Blaine’s Eclectic Bookshelf

Thanks to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing providing me with a free copy of this book in return for an honest review.             This is one of the most eye-opening books I have personally read in years. It’s probably best described as a political thriller, with the main topics of the book being poaching and endangered … More Animals by Will Staples

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the advance copy of this book in return for an honest review.             Fatal Fried Rice is the 7th book in the Noodle Shop Mystery series by Vivien Chien, who is one of the bright young authors in the cozy mystery genre. Each of her book titles … More Fatal Fried Rice by Vivien Chien

Thanks to NetGalley and Ecco for providing me with a free advance copy of this book in return for an honest review.             For her first novel, author YZ Chin has written a unique book about immigrants in America, one woman’s search for her husband as well as trying to find herself. The book is … More Edge Case by YZ Chin

Thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books for this free copy in return for an honest review.             Attorney turned author, Phillip Margolin, returns with his 4th book in the Robin Lockwood series and this time she is faced with a murder trial that carries the distinct possibility of a death sentence.             A real … More A Matter of Life and Death by Phillip Margolin

Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter for this free copy of the book in return for an honest review.             This is book 3 in the Jess Bridges Mysteries, and here it is Christmas time in Jolly Old England. Set in Oxford, Jess is a temp worker who is right smack in … More Red House by Joss Stirling

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for Providing me with a free advance copy of this book in return for an honest review.             For her fourth book on the legendary British Mitford Sisters, author Jessica Fellowes follows them on a cruise, a cruise that turns out to be worse than ever imagined, and … More The Mitford Trial by Jessica Fellowes

I had a hard time finishing this book. Ogawa is a great writer, but this book just got more and more implausible as it went on. We have an island, seemingly off the coast of an Asian nation. It is controlled by the Memory Police who can force the residents to have items disappear and … More The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

Thanks to NetGalley, along with Amazon Publishing UK/Thomas & Mercer for this free advance copy in return for an honest review.             A glacier, an avalanche and an artist’s search for truth, all come together in this wonderfully conceived book by Kevin Wignall, an author I never read before and who has done a great … More Those Who Disappeared by Kevin Wignall

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martins Press/Minotaur Books for providing me with a free advance copy of this book in return for an honest review. What could be more fun than a treasure hunt? And what if the prize was a marvelous private library collection? And what, if in addition to that, all the … More Deadly Editions: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery by Paige Shelton

My 2nd reading of this book. A must for conspiracy theorists, as it truly shines a light upon a lot of very unusual matters that surrounded the death of Pope John Paul I, which happened just about a month after his election as Pope. One of his main issues was corruption in the church and … More In God’s Name: An Investigation Into the Murder of Pope John Paul I by David A. Yallop