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  Supernatural elements feature in top books read in 2021

  Of all the books I read and reviewed in 2021 – 41, counting the dozen audiobooks I also listened to – I’ve narrowed my list of best books to five, plus my top three audiobooks.

  January 26, 2022
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  ‘It must be St. Nick’

  by G. ROBERT FRAZIER FADE IN: INT. HOUSE – NIGHT Christmas Eve. Dark and quiet. Everyone’s asleep. INT. MASTER BEDROOM – NIGHT MAMA in her kerchief and PA in his cap had just settled down for a long winter’s nap. INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT A five-year-old girl, VIRGINIA, nestled all…

  December 24, 2021
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  Review: The Book of Accidents King-like in scope, sheer terror

  by G. Robert Frazier Make no mistake, Chuck Wendig’s new horror/dark fantasy novel The Book of Accidents (Del Rey Books, 0399181136, $28.99) is a chilling romp through dark dimensions in the best Stephen King tradition. The book starts out in typical horror fashion as our protagonists – husband and wife…

  December 9, 2021
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  Detective’s dark secret may end career in McCaw’s latest novel

  By G. Robert Frazier Hilo, Hawaii chief of detectives Koa Kane has a talent for digging up secrets – and keeping them buried when needed. Kane is tested on both fronts in Treachery Times Two (Oceanview Publishing, $27.95, 9781608094646), the fourth in Robert McCaw’s suspense-filled mystery series. On the one…

  November 22, 2021
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  Books: Donaldson’s novel recreates flavor of Justified

  

  If there’s anyone out there still lamenting the absence of Elmore Leonard’s “Justified” on TV, you can get your fix of small-town Kentucky criminals in Jesse Donaldson’s debut thriller, The More They Disappear. The novel starts with the shocking assassination of longtime Kentucky Sheriff Lew Mattock at his own re-election…

  August 6, 2016
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  Stephen King entertains, scares Ryman audience

  

  Fans typically want to see Scary Steve, the mind behind such classic novels as It, Carrie, and Salem’s Lot. But Scary Steve doesn’t travel. He works three to four hours a day holed up somewhere in the wilds of Maine coming up with ways “to scare the shit out of…

  July 12, 2016
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  Around the Web UPDATE: TN governor vetoes plan to make Bible official state book

  By G. Robert Frazier From time to time, I like to share and/or comment on interesting stories about writing and reading that I come across on the web. Here’s a few such stories to chew on: UPDATED: Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has vetoed legislation that would have made the  Bible…

  April 13, 2016
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  Review: The Passenger by Lisa Lutz a study in do-overs

  Have you ever wanted to just run away and start over as someone else? The main character in Lisa Lutz’s new novel does just that — time and time again. You can read my review now at BookPage.

  March 2, 2016
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  Review: Buckle up for Philip Donlay’s latest, Pegasus Down

  by G. Robert Frazier Before you crack open Pegasus Down (Oceanview Publishing), the new novel byPhilip Donlay, you better buckle up: You’re in for a hell of a ride. This action-thriller soars from start to finish with page-a-minute suspense and thrills to keep you riveted to your seat, just like…

  March 1, 2016
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  Around the Web: A roundup of articles on reading and writing

  by G. Robert Frazier As you know, I occasionally like to list a roundup of interesting articles about reading and writing. I’ve been meaning to add a new list for a while but have been busy writing, so the list just kept getting bigger and bigger. Herewith, then, is my…

  February 26, 2016