Sharks, so I didn’t tear up the letter yet.I read to Chapter Six and still could not envision much in the way of dire plot – or points of character interest.  Perhaps ... continue reading...

Cross FireAuthor: James PattersonEver noticed a James Patterson/Alex Cross cover? The predominant theme – black, red and sometimes white, with a single lone shadow figure? Patterson’s thematic – good versus evil – good cop Alex Cross versus psychopath – ramps up in Cross Fire. Kyle Craig, as all Patterson fans know, is Alex Cross’ biggest nemesis. Once friends and FBI co-workers, Craig’s enormous ego and satanic mind almost annihilated Cross and his family in previous novels – until Cross ... continue reading...

The SherlockianAuthor: Graham MooreDoyle feels dimmed by Holmes’ light. Devising a plan in 1893 to kill off his meddlesome creation Sherlock Holmes, Doyle seeks a last brilliant plot wherein he can murder his greatest character – and his biggest competitor. And so…”Arthur killed Sherlock Holmes by the light of a single lamp.” Doyle writes in his 1893 diary: Killed Holmes.Past to present, this novel undulates from 1893 as Arthur Conan Doyle plots to kill off Sherlock Holmes, and January 2010, ... continue reading...