New
Green Pharmacy -- Barbara Griggs
"Griggs
is an intelligent, interesting and articulate advocate for herbal
medicine. What a pity, then, that she occasionally cannot resist telling
sensational miracle-cure stories, guaranteed to arouse scepticism, and
which reference to her source notes often reveal to have originated in
self-published books or even hearsay."
Review
by Ann Skea
Trim
-- Matthew Flinders
"Flinders'
memoir of his travels with Captain Trim is remarkably perceptive. To be
sure, there is a certain arrogance in his misinterpretation of their
respective roles, but that is only human."
Review
by Ann Skea
Road
Kill -- Kinky Friedman
"In
a world slowly being bored to death, thank goodness Kinky Friedman
periodically writes an entertaining novel that brightens up the mood of
the readers."
Review
by Harriet Klausner
The
Devil in Music -- Kate Ross
"Kate
Ross conducts a precisely tuned aria that will thrill fans of the
sub-genre."
Review
by Harriet Klausner
No
Colder Place -- S. J. Rozan
"No
Colder Place is a hard boiled crime novel in the tradition of McBain and
McDermid. The term Black Noir was coined with a story like this in mind.
The tone of the novel is gritty and bleak as it reflects the dark s ide of
human nature. "
Review
by Harriet Klausner
Deja
Dead-- Kate Reich
"There
is a certain similarity between Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta and
Kathy Reich's Temperance Brennan even though the latter does not seem as
strong a person as the former. She gets the job done through sheer
persistence as opposed to a dominant overpowering personality. She is
softer and more vulnerable than Scarpetta yet paradoxically she is more
appealing. "
Review
by Harriet Klausner