Monthly Archives: January 2010
Don Glander. Beyond Borders: Murder and High Crime on the Waterway. United States: American Imaging, 2006.
Matt and Lindy are two retirees living a quiet life on the coast in Brunswick County. Matt is happy to catch and cook blue crabs, listen to jazz, and shoot the breeze with the neighbors. Lindy prefers a more active … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2006, Brunswick, Coast, Glander, Don, Suspense/Thriller
Edward Vaughn. The Paths of Glory. Charleston, SC: BookSurge, 2009.
The reader is introduced to Mac McDermott as he is contemplating suicide. Although he once led a happy, successful life, Mac’s nasty divorce from his vindictive second wife, Martha, his estrangement from his son and two stepsons, and the loss … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Coastal Plain, Cumberland, Novels in Series, Suspense/Thriller, Vaughn, Edward
Jean Reynolds Page. The Last Summer of Her Other Life. New York: Avon, 2009.
Julie Maries (Jules) Fuller returns to her hometown of Ekron, North Carolina to be with her mother who is dying. Jules has put her life in the film industry in Los Angeles on hold to nurse her mother, but she … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Coast, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Page, Jean Reynolds
Fern Michaels. Vanishing Act. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 2009.
The women of the Sisterhood hate to see innocent individuals suffer. When Harry Wong, boyfriend of Sisterhood member Yoko Akia, discovers that his entire life savings has vanished due to identity theft, the women are upset. Their concern turns to … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Michaels, Fern, Mountains, Novels in Series, Suspense/Thriller, Yancey
Wyatt Harvey. Blood Rains: A Mick Priest Novel. New York: Eloquent Books, 2009.
Mikhael (Mick) Priest has a fabulous spread in Durham County–a large chateau on ten acres, with room for horses. Good work for a private detective turned novelist. Mick is proud of what he has achieved through hard work, patience, and … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Coast, Harvey, Wyatt, Mystery, New Hanover, Suspense/Thriller
James McConnaughey. Village Chronicle. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936.
For many of us, Chapel Hill is indeed “the southern part of heaven” but in this novel our little college town has its share of sinners. Professors preen and jockey for position; their wives gossip while maids do the housework, … Continue reading
Filed under 1930-1939, 1936, McConnaughey, James, Orange, Piedmont
Fern Michaels. Razor Sharp. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 2009.
The United States of America finally has a female president, and members of the Sisterhood could not be happier. The group, which seeks justice for mistreated women at any cost, is thrilled that their friend, Martine Conner, is the new … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Michaels, Fern, Mountains, Novels in Series, Suspense/Thriller, Yancey
Fern Michaels. Under the Radar. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 2009.
When it comes to fighting injustice, distance and danger never deter the Sisterhood. In Michaels’ thirteenth installment of the Sisterhood series, the women and their posse travel from their Yancey County hideaway to rural Utah. Former Supreme Court Justice Pearl … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Michaels, Fern, Mountains, Novels in Series, Suspense/Thriller, Yancey
Fern Michaels. Collateral Damage. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 2008.
The women of the Sisterhood are at it again. Although this group of vigilante women has done good in ridding the world of evil individuals, their unlawful methods have forced them to go into hiding. Now back at their secret … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Coastal Plain, Michaels, Fern, Mountains, Novels in Series, Perquimans, Suspense/Thriller, Yancey
Bob Terrell. Get Rufus! Alexander, NC: Land of the Sky Books, 2008.
Rufus Raby was an easy-going mountain lad until his friend Sid Hollifield was murdered. Rufus is a good tracker, helping Sheriff Clure find people missing in the mountains of Jackson County. (In return, the sheriff overlooks Rufus’s moonshining.) Seeing Sid’s … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Jackson, Mountains, Terrell, Bob
