Tag Archives: Dogs
Teresa D’Amario. Shewolf. Culver City, CA: Freya’s Bower, 2007.
Veterinarian Anna Callaway has always had a special talent with animals. Beyond her skill with a scalpel, sutures, and other tools of the trade, Anna has some extra gifts. These include extremely sharp eyesight, more strength than she should have, … Continue reading
Jeanne Webster. Strays. Fawnskin, CA: Personhood Press, 2011.
Jane is deeply unhappy. At 24, just starting out in life, she feels as though she has come to the end of the road. She lives with a smothering boyfriend in Atlanta, a city she dislikes, putting her dreams of … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Mountains, Religious/Inspirational, Webster, Jeanne
Ellery Adams. A Deadly Cliché. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2011.
Labor Day is approaching, and Oyster Bay, North Carolina, is bustling in preparation for a busy extended weekend. A popular tourist destination, the quaint village needs a spree of burglaries about as much as it needs a hurricane. Unfortunately, both … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Adams, Ellery, Coast, Mystery, Novels in Series, Novels Set in Fictional Places
Monica Ali. Untold Story. New York: Scriber, 2011.
A number of novels in this blog feature a woman on the run from a dangerous man or a difficult past. North Carolina, with its rugged mountains, laid-back coastal communities, and quiet little towns, offers the promise of anonymity and … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Ali, Monica, Mecklenburg, Piedmont
Bobbie Pyron. A Dog’s Way Home. New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2011.
Abby Whistler, age eleven, knows that Tam is her true north star. It doesn’t matter that Tam is a Sheltie; nothing feels more right than when they are together. But then the unthinkable happens: a terrible accident, and Tam and … Continue reading
Valerie Nieman. Blood Clay. Winston-Salem, NC: Press 53, 2011.
Although North Carolina is known for its “Southern hospitality,” Tracey Gaines is not welcomed in (fictional) Saul County, North Carolina, when she moves from Ohio into the old Floyd farmhouse. Recently divorced, Tracey is determined to be independent. One afternoon, … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Nieman, Valerie, Novels Set in Fictional Places
O. C. Strunk. An Ever-Fixed Mark. Baltimore: Publish America, 2007.
Matthew Glass, psychologist and former university administrator, moved to North Carolina after the death of his wife and daughter. He’s opened up a cafe and a bookstore in the coastal town of Calabash, and there he connects with a diverse … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2007, Brunswick, Coast, Mystery, Novels in Series, Strunk, O. C.
Cynn Chadwick. Cat Rising. New York: Harington Park Press, 2003.
Now that Cat Hood is finally a published writer, her life should be coming together. At least that is what she has always thought would be the case. Instead, she is even more unsure of who she is and her … Continue reading
Matthew Corey. Remember the Rollerdogs. United States: Prince Street Publishing, 2010.
Michael Stanton is having a quarter life crisis. Although he has a good job with the local Triangle television station’s graphics department, Michael misses his college days at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Everything was less complicated before … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Corey, Matthew, Piedmont, Romance/Relationship, Wake
Ellery Adams. A Killer Plot. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2010.
Staying under the radar in a small town is a difficult task, especially for Olivia Limoges, a wealthy forty year-old. She is back in Oyster Bay, and people are already talking about “the grouchiest woman on the entire North Carolina … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Adams, Ellery, Coast, Mystery, Novels in Series, Novels Set in Fictional Places
