Paint An Inch Thick / Eddie London Mysteries by Adam Dompierre

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Review by Sharon Brunner Adam Dompierre’s Paint An Inch Thick revealed a madcap mystery in which the main character, Eddie London, encountered murder, greed, dark secrets and mind-boggling acts of deception. The story takes place in California during the 1980s. Other characters, who made multiple appearances throughout the book were…

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Misguided: A Mackinac Island Novel by Dave McVeigh and Jim Bolone

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Review by Sharon Brunner Dave McVeigh and Jim Bolone’s “Misguided: A Mackinac Island Novel” revealed a lot of plot twists, adventure, and humor. The main character, Jack McGuinn, steamrolled his way into serving as the youngest tour guide at the historic Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island. He joins three other…

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2084: The Obesity Farms, by Edd Tury

The cover of a book titled "2084: The Obesity Farms" by Edd Tury. The background features a rustic wooden wall with an old wagon wheel and a tree trunk. A small creature with glowing eyes peeks out from the foliage at the bottom of the image.

Review by Mack Hassler   “…so 1984 teaches us, the danger with which all men are confronted today, the danger of a society of automatons who will have lost every trace of individuality, of love….                                              Erich Fromm, “Afterword to 1984” (1949) I think good writers feel safe when they…

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Gift Horse, A Kat Wilde U.P. Mystery, by Terri Martin

Book cover for "Gift Horse" by Terri Martin. The cover features a silhouette of a horse walking in a sunlit forest with rays of light filtering through the trees. The title is in large white letters at the top, and the author's name is in smaller white letters at the bottom.

Review by Mack Hassler                                     “It is a poetry where the world becomes                                     writing and language becomes the double                                    of the world.”                                                                 Octavio Paz I think Terri Martin is a clever and witty writer who comprehends the dynamic link of language to her world, not only as…

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Off The Hook Too! Off-Beat Reporter’s Tales from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.) by Nancy Besonen

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Review by Sharon Brunner Nancy Besonen’s “Off the Hook Too!” book was thought-provoking, extremely humorous, and down to earth. She demonstrated the ability to connect so well with the Yooper culture. A true  Yooper is someone who has lived all their lives in the scenic and rustic Upper Peninsula of…

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Monsters, Relics, and Dangers Unknown – The Kollrheim Realms Chronicles Book 1, by S,M. Atherton

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Review by Mack Hassler Once the storytelling is done in Monsters, Relics and Dangers Unknown, this first volume of “The Kollrheim Chronicles,” Emerick, who will be the warrior savior for the Princess of the Golden Kingdom of Kollrheim, has barely begun his long and dangerous sea voyage.  Atherton’s large-sized hero…

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