My rating 4 stars Blurb Yellow fog is swirling through the streets of London, and Sherlock Holmes himself is sitting in a cocaine-induced haze until the arrival of a distressed and beautiful young lady forces the great detective into action. Each year following the strange disappearance of her fath…

Original Language: English Publisher: Mira Country: United States Publication Date: February 1, 2007 Page Count: 400 Rating :4 stars Blurb There's nothing like a little serenity . . . Maddie Townsend might live in a town called Serenity, but there's been nothing calm or peaceful about her l…

My rating 4.5 stars Blurb A Study in Scarlet brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson together for the first time, creating one of the most illustrious crime-solving partnerships of all times. My thought When two American men are found murdered in London, the confounded investigators of Scotland …

Blurb  Enigmatic and sexy, Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well respected Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. He uses his notorious good looks and sophisticated charm to gratify his every whim, but is secretly tortured by his dark past and con…

My rating : 3 stars Blurb A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective C.M. Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are …

My rating  3 stars Blurb Beyond Good and Evil is a comprehensive overview of Nietzsche's mature philosophy. The book consists of 296 aphorisms, ranging in length from a few sentences to a few pages. These aphorisms are grouped thematically into nine different chapters and are bookended by a pre…

Rating 4 stars  Blurb All 27 of Doré's detailed, masterly engravings from a rare 19th-century edition of  The Raven , among the most popular American poems ever written. Dreamlike, otherworldly illustrations perfectly capture the bleak despair and mournful musings of Poe's poem. Apposite qu…