FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2011
"This first in a series ends with the son of Satan and the promise of a grand battle between good and evil, but this opening offers little more than a clever premise and a ho-hum murder mystery."
The intended laughs don't materialize in this supernatural chick-lit whodunit, featuring a back-talkin' P.I. who sees dead people.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2011
"The whodunit often takes a backseat to the subtle and interesting interactions of his characters."
FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2011
"The series staggers on, but without adding anything new or interesting to the zombie genre."
In the second book in Moody's Autumn series, a few dozen city dwellers try to survive after a mysterious plague wipes out almost everyone, then turns a third of the dead into shuffling zombies.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2011
"Adding two paranormal series (Granny Apples and Fang in Cheek) to her long-running paralegal series doesn't take a bit off Jaffarian's edge."
A romantic weekend lands a talk-show host in the middle of a 40-year-old murder nobody will acknowledge.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2011
"A fast-paced and at times diverting mash-up of chick lit and fantasy."
First in newcomer Pierce's series chronicling Manhattan witch wars, as waged on and off the society pages.
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 27, 2011
"Pounce on this one."
Alternate-world fantasy from the talented and versatile author of
End of the World Blues (2007), wherein Marco Polo's family founded the dynasty that rules Venice.
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 25, 2011
"Fans of Hoffman's brand of mystical whimsy will find this paean to New England one of her most satisfying."
In 14 freestanding but consecutive stories, Hoffman (
The Story Sisters, 2009, etc.) traces the life of the town of Blackwell, Mass., from its founding in 1750 up to the present as the founders' descendents connect to the land and each other.
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 25, 2011
"A refreshing and addictive lure for readers uninterested in fangs, bats, capes and hissing."
A 100-year-old vampire thief runs afoul of secret biological experimenters--first of an urban fantasy series from the versatile author of
Boneshaker (2009).
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 4, 2011
"Tolkien-with-the-serial-numbers-filed-off plus vampires fails to add up to anything much."
Clunky prose encrusts a tedious quest through an already overpopulated genre landscape in the third volume of the second Noble Dead Saga (
Through Stone and Sea, 2010, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 3, 2011
"A chaotic welter of loose ends that Fallon himself couldn't unsnarl."
FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2011
"History, time travel and fantasy combine in a solidly readable entertainment."
A white witch is pursued across time by her nemesis, a sorcerer who may also have been Jack the Ripper.
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2011
"A treat for lovers of groaners and roamers with neither enough gore nor pathos to keep casual readers engaged."
A fierce young bookseller blogs the zombie apocalypse in this debut novel from Wisconsin resident Roux.
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