Poseidon’s Gold

Facts:Date finished: 8-27-08Author: Lindsey DavisCategory: Historical mysteryPublished: 1992Pages: 336Rating: 4/5 Basic Plot:Falco and Helene return to Rome from Germany to find their apartment a wreck and a thug of a centerion taking up space in the Falco family home. Seems dead hero brother left some unfinished business – business that…

One Dangerous Lady

Facts:Date finished: 8-22-08Author: Jane Stanton HitchcockCategory: ThrillerPublished: 2005Pages: 359Rating: 2.5/5 Basic Plot:It should be a lovely time celebrating the wedding of a friend’s daughter, but personality clashes, horrible weather and a missing man conspire to make the wedding of the decade for all the wrong reasons. And as Jo Slater…

Minerva Clark Gets A Clue

Facts:Date finished: 8-2-08Author: Karen KarboCategory: Young adult mysteryPublished: 2005Pages: 245Rating: 4.5/5 Basic Plot:Minerva Clark is your typical teenager – awkward, self-conscious, overly concerned with appearances. That is, until she gets electrocuted. Suddenly, she’s little miss confidence and with a huge sense of curiosity to boot. When her favorite cousin gets…

Sherlock Holmes Through Time And Space

Facts:Date finished: 7-22-08Author: Multiple – collection edited by Isaac AsimovCategory: Mystery, short storyPublished: 1986Pages: 355 Basic Plot:Collection of short stories by well known science fiction writers that either build on the Sherlock Holmes cannon or use it as a jumping off point for creating new characters. My assessment:Some of these…

The Iron Hand of Mars

Facts:Date finished: 7-17-08Author: Lindsey DavisCategory: Historical fiction, mysteryPublished: 1992Pages: 305Rating: 5/5 Basic Plot:Despite his best efforts, Falco finds himself on a quest to Germany for the emperor Vespasian in search of a lost legate. Along the way, he discovers a second missing legate, uncovers corruption in a pottery contract and…

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