Book Review: John Flanagan’s Slaves of Socorro
The pirate Zavac is defeated and the Adomal restored. Now Hal, the Herons, and Gilan must track down an old enemy who has turned pirate and slave trader.
The pirate Zavac is defeated and the Adomal restored. Now Hal, the Herons, and Gilan must track down an old enemy who has turned pirate and slave trader.
The Change was a blinding white flash that destroyed all electronics, made fuels inoperable, changed the laws of physics, and created the most terrible global catastrophe for the human race.
Sworn to protect the weak, Charlie is a gargoyle who can’t, for he’s imprisoned by a witch. Release will come only in death or the help of a clairvoyant he speaks to in dreams.
An exploration of self and the class and racial warfare that penetrates every level of society in the savage streets of New York City during the early 1990s.
A quirky collection of nine short stories of mystery — six with Faith Fairchild and three not, some confusing, others intriguing.
Secretly taking down the world’s worst felons, the next job for charming con man Nicolas Fox and dedicated FBI agent Kate O’Hare is the brutal leader of a global drug-smuggling empire.
I’m very conflicted on how to rate this. Part of me wants to give it a “2” as I simply do not view this as a mystery. It’s more like a story about wine and the tasting of and a visit into the history of collaborationist France during World War II. It doesn’t feel like a legitimate mystery story. And yet, I do enjoy the comparisons.
I love reading about Benjamin tasting the wines. It makes me want to visit France
It’s a conundrum worthy of Agatha Christie in this short and yet very complete story. You’ll only realize it’s brevity by how little time it takes to read.
PSI Operative Duke Marlow has a new mission: find, interrogate and eliminate the target—Mercy Deluca. She’s more than he bargained for and Intel has it all wrong.
Callie takes weddings to heart, even when left at the altar. So when she returns to Lucky Harbor to find her high school crush sexier than ever, it’s hard to remember she’s sworn off love.