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#TuesdayBookBlog Black, White, and Gray All Over: A Black Man’s Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement by Frederick Reynolds Packed with local data and insights, this memoir pulls no punches

Posted on May 3, 2022 by OlgaNunez 18 Comments

Hi all: I bring you one of the books from Rosie’s Book Review Team list, a non-fiction one this time, and it is a police memoir with a difference. Black, White, and Gray All Over: A Black Man’s Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement by Frederick Reynolds From shootouts and robberies to riding in cars with

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Compton, corruption, crack, detective, drugs, gangs, LA, local history, Memoir, non-fiction, police work, racism, RBRT

#TuesdayBookBlog Everyone Dies (Karma’s Children Book 3) by John Dolan(@JohnDolanAuthor). It ends with a bang, not with a whimper.

Posted on September 10, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the latest (and last in the series) novels by one of my favourite indie authors: Everyone Dies (Karma’s Children Book 3) by John Dolan “An obsession with revenge might not be great for your mental health, but at least it’s calorie-free.” Private detective David Braddock is holed-up on the Thai

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Blood and Karma Series, detective, John Dolan, Karma's Children trilogy, PI, revenge, Samui, Thailand, thriller, Time

#TuesdayBookBlog RESTLESS EARTH (KARMA’S CHILDREN BOOK 1) by John Dolan. Everything a lover of complex mysteries could wish for.

Posted on April 16, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I have the pleasure of bringing you the first novel in a trilogy by one of my favourite mystery/detective novel writers, John Dolan. Restless Earth (Karma’s Children Book 1) by John Dolan “It’s not always easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys. And sometimes, there are no good guys.” Four

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog David Braddock, detective, Irak War, Jim Fosse, John Dolan, philosophy, psychopathy, Thailand

#BookLaunch EYE OF THE TIGER (A Redcliffe Novel. Book 4) by Catherine Green (@SpookyMrsGreen) A paranormal detective series with magic aplenty. #ASMSG

Posted on June 30, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I received the news that one of the writers I follow in Triberr, fellow member of ASMSG and who always shares information about local events and anything writerly (she lives not very far from me in the UK, although I’m yet to make one of her fabulous- sounding events), Catherine Green, is launching

Posted in Book launch, book promo ASMSG, book launch, detective, Love, paranormal, vampires, werewolves

The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 2) by Karen Charlton Great female historical figures and an enjoyable regency mystery

Posted on May 29, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Seriously, I haven’t that many reviews left to share now before I get up-to-date… This week we have an interesting lot, so, don’t miss them! The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 2) by Karen Charlton On a cold February night in Regency London, a dark curtain falls on the Sans Pareil Theatre

Posted in Book review, Book reviews detective, historical fiction, police procedural, series, Spanish, Victorian

#Bookreview Running on Emptiness by John Dolan (@JohnDolanAuthor) Revenge, death, family and an endings of sorts

Posted on June 10, 2016 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you a new(ish) book, the last one (so far) in John Dolan‘s Time, Blood and Karma series. I had read the other three books in the series, a shorter story related to it, and a collaboration between the author and Fiona Quinn (Chaos Is Come Again. See review here) and I was eager

Posted in Book reviews amateur, Blood and Karma Series, counsellor, detective, John Dolan, Thailand, Time