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books by Five Star (ME)

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Nox Dormienda: A Long Night for Sleeping (An Arcturus Mystery)

5 reviews
Kelli Stanley

Five Star (ME), 2008

Classic Noir in a Classical Setting
In Nox Dormienda, Kelli Stanley brings Roman Britain in the first century A.D. to life with deft writing and deep knowledge of the times. The story follows half-Roman, half-Briton Arcturus, physician and informal investigator to the Roman governor Agricola, as he delves into the death of a shady merchant. The trail leads through Londinium's seedy underbelly, shining a light in dark corners from ...

The Love of Danger: A Western Trio (Five Star Western Series)
Max Brand

Five Star (ME), 2008

The Long Look

1 review
Richard Parks

Five Star (ME), 2008

fascinating fantasy
He is thought to be a demon, a dark magician, a sorcerer who practices the blood arts, but the truth is both much simpler and much more complex than the rumors. Tymon the Black has what is called THE LONG LOOK as he can see future tragedies with the knowledge some can be changed even prevented; he works to do so. One of his Long Look makes him kidnap the Ashesa, the princess of Morushe, whose ...

The Flock (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series)

7 reviews
James Robert Smith

Five Star (ME), 2006

A solid thriller, a stellar debut
Like all good thrillers James Robert Smith's The Flock begins with a murder--in this case, several murders by several killers. The killers are the titular Flock, a community of prehistoric birds which have survived into modern times for the same reason many animals, including man, have prevailed throughout the ages: by being smarter than the creatures which would hunt them. Author James ...

Swann's Last Song (Five Star Mystery Series)

8 reviews
Charles Salzberg

Five Star (ME), 2008

Dos Caminos
I don't want to slip into book review cadence here because this isn't a usual kind of book. Very funny. Very noir. Excellent read. Beautifully written and structured, too. Between the lines, though, "Swann" is that rare item: a wry, entertaining and serious novel about a guy who terrifyingly runs up against his own limits. Definitely worth your time.

A Mass for the Dead (Five Star Mystery Series)

3 reviews
Susan Mcduffie

Five Star (ME), 2006

Interesting fourteenth century Scotland mystery
In 1373 Scotland, oyster digger Alasdair Beag finds the murdered corpse of the Oronsay Isle Priory Crispinus McPhee on the beach. Crispinus' brother Gillespic informs his nephew Muirteach that he must report the death of his father the Lord of the Isles John MacDonald. Muirteach has mixed feelings about his late father who called him "My bastard son, the cripple", but travels to the see ...

The Cat and the King of Clubs (Five Star Mystery Series)

4 reviews
Carole Nelson Douglas

Five Star (ME), 1999

Midnight Louie's first great tale
Though his family is renowned as Mafiosi, Nicky Fontana runs a completely legal business. He currently plans to renovate an aging Las Vegas landmark into a major, first class casino. He hires Van Von Rhine to oversee the operation, giving her a budget of just under $8 million. However, an unknown assailant wants Nicky to fail. That individual will do anything to make sure that the ...

Blood at the Bookies: A Fethering Mystery (Five Star Mystery Series)

1 review
Simon Brett

Five Star (ME), 2008

fun Fethering amateur sleuth thriller
In Fethering, England, Jude takes the bets of flu ailing nonagenarian Harold Peskett to the local betting shop. While there she notices a young man stumbling before he leaves the parlor. Soon afterward, she finds him lying dead in an alley. She later learns the victim was Polish immigrant Tadeusz Jankowski who was in town studying music at nearby Clincham University. Jude tells her stuffy ...

Chains of Folly (Five Star Mystery Series)

8 reviews
Roberta Gellis

Five Star (ME), 2006

Greedy Booksellers
Certain that I will enjoy this book as much as the other Madalene La Batarde series once I check it out of the library. Advise anyone who wants to read it to check it out at their local library. $87.88 is outrageous and stupid. My recommendation, Amazon should reign in booksellers who are trying to artificially inflate prices. Sure they deserve a mark-up, but get real. I laughed when I saw ...

