All Genre Book Reviews

Comment

Comment by Beck Valley Books Blog on February 26, 2012 at 9:06am

http://www.beckvalleybooks.blogspot.com

Book Review

Death's Crooked Shadow

by Gordon N McIntosh

About the Author

Gordon N. McIntosh began writing mysteries and thrillers after a master's degree from the University of Chicago and a successful real estate career. After an early retirement he and his wife traveled and lived extensively in Mexico, South America, Australia and Europe. Now they split their time between their homes in Chicago and Key West, Florida. When he’s not writing, he enjoys running, scuba diving, tennis, and travel.

Death's Crooked Shadow Website Authors Website

Book Description

Real estate developer Doug Sutherland thinks it is just going to be another sweltering summer day in Chicago. But when the foreman demolishing his late father’s rundown office building discovers a skull and human bones encased in a crumbling Greek column, Sutherland is suddenly propelled into a cauldron of greed, sadism, and murder.

The last thing Sutherland needs is bad publicity. When he learns the victim is notorious alderman Danny Delaney, however, he realizes a fifteen-year-old mystery is about to be solved and that now his deceased father is one of the prime suspects. Then the murdered man’s notebook and videotapes suddenly surface, and Sutherland discovers that his father had more secrets than he ever realized. As he is relentlessly harassed for what he might know–endangering both his life and his business—Sutherland must convince everyone that he knows nothing. Unfortunately, no one believes him.

As a desperate Sutherland collaborates with an ambitious reporter and his calculating sister in a pursuit strewn with murder victims, he soon finds out that trusting the wrong person can lead to dire consequences.

Book Review

As Doug Sutherland is just about to start his new project of re-development, a body of alderman Danny Delaney is found inside one of the crumbling Greek columns. As he is investigated, it takes him on a journey back through his past.

The building in question belonged to his dad who mysteriously disappeared 15 years ago along with a substantial amount of money. This leads to a trail of political corruption throughout the powers of Chicargo from businessmen, politicians and some members of the police force.

As Doug tries to clear his Dad's name he locates certain documents and tapes which implicate the real culprits, as he approaches these people he puts his life and the life of his the sister of a murdered reporter, who is helping him, in danger.

Who can he trust, as everyone he looks to for help has a hidden agenda or is either linked or has been bribed by the murderers. Each time he gets closer or receives information, the informer ends up dead. Can Doug find out the truth?

The characters and the position and power they hold are current with the modern day and they way they act and respond to their fear are well described. This was a good follow up to the first instalment, The Lagarto Stone. I actually enjoyed this more than the first book as it was more believable and the actions of the bad guys reflected the power, corruption and the hold that certain individuals had over influencial peers.

Our Rating

Comment by Lois Bennett on February 25, 2012 at 6:54pm

QUILL & INK - a writer's blog about life and literature, with a particular focus on Classic & Historical fiction...

Blogger Comment by aparajita basu on February 25, 2012 at 12:54pm

NEW GIRL by PAIGE HARBISON review - http://le-grande-codex.blogspot.in/2012/02/new-girl.html

Blogger Comment by aparajita basu on February 25, 2012 at 10:32am

Tourz de Codex: THE HOMEGROWN tour so far

Link - http://tourzdecodex.blogspot.in/2012/01/homegrown-by-harry-deshpand...

Hello all, check out what's been going on with the virtual tour of author Harry Deshpande's book The Homegrown so far with our tour hosts through the link provided above.

Comment by Kimberly Robinson on February 24, 2012 at 9:53pm

Author Comment by Sammy Sutton on February 24, 2012 at 6:54pm

Sammy's Review: SEMPER AUDACIA by M. Pax

Author Comment by Sammy Sutton on February 24, 2012 at 6:44pm

Sammy's Review: Gideon's Spies!

Comment by Fiza Khan on February 24, 2012 at 6:25pm

http://khairusworld.blogspot.com/2012/02/next-always-by-nora-robert...

Comment by Cassandra (The Book&MBlogger) on February 24, 2012 at 5:03pm

Randi Black's Top 5 Nirvana Videos with Giveaways in the Miss World...

About Randi Black 

Randi Black is an aging rocker chick with an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

                             Miss World Book Tour

Brought together by Greta and Darkfallen @ Paranormal Wastelands

Let the Book Tour continue for Miss World by Randi Black. Has been really fantastic to be part of the tour as a blogger. Miss World by Randi Black was a read that definitely enjoyed reading despite it being realistic fiction which I shy away from for fantasy and science fiction novels in its place. Even so found it to be a really beautiful read in its way. So, thank you , Randi,  for writing! I loved it.




Come enter giveaways [below] of the Miss World tour as well.
Enter to win an E-book Copy of Miss World by Randi Black and a Miss World Ipod Shuffle loaded with a playlist of Ten Songs connected to Miss World.
You can hear 5 out of 10 of the songs that should be loaded on the Miss World Ipod Shuffle.
Read: Review of Miss World by Randi Black

Read more »

Comment by Cassandra (The Book&MBlogger) on February 23, 2012 at 4:36pm

Civilian Reader: An Interview with ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT (& Gi...

Civilian Reader: An Interview with ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT (& Gi... “The anomalies must be examined, for it is the anomalies that reveal the most,”

Read more »

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• …
• 95
• 96
• 97
• 98
• 99
• …
• 164
• Next ›
• Page