Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Mystery Magnet Series: The Last Picks: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 174 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: An amateur sleuth goes sleuthing, and it all adds up to a fun cozy mystery. I look forward to getting to know this motley crew of characters so much... Continue Reading →
Title: The Evening Wolves Series: Iron on Iron: Book Four Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 373 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The Evening Wolves took such a rivetingly dark turn, which seems counterintuitive considering none of these books has ever been what anyone would call intensity-lite. It solidifies the friendships... Continue Reading →
If you're reading this, welcome, and Happy New Year 🎉🎇🎊 If the best you can say is you're glad 2023 is in the rearview mirror, well, give yourself a pat on the back for persevering. You made it through another year, and that's something worth acknowledging as an accomplishment in itself. Throughout the year, I've... Continue Reading →
Title: The Spoil of Beasts Series: Iron on Iron: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 328 Pages Category: Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Gregory Ashe doesn’t write low hanging fruit in his mysteries; he shakes all the trees and sees what kind of foul spoils fall out. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Title: The Girl in the Wind Series: Iron on Iron: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 379 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Theo's mental fatigue and emotional state are a central figure in The Girl in the Wind, as they ripple through and inform the narrative in ways that... Continue Reading →
Title: The Face in the Water Series: Iron on Iron: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 298 Pages Category: Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: If you've read Gregory Ashe's work in the past, nothing about this book should surprise you in terms of the action and intrigue. Having said that, however,... Continue Reading →
Title: Where All Paths Meet Series: The Adventures of Holloway Holmes: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 348 Pages Category: Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The Adventures of Holloway Holmes is a superb mystery series that pays homage to one of the greatest fictional detectives ever conceived, but does so in... Continue Reading →
Title: The Old Wheel Series: The Adventures of Holloway Holmes: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 430 Pages Category: YA Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The Big Secrets trope makes for some particularly good drama and suspense in The Old Wheel. The Big Reveals, though; they are something else altogether. Time... Continue Reading →
Title: The Whole World Tinder Series: Flint and Tinder: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 209 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: One of the things that remains consistent in Ashe's work is that his characters and their various traumas nearly overshadow everything else happening to and around them. Nearly,... Continue Reading →
Title: The Strangest Forms Series: The Adventures of Holloway Holmes Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 290 Pages Category: YA, Murder Mystery Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: The Strangest Form is on-brand Gregory Ashe—the pining, the missteps, the pining, the misunderstandings, the pining . . . Jack and Holloway are a convincing and competent... Continue Reading →
Title: Queer Fires Series: Flint and Tinder: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 217 Pages Category: Fantasy, Paranormal Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Queer Fires isn't a mystery as much as it is mysterious. This is a place where the impossible is made possible, the unlikely becomes likely, and the unusual asks... Continue Reading →
Title: Lethal Control Series: The DuPage Parish Mysteries: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 274 Pages Category: Horror Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: One question that never goes unanswered in this author's work is "What are the stakes?" because every scene builds toward something significant to the characters and their story. This... Continue Reading →
Title: Final Orders Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand: Book Five Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 410 Pages Category: Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The saying goes that having a child is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. I can’t fathom how that... Continue Reading →
Title: Father Complex Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrow in the Hand: Book Four Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 392 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Father Complex is inarguably one of author Gregory Ashe’s most aptly titled books, as the father/son relationship is a dominant theme, and Ashe further penetrates the... Continue Reading →
Title: Domestic Animals Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 427 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Just when I think I’ve reached my maximum capacity of love for these characters, another book comes along and I’m proved wrong. This series could... Continue Reading →
The Year In Reviews As we yet again prepare to put another year in the books—oof, bad puns—I can't help but feel a little extra grateful and sentimental as I pay tribute to the authors and their words this year. They have made the stress and isolation of these long and challenging months a bit... Continue Reading →
Title: Custody Battles Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 434 Pages Category: Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This installment of the Hazard and Somerset series exceeded every one of my expectations. I don’t know, maybe I need to raise my expectations, but I... Continue Reading →
Title: Relative Justice Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 408 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Relative Justice is nothing short of a spectacular mystery, and it's no exaggeration to say Gregory Ashe knows Hazard and Somers down to every strength,... Continue Reading →
Title: Codirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book Four Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 335 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: North and Shaw put me through the emotional wringer once again in Codirection, and I don't expect that will change going forward simply because they've reached a turning point in... Continue Reading →
Title: Redirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 333 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I can't possibly begin to guess at the method behind Gregory Ashe's madness, but North McKinney stomped on my very last nerve in Redirection. So why all the stars when... Continue Reading →
Title: Misdirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 395 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I’m not sure I’ve ever loved a book with such vigor and yet hated some of the things that happened in it as much as I did Misdirection. It’s simultaneously... Continue Reading →
Title: Indirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 430 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: I cackled at times at the accuracy, and at the exaggeration, of the goings-on in Indirection, but those emotional thorns in North and Shaw's blossoming relationship sneak in too, of... Continue Reading →
Title: The Same End Series: The Lamb and the Lion: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 455 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Watching two people learn to accept that they deserve to be loved while they're falling in love with each other is essential to Ashe's storytelling, and that's... Continue Reading →
Title: Yet a Stranger Series: The First Quarto: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 438 Pages Category: Murder Mystery At a Glance: I may not know much Shakespeare, but I do know a good murder mystery when I read it, and good romantic suspense. This is both. Rating: 5 Stars Reviewed By: Lisa... Continue Reading →
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