Today’s post was inspired by a forum discussion at AAR where readers are yet still defining what constitutes a romance but that’s not what I’m going to expound on here today.
The discussion started around a romantic suspense novel, FADE TO BLACK by Leslie Parish where one reader thought the violence was too graphic and the story not romantic […]
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UNDONE (Grant County) by Karin Slaughter is the follow-up to BEYOND REACH published by Bantam Dell. UNDONE marks the merging of two series by Slaughter — Grant County series and the Will Trent series. Is this the end for the Grant County series?
WARNING: The following review contains spoilers for the Grant County series so if […]
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Triptych by Karin Slaughter is the first book in the mystery series featuring Will Trent. This is a guest review from a reader friend of mine, Melanie. I plan to read this book soon in anticipation of Undone (2009) coming in July.
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I am a reader who likes variety. I started reading romance but then started reading mystery then eventually branched out into SF/F and urban fantasy and YA adult. Too much of one thing is well…eh, boring. Put it like this, it keeps things interesting and fresh for me. So I mix it up and these are the titles […]
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Fractured (2008) by Karin Slaughter is the sequel to last year’s, Triptych, featuring Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The story is set in Atlanta and the narrative is told in third person.
The opening of the story shoots off like a pistol. A mother comes home to find her daughter dead and the […]
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Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter, July 31, 2007 release. Available formats include hardcover, audio CD and cassette and ebook. Beyond Reach is the 6th book in the popular Grant County series featuring Dr. Sara Linton, pediatrician and part-time coroner set in a fictional town outside Atlanta, Georgia.
The story opens with a taunt tension and a violent death. The […]
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