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Restoration Heights

By admin|2019-09-01T18:55:52+00:00March 18th, 2019|Mysterious Book Report|

Restoration Heights Mysterious Book Report No. 367 by John Dwaine McKenna Gentrification is a recently coined term that describes the displacement of blue collar, working-class residents from their long established city neighborhoods by newer and wealthier persons who’ve moved in and bought houses where the people with less money used to live. It’s a contributing cause of homelessness, and it’s happening in every major city in America. One of

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The New Iberia Blues

By admin|2019-09-01T21:09:31+00:00March 6th, 2019|Murder Mystery, Mysterious Book Report|

The New Iberia Blues Mysterious Book Report No. 365 by John Dwaine McKenna Whenever a new James Lee Burke novel comes out, everyone celebrates. The publishers and agents are happy because they’re assured of another commercial success, as are the bookstores, who know that his legions of fans will be calling or dropping by to get a copy. Crime fiction, mystery and thriller enthusiasts will be smiling in anticipation

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Last Looks

By admin|2019-09-05T19:26:52+00:00February 24th, 2019|Murder Mystery, Mysterious Book Report|

Last Looks Mysterious Book Report No. 364 by John Dwaine McKenna According to the Collins Unabridged Dictionary and Synonym Finder of the English Language, the word quirky is defined thus: “peculiarly individual or unconventional.” It’s synonyms are: “odd, unusual, eccentric,” and well, you get the gist. We mention this only because this week’s MBR No. 364 will introduce all of our readers to one of the most unusual detectives

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Dark Sacred Night

By admin|2019-09-05T19:28:00+00:00February 18th, 2019|Murder Mystery, Mysterious Book Report|

Dark Sacred Night Mysterious Book Report No. 363 by John Dwaine McKenna After twenty novels, Michael Connelly’s lonesome, jazz-loving and gifted Los Angeles Police Department Detective Harry Bosch is the most iconic and well-known sleuth in all of modern crime fiction. When the average lifespan of a serial character is about four books before the plots become repetitive and the character formulaic, it’s a testament to Mr. Connelly’s gifted

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Against Nature

By admin|2019-09-01T21:14:14+00:00February 8th, 2019|Crime Fiction, Mysterious Book Report|

Against Nature Mysterious Book Report No. 361 by John Dwaine McKenna Before Germany was reunified some thirty years ago, it was divided into east and west halves after World War II. West Germany was controlled by England, France and the United States, and was democratic. East Germany was under the auspices of the Soviet Union and was communist, dictatorially ruled and collective in nature . . . the state

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The Man Who Came Uptown

By admin|2019-09-01T21:26:08+00:00January 21st, 2019|Crime Fiction, Mysterious Book Report|

The Man Who Came Uptown Mysterious Book Report No. 359 by John Dwaine McKenna Everyone makes choices . . . and then has to live with the consequences of those choices. A fictional character in Washington, D.C. named Michael Hudson made a bad choice and it landed him in prison. That’s where he got the reading habit, thanks to a librarian named Anna Kaplan, who takes special interest in

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Dead Man Running

By admin|2019-09-01T21:34:32+00:00January 17th, 2019|Crime Fiction, Mysterious Book Report|

Dead Man Running Mysterious Book Report No. 358 by John Dwaine McKenna We’ve said it before, and we’ll no doubt say it again, because it’s one of the elements that makes for great drama, as well as the most compelling plots in all of literature . . . and it’s especially true in crime fiction: The more evil the villain—the more heroic the protagonist. Put another way; in order

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The Line That Held Us

By admin|2019-09-01T21:43:58+00:00January 14th, 2019|Hard-boiled/Noir, Mysterious Book Report|

The Line That Held Us Mysterious Book Review No. 357 by John Dwaine McKenna The MBR is kicking off the New Year with an elegant—and stunning—tale of Appalachian noir that combines elements of kinship and friendship, absolute love and total retribution, death, revenge and redemption. It is a novel you’ll find yourself thinking about long after finishing the last chapter and reaching the astonishing conclusion, because it leaves several

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A Book of Bones

By John|2019-12-05T21:09:29+00:00January 6th, 2019|John McKenna Publications, Mysterious Book Report, Paranormal|

A Book of Bones Mysterious Book Report No. 400 by John Dwaine McKenna All readers of fiction, and especially crime fiction, are ultimately interested in the eternal battle between the forces of good versus the forces of evil. It’s the tension between those two opposing sides that creates drama, and drama is what we all crave, because we’re curious . . . and because we’re rooting for one side

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Best Books of the Year 2018

By John|2019-11-19T19:46:16+00:00December 19th, 2018|2018 Best Books of the Year, Mysterious Book Report|

John Dwaine McKenna's 2018 Best Books of the Year Season’s greetings and Merry Christmas to all our fans, followers and crime fiction enthusiasts! Here’s the MBR’s gift to one and all with our bakers dozen of the Best Books of the Year. Time is short and Santa will be here soon, so here’s the list: Best Books of the Year 2018 MBR # 316

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