Today I am doing something I have never done before. I am writing a review of a book I did not finish. But this author has put a great deal of research, creativity, and toil into the project, and that deserves to be acknowledged. I was impressed with the main character of the story. She […]
“The Coven Murders” by Brian O’Hare
This book starts out as a standard murder mystery, involving, as you might expect, the ritual slayings of members of a coven. The police team assigned to the task of solving the murders is a pretty standard bunch, complete with the usual fake antipathy leading to comedic banter between the chief detective and the pathologist. […]
“Caina” by Joe Albanese
First a word about the title. I don’t know what it means, it appears nowhere in the book and thus it gives the reader or prospective buyer no clue as to what to expect. Readers of this genre aren’t expected to be familiar with Dante’s Inferno. At the risk of having someone come knocking on […]