Category: paranormal mystery

  • It’s been awhile

    I’ve been busy with life.  Too busy to write about books I’ve been reading.  I’ve been busy finding and buying my first house, moving, (all while pregnant and working full time), giving birth, and raising my son.  He’s a beautiful boy. And while I’ve been busy with all of this, I’ve still been reading.  Just…

  • Procrastination 2013

    Happy Belated New Year! I started writing this a couple of weeks ago to post in mid-January – and it had been a while since I had finished the books then….  Some parts of my life just feel as though I am wading through quickly drying mud.  A couple of weeks ago, I was going…

  • Mastiff

    By Tamora Pierce Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: Beka Cooper; 3 ISBN: 9780375814709 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 593 Setting: Kingdom of Tortall Time period: 249 H.E. (medieval) Plot summary: Beka Cooper and her partner, Mattias Tunstall, are summoned to a hunt by their Lord…

  • River Marked

    By Patricia Briggs; narrated by Lorelei King Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Penguin Audio, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, mythic fiction Series: Mercy Thompson; 6 Format: Audiobook – MP3 ISBN: 9781101436547 Audience: Adult Length: 8 hours, 54 minutes Setting: Columbia River Gorge – OR & WA,  Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, &…

  • Silver Borne

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Mercy Thompson; 5 ISBN: 9780441018192 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 342 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Mercy is still adjusting to pack life; this is made…

  • Bone Crossed

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, vampire Series: Mercy Thompson; 4 ISBN: 9780441016761 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 309 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), & Spokane, WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Marsilia, the head of the local…

  • Iron Kissed

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Mercy Thompson; 3 ISBN: 9780441015665 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 287 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Mercy’s friend and mentor, Zee, is charged with a…

  • Blood Bound

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2007 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, vampire Series: Mercy Thompson; 2 ISBN: 9780441014736 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 292 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland,Kennewick, &Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Mercy’s friend, Stefan, asks her for a favor in the middle…

  • Moon Called

    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2006 Genre: Fantasy, paranormal mystery, contemporary fantasy Series: Mercy Thompson; 1 ISBN: 9780441013814 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 288 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA & Aspen Creek, MT Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Mercy Thompson was repairing a VW Jetta transmission when…

  • Grave Sight

    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Berkley Prime Crime Books, c2005, 2006 Genres: Mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Harper Connelly; 1 ISBN: 9780425212899 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 293 (310 including the beginning of Grave Surprise). Setting: Sarne, AR (a fictional town set in the Ozarks) Time period: Around 2005 Plot summary: When…