Blood on the Tracks-Legacy Report No. 48

By |2023-08-16T17:08:12+00:00August 21st, 2023|Crime Fiction, Mysterious Book Report|

Just in case you’re wondering, we’ll be re-running some of our best and most popular book reviews every other week from now on.  They will be described as our Legacy Mysterious Book Reports.  Send us a quick request if you have a favorite that you’d like to see again and we’ll do our best to re-publish it. Legacy Mysterious Book Report No. 48 Blood on the Tracks Mysterious Book

Dark of Night

By |2022-11-11T23:51:23+00:00November 14th, 2022|Murder Mystery, Mysterious Book Report|

Dark of Night Mysterious Book Report No. 504 by John Dwaine McKenna Dark of Night, (Thomas & Mercer, PB, $15.95, 388 pages, ISBN 978-1-6625-0081-7), by Barbara Nickless, continues her inexorable march to fame with the latest installment of the adventures of her endearing and brilliant, but height challenged semiotician, Dr. Evan Wilding.  At four feet six inches tall, his body suffers from dwarfism, but his mind is brilliant as

At First Light

By |2021-12-03T20:35:47+00:00December 6th, 2021|Mysterious Book Report, Thriller|

At First Light Mysterious Book Report No. 468 by John Dwaine McKenna Award-winning and best-selling author—as well as personal friend—Barbara Nickless, has just launched her latest book featuring a pair of all new characters in a high intensity thriller that will take your breath away. At First Light, (Thomas & Mercer, $15.95, PB, 400 pages, ISBN 970-1-5420-26-41-3), by Barbara Nickless, introduces a female character named Addie Bisset, who’s a

Gone To Darkness

By |2020-05-14T20:06:21+00:00May 18th, 2020|Mysterious Book Report, Thriller|

Gone To Darkness Mysterious Book Report No. 406 by John Dwaine McKenna In the soon to be released fourth episode of her popular, bestselling Sydney Rose Parnell series, award-winning thriller writer and fan favorite Barbara Nickless leaves no doubt that she’s on the fast track to A-list stardom. Gone To Darkness, (Thomas & Mercer, PB, $15.95, 384 pages, ISBN 978-1542092869) by Barbara Nickless will be released June 2, 2020. 

Ambush

By |2019-11-21T21:51:36+00:00December 6th, 2019|Crime Fiction, Mysterious Book Report|

Ambush Mysterious Book Report No. 371 by John Dwaine McKenna  Ambush, (Thomas & Mercer, PB, $15.95, 350 pages, ISBN 978-1503901513) the third—and latest—in the Sydney Rose Parnell thriller series by Barbara Nickless, takes off on page one like a Marine FA-18 Super Hornet under full military power from the flight deck of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush, and never lets the reader down. The novel opens in Denver, where

Barbara Nickless

By |2019-11-21T21:47:35+00:00December 4th, 2019|Author Interviews, Crime Fiction, Mysterious Book Report|

Interview With The Author: Barbara Nickless by John Dwaine McKenna Barbara Nickless is the talented writer who has conceived two of the best characters to ever grace the pages of detective fiction.  I was fortunate enough to make her acquaintance and share a table at The Mountain of Authors event last March.  With many thanks for being so generous with her time, and for sharing her thoughts with us

Dead Stop

By |2019-11-21T21:39:51+00:00November 27th, 2019|Crime Fiction, Mysterious Book Report|

Dead Stop Mysterious Book Report 340 by John Dwaine McKenna When the prestigious 2018 Colorado Book Awards were announced earlier this month, Dead Stop, by Barbara Nickless was the Mystery Fiction winner.  These awards are sponsored by the Colorado Humanities Organization, and is the equivalent, in the MBRs opinion, of winning an Olympic Medal.  It’s so far up on our personal list of unobtaniums, that we’ll be cashing the

Mysterious Book Report – Fan Favorite 3

By |2018-10-02T18:12:44+00:00October 2nd, 2018|Mysterious Book Report|

Blood on the Tracks by Barbara Nickless Thomas & Mercer, PB, $15.95, 372 pages, ISBN 978-1503936867 It was a lucky day for all of us when my wife June’s book club decided to read this outstanding first novel, written by a Colorado author and published in 2016.  Smart group those dozen-plus ladies, all college or public librarians, administrators and professional women, the core group of which—including June–has been meeting

Blood On The Tracks

By |2019-12-10T21:29:57+00:00April 16th, 2018|2018 Best Books of the Year, Murder Mystery, Mysterious Book Report|

Blood on the Tracks Mysterious Book Report No. 330 by John Dwaine McKenna It was a lucky day for all of us when my wife June’s book club decided to read this outstanding first novel, written by a Colorado author and published in 2016.  Smart group those dozen-plus ladies, all college or public librarians, administrators and professional women, the core group of which—including June–has been meeting on the first

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