I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Sun Stormin Paperback edition on December 26, 2006 and has 336 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo First in the Rebecka Martinsson mystery series and revolving around a Stockholm lawyer in a personal crisis. It won the 2003 Swedish Crime Writers’ Association Prize for best debut novel. My Take It starts out very spookily as we read of the victim calmly embracing his death, and Larsson builds the tension with hints of past troubles, of religious issues, and parental abuse. There’s a past here, a history that Rebecka has with the church. I’ll admit to a prejudice against organized religion, so that colors what I think. The Catholic priests who abuse children and others, the preachers who abuse the trust of their congregation, and it’s here in this story as well. The so-called Christianity that flies out the window as soon as desire rises up. Whether that desire is for power, money, lust, or fear. I’ve also got a built-in prejudice against von Post since I first encountered Larsson in her […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Blood Spiltin eBook edition on January 30, 2007 and has 339 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo Second in the Rebecka Martinsson mystery series set in Sweden in and around Kiruna. My Take Larsson has put a definite twist on the mystery, creating both a cozy story and an in-depth look at everyday Swedish culture with The Blood Spilt similar to Sun Storm, 1, in that again, priests are dying around Kiruna. It did take a bit before I realized that the first chapter was the murder happening. There was a surreal quality to it and yet it played to the basics of the people in this area. Business is really different in Sweden. Rebecka is unable to work, and her office keeps insisting she take time off. Can you see that happening in the States? Hah! Of course it does help that her aid in Sun Storm has brought the firm a lot of good publicity — and clients. Between the first story, Sun Storm, and the fifth, The Second […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Mountain EchoesIt is part of the Walker Papers #8 series and is a in eBook edition on February 26, 2013 and has 352 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo Other books in this series include [books_series] Eighth in the Walker Papers urban fantasy series about a former Seattle cop who has been learning the ropes as a mage/shaman and battling Irish goddesses — some of whom are family! My Take Whoa…! It’s gotta be old home week for Joanne these days. In Raven Calls, 7, it was a family reunion with her mom’s side of the family. This time around, we’re finding out more about Dad and his background. One that Joanne comes to regret for all her lost opportunities as she learns the truth behind their nomadic travels, the truth to why her dad called her Jo. Poor Jo. Most of the previous stories have found her learning that she missed a lot as she was growing up, mostly due to the chip she’s been hauling around on her shoulder. […]

I really like what Herron has to say in this about needing a good story. That it’s more important than all the prettifying y’all might do.