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The Big Sleep Annotated: Best Crime Novel of the Year

The Big Sleep Annotated: Best Crime Novel of the Year

Posted on February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 by Richard Demma
Publication Date: July 7th, 2018 My Rating: 5 Stars Why Read It: The first fully annotated edition of this classic American Crime Noir, first published in 1939. Packed with no... Read More
Book Review: Game of Bones

Book Review: Game of Bones

Posted on February 10, 2019February 13, 2019 by Richard Demma
Geraldine Evans has done it again. The distinguished, veteran British crime writer has turned out another crackling, entertaining and highly satisfying crime mystery in her Rafferty & Llewellyn Britis... Read More
Book Review: The Fifth Gospel

Book Review: The Fifth Gospel

Posted on February 4, 2019February 8, 2019 by Richard Demma
Here is a review of Ian Caldwell’s bestseller, The Fifth Gospel, which I posted at Amazon.com some two months ago.  The Fifth Gospel is a complement to my earlier review of The Franciscan.&... Read More
Book Review: Deadly Inheritance by Janet Laurence

Book Review: Deadly Inheritance by Janet Laurence

Posted on January 24, 2019February 7, 2019 by Richard Demma
Rarely do I finish a crime/mystery novel with the sense of being spiritually uplifted and renewed, but such was my experience when I finished Janet Laurence’s exquisite tale of murder, mystery a... Read More
Elizabeth is Missing

Elizabeth is Missing

Posted on January 18, 2019February 7, 2019 by Richard Demma
A resounding five stars:★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Finally a mystery thriller worth all the hype – yet how often is that statement  made, so as to become a cliche in itself. “Worth all the h... Read More
Skeleton Road

Skeleton Road

Posted on January 18, 2019February 7, 2019 by Richard Demma
Skeleton Road by Val McDermid. Always a pleasure to read one of my very favorite crime novelists, Val McDemrid and this is one of her latest, Skeleton Road. This is an in-depth exploration of the brut... Read More
The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

Posted on January 18, 2019February 7, 2019 by Richard Demma
I’ve just finished the hugely popular Girl on a Train, which – with tedious predictability – has been compared to the blockbuster of several years ago, Gone Girl. I read Gone Girl in... Read More
Book Review: Ladle to the Grave

Book Review: Ladle to the Grave

Posted on October 27, 2016February 8, 2019 by Richard Demma
Never judge a book by its cover, as the old adage goes, and truth to tell I’ve been fooled in the past by not following that sage advice. Not so in this case, with Connie Archer’s charming... Read More
Book Review: Divine Intervention

Book Review: Divine Intervention

Posted on April 28, 2015February 11, 2018 by Richard Demma
Psychic Skills Investigators Another winner from Book Club Reading List, Divine Intervention by Cheryl Kaye Tardif is a cracking good read that kept me engrossed until the end. It is a paranormal crim... Read More
Book Review: The Franciscan

Book Review: The Franciscan

Posted on April 19, 2015February 8, 2019 by Richard Demma
Partly because of my theological background, I was asked by the publishers to provide an honest review of The Franciscan, a religious suspense thriller by WR. Park. Written some fourteen years ag... Read More
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