Category Archives: review

Back to the Chilling World of Sally Spedding: “Cold Remains”

Posted on July 11, 2012 by dorothyjames

“Who reads such chilling thrillers as Sally Spedding’s?  Mysteries that do not fit into any one standard genre but skirt the edges of several: crime novels, yes, but also horror novels, paranormal,  historical, they will not be categorized. Sally Spedding … Continue reading →

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Excursus into the Paranormal with Aaron Paul Lazar

Posted on April 23, 2012 by dorothyjames

[Parts of this article first published as Book Review: Healey’s Cave by Aaron Paul Lazar and  Book Review: Terror Comes Knocking by Aaron Paul Lazar on Blogcritics.] Aaron Paul Lazar is a writer of popular country mysteries. He is a … Continue reading →

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New Viennese Mystery by Jaya Gulhaugen: Review

Posted on March 10, 2012 by dorothyjames

Jaya Gulhaugen was born in Berlin three months before the 1949 Airlift. She moved to Vienna in 1956 just before the Hungarian Revolution broke out. She was a teenager in the Congo during the Simba Rebellion. Growing up, she just … Continue reading →

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The Country Mysteries of Aaron Paul Lazar

Posted on September 8, 2011 by dorothyjames

Aaron Paul Lazar is an all-American writer of popular mysteries. He sometimes calls them country mysteries, and this goes some way towards describing them. Because I come from Britain and have many connections with Europe, I might wish to call … Continue reading →

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Interview with Patricia Rockwell

Posted on May 20, 2011 by dorothyjames

 I came upon the cozy mysteries of Patricia Rockwell by a happy chance on Twitter, and was intrigued by them for various reasons.  I  am grateful to her for agreeing to be interviewed, and I hope to find out how … Continue reading →

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