Hedging: A Smith and Wetzon Mystery (Five Star Mystery Series)

3 reviews
Annette Meyers

Five Star (ME), 2005

terrific woman in peril tale
She escapes the thugs chasing her with assistance from a blind man and is his seeing eye dog, but the Good Samaritan took a bullet for her. Later the cops find Jane Doe suffering from hypothermia in Central park and take her for treatment at Mount Sinai. She has no idea who she is, but a trustee on a tour of the hospital sees her. Louis Gold claims Jane is his niece Mary Lou Salinger. The ...

Timeweb (The Timeweb Chronicles)

8 reviews
Brian Herbert

Five Star (ME), 2006

Brian proves himself as solo author
The son of the mighty frank herbert has now proved without a shadow of doubt, his ability to spin an epic galactic tale not set in the Dune universe. The galaxy of TIMEWEB has a multitude of alien species- mutati shapeshifters(who are at war with the Merchant Prince Alliance-human worlds), reptilian and mini humans that vy for control over sentient creatures known as podships, industrial ...

The Murder Hole (Five Star Mystery Series)

2 reviews
Lillian Stewart Carl

Five Star (ME), 2006

fun contemporary police procedural
Her partner at great Scot magazine Miranda Capaldi sends American Jean Fairborn to the Loch Ness area to cover the latest effort to prove whether the monster exists or not. The head of the Water Horse expedition is controversial American scientist Roger Dempsey, who insists his modern technology will answer the question and someone the legends reporter knows from back in the states. Many ...

Death of a Lovable Geek: A Dotsy Lamb Travel Mystery (Five Star Mystery Series)

3 reviews
Maria Hudgins

Five Star (ME), 2008

enjoyable amateur sleuth tale
In the Scottish Highlands, Virginia medieval history professor Dotsy Lamb, accompanied by her best friend Lettie Osgood, is excited to be at an archeological dig led by renowned Dr. John Sinclair whose brother William owns the site. However, her enjoyment especially when she finds an ancient gold coin that could revise what is known about the eleventh century and earlier ends when the murdered ...

New Hope: Western Stories (Five Star First Edition Western Series)

1 review
Ernest Haycox

Five Star (ME), 1998

Response to "A Reader" from Cheyenne, WY
A Reader must be thinking of another writer. Ernest Haycox died in 1950, long before personal computers, let alone the Internet, existed. I have read all of Mr. Haycox's books, and remain a devoted fan.

Dark Embers at Dawn: A Western Story (Five Star Western Series)

1 review
Stephen Overholser

Five Star (ME), 1998

An excellent portrayal of post civil war Colorado life.
The protaganist is a decorated civil war veteran who experiences a variety of dangerous experiences with natural elements and indians. The story is well told and holds the reader's attention throughout.

Webdancers (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series)
Brian Herbert

Five Star (ME), 2008

The Wild Orchid Society (Five Star Mystery Series)

5 reviews
Laurie Moore

Five Star (ME), 2004

fantastic police procedural
Having solved the LADY GODIVA MURDER does not liberate Cezanne Martin from being an anathema because of her affair with a married peer. Instead Cezanne is further punished by her relative Deputy Chief Daniel Rosen who announces at a press conference that she is the temporary head of homicide. Rosen informs the media that Cezanne will head up the newly formed Cold Case Squad and promises to ...

Lord of Shadows (Five Star Expressions)

1 review
Mary Lennox

Five Star (ME), 2008

engaging historical romantic suspense
In 1843, Lord Devlin Charmichael is a half-breed; having an English mother and a Zaranbad father, but he feels he belongs to neither world. His brother Ari, the King of Zaranbad, which is on the western border of India, is in London negotiating a treaty with the English Queen. He saves his sibling from a United Band terrorist's attempts to poison his Highness, but his sibling is spiteful rather ...

The Pressure of Darkness: A Thriller (Five Star Mystery Series)

12 reviews
Harry Shannon

Five Star (ME), 2006

The Pressure of Darkness
Right off the top: Harry Shannon's The Pressure of Darkness is the best novel he has published to date. I've enjoyed them all, with the Mick Callahan novels being personal favorites. But this one, The Pressure of Darkness, is a huge step up for Harry. In a just and fair world, it would be his breakthrough bestseller. The Pressure of Darkness is a thriller. It's also a horror story. It's sort ...