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Pro Bono by Thomas Perry My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Big Empty by Robert Crais My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

I'm excited about my panels for this year's Boskone 62 , New England's oldest and finest Science Fiction and Fantasy convention. I'll be sharing the dais with old friends and with some of my favorite authors and I expect discussions will be lively. As always, life can happen, especially during winter blizzard season. I've been snowed in and had flights canceled, not to mention the year I had to rush home for a family medical emergency (which ended well--whew!) But as of today, this is my current schedule: History is Dangerous Sat 2:30 PM Description: Digging into the past can reveal truths better left undisturbed unless you're a mystery writer. How can the past reveal clues? What dangers lie beneath the surface of the known? And how can a good mystery leave us guessing who really done it? Panelists: Darlene Marshall  moderator Ian Randal Strock  Steven H Silver  Melissa Caruso Badass Woman Characters and Keeping them Off the Mary Sue Scale Sun 11:30 AM Descript...

Night Owls by A.R. Vishny My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Remember When: Clarissa's Story by Mary Balogh My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Alibi by Sharon Shinn My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

I Made It Out of Clay by Beth Kander My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

It was that simple. Men who two days earlier would have run each other through or blown each other to pieces, now were up on deck toasting each other’s countries with carefully rationed grog. Captain Doyle wisely put a limit on the amount of alcohol served, knowing that it wouldn’t take much to re-ignite the conflict on a smaller scale. “Captain Fletcher told me I do not understand men, Mr. Bryant,” Charley said in bemusement later that night. “I have to agree with him.” Mr. Bryant shrugged his shoulders. “They fought when they needed to fight. Now they’re anxious to go home. We sailors are not complicated creatures, Doctor.” --Sea Change (High Seas, #1) November 11 is Veterans Day in the US, formerly known as Armistice Day. It marked the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the end of World War I, but now it's the day we salute all the women and men who fought for us. They are the ones who defend our country from foreign enemies, and we owe them our respect and gratitude f...

The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Madwoman in the Rabbi's Attic: Rereading the Women of the Talmud by Gila Fine My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Briar Club by Kate Quinn My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews