Category Archives: Crime Fiction

Book Review: Every Cloak Rolled in Blood (Holland Family Saga #4) by James Lee Burke

Posted on May 24, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws. Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Watch Her Disappear (Detective Josie Quinn #14)

Posted on April 19, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

About the Book:  The girl’s prom dress, the color of champagne, shimmers in the dying light. A corsage of wilting pink sweetheart roses decorates her wrist. She is perfectly still, lying on the ground like a delicate china doll, trapped … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: The Family Holiday by Shalini Boland

Posted on April 3, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

My review: I’m putting this first because there is a ginormous spoiler in the blurb. It’s at the end of the post. If you don’t want to know in significant part where the story is headed before you start reading, … Continue reading →

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Blog Tour and Book Review: Beach Wedding by Michael Ledwidge

Posted on February 15, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

About the Book: A high-society wedding party stirs up new evidence in an unsolved murder in this thrilling stand-alone from the New York Times bestselling coauthor of James Patterson’s Now You See Her and The Quickie. Hamptons sand… Hamptons money… Hamptons murder… When Terry Rourke … Continue reading →

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Blog Tour and Book Review: The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

Posted on January 28, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Summary: In a snowstorm, the safest place is home. Or is it? True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. … Continue reading →

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Blog Tour: The Drowning Girls (Detective Josie Quinn #13) by Lisa Regan

Posted on December 11, 2021 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

About the Book:  In the thin glow of moonlight, a mess of auburn curls gleams against the rocks. Hands bound, the girl’s fragile body is limp and still. Seconds later, a wall of raging white water crashes down, swallowing her … Continue reading →

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Blog Tour – Top 7 List and GIVEAWAY: Trace of Doubt by DiAnn Mills | Lone Star Book Blog Tours

Posted on August 25, 2021 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

TRACE OF DOUBT BY DIANN MILLS Categories: Romantic Suspense / Christian Fiction / FBI Crime Solving Novel / Clean Romance Publisher: Tyndale House Pub Date: September 7, 2021 Pages: 432 pages Scroll for the Giveaway! Fifteen years ago, Shelby Pearce … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Hush Little Girl (Detective Josie Quinn #11) by Lisa Regan

Posted on April 17, 2021 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

From Goodreads: Dressed in pajamas covered with stars, the little girl’s body is perfectly still, her arms folded neatly over her chest. The wildflowers decorating her hair scatter across the grass in the sharp breeze. Her lips are parted slightly, … Continue reading →

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