Skye Maddox is the real deal. None of this getting all dressed up with nowhere to go for Skye. Skye's a weapon for hire who gets all dressed up with eSkye Maddox is the real deal. None of this getting all dressed up with nowhere to go for Skye. Skye's a weapon for hire who gets all dressed up with everywhere to go, with no venues, no criminal enterprise out of bounds. Just hope you're not someone she needs to have a talk with, because if she does, that means you need killing or know someone who does. Quite an entrance for this new pro assassin from crime thriller author Austin Camacho. We'll see more from this character, because we have to. A page turner to the max. I have to mention this even though it's a cliche: Move over Foxy Brown....more
Gifted author. Outstanding narrative. Characters to root for, the character studies very insightful. And a horror to root against. Such beautiful, deeGifted author. Outstanding narrative. Characters to root for, the character studies very insightful. And a horror to root against. Such beautiful, deep language throughout, where readers are not accustomed to seeing it in genre novels like this. It reminds me some of LCW Allingham's paranormal novella MUSE in how it deals with fantastical parasitic stalkers of the innocent. I highly recommend this read....more
Pulls the reader in from the first scene with gruesome detail that only a subject matter expert can provide. A cartel and a cartel's assassin that wilPulls the reader in from the first scene with gruesome detail that only a subject matter expert can provide. A cartel and a cartel's assassin that will not take no for an answer, a doc inclined not to accept defeat inside the ER or out, and a plot with high value targets that is frighteningly realistic. The author sets up the stakes early then peels them back until readers are left with the inevitable: the devastating outcome of a highly combustible finish. And ferocious teeth. Can't forget the ferocious teeth....more
Very clever storyline. Kirk plumbs the depths of long-term familial relationships strained by discomforting circumstances: memory loss/dementia, remedVery clever storyline. Kirk plumbs the depths of long-term familial relationships strained by discomforting circumstances: memory loss/dementia, remedial offspring, parental control, obsessive eating habits, and other conflicts. An engaging read....more
This thing gets down and dirty very fast re the current political climate. Buup is punching back. She's picking a fight that's not going to be pretty.This thing gets down and dirty very fast re the current political climate. Buup is punching back. She's picking a fight that's not going to be pretty. For many, this will be a much-needed fix....more
For-profit domestic terrorism masked by environmentalism and an ecological vulnerability. Multiple Colorado towns face a watery-grave, explosion-in-thFor-profit domestic terrorism masked by environmentalism and an ecological vulnerability. Multiple Colorado towns face a watery-grave, explosion-in-the-dike disaster. When subject matter experts turn criminal and opportunistic, some very bad, very deadly things can happen. In DAMAGED, Cam Torrens delivers a seat of your pants, anxiety-inducing nightmare. Gritty and to the point clever dialogue and prose, outstanding research, and twists, are all rendered in a setting that is to drown for....more
"You couldn't test to see if the ice was thick enough to land safely… without landing." (per Letty Duquesne, protagonist) Damned if you do, damned if "You couldn't test to see if the ice was thick enough to land safely… without landing." (per Letty Duquesne, protagonist) Damned if you do, damned if you don't. UNNATURAL INTENT is a pulse-pounding, environmentally confounding adventure-thriller with a determined, resourceful female disease ecologist as a protagonist and a cadre of other memorable players. Great research, realistic technical accoutrements, and a frighteningly real scenario. There are scenes in here set in the Arctic that put readers on the edges of their seats and keep them there. Polar bears, dismembered scientists and dinoflagellates, oh my....more
Clever, smart, and innovative. An intelligent and realistic fictional treatment of corporate greed's response to climate change; perhaps the most inteClever, smart, and innovative. An intelligent and realistic fictional treatment of corporate greed's response to climate change; perhaps the most intelligent I will ever read. What a killer plot and premise, with a dark, resourceful, biologically enhanced 'courier' as both the hunter and the hunted. So unique. I thoroughly enjoyed this. A must read. (Chris Bauer, author of I HEARD YOU PAINT COWBOYS and the Max Fend Maximum Risk series) ...more
Incredible prose, such clever dialogue, and some disconcerting circumstances for a young writer trying to navigate a world not enamored with his existIncredible prose, such clever dialogue, and some disconcerting circumstances for a young writer trying to navigate a world not enamored with his existence because of the mores of the day. Characters of all makes, shapes, sizes, genders, race, and musical proclivities populate this very creative story. A keeper....more
Stunning in concept and content, MUSE is a literary cornucopia of feasting evils. This blew me away. Art, horror, fantasy. Impossible to put down. HigStunning in concept and content, MUSE is a literary cornucopia of feasting evils. This blew me away. Art, horror, fantasy. Impossible to put down. Highly recommend....more
What is a person to think about a novel that showcases raining mice, mice-gobbling goblins, and a young heroine requiring both physical and philosophiWhat is a person to think about a novel that showcases raining mice, mice-gobbling goblins, and a young heroine requiring both physical and philosophical reconstitution? It must be YA fantasy, no? Yes and no. HALF-WITCH will delight young readers with its playful, visually striking and fantastic characters, but it will also push adult readers into analyzing their belief systems at a more basic level. An insightful, highly entertaining read. Wonderful.
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What is a person to think about a novel that showcases raining mice, mice-gobbling goblins, and a young heroine requiring both physical and philosophical reconstitution? It must be YA fantasy, no? Yes and no. HALF-WITCH will delight young readers with its playful, visually striking and fantastic characters, but it will also push adult readers into analyzing their belief systems at a more basic level. An insightful, highly entertaining read. Wonderful....more
A great premise, a powerful mystery, and powerful prose. I read an ARC of this suspenseful novel. Ms. Dyen does an artful job with an unreliable narraA great premise, a powerful mystery, and powerful prose. I read an ARC of this suspenseful novel. Ms. Dyen does an artful job with an unreliable narrator, a young woman who's not entirely sure of the circumstances that imprisoned her in the notorious Eastern State Penitentiary in pre-Civil War Philly. Love, angst, terror, and women's rights....more
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