Book review - A cozy, delightful read

A Writer's Deadly Epilogue
by Cynthia Raye
Genre : Cozy Mystery


Molly Simmons is a child prodigy who cannot find a job despite graduating from a top college. So she works for a tabloid magazine writing stories she absolutely hates. Then an author she knows gets murdered. He is the husband of her childhood friend who now works in a TV soap opera. While she quits her job as she is unable to write a scandalous story about the death of her friend's husband, her friend gets arrested. Now Simmons puts her investigative skills to work and ends up ruling the top three suspects. So who shot her friend's husband?

 It is not often authors write about writers and authors as their main characters in a novella.That too especially about the state of journalists and freelance writers are brought out in a very realistic way.In this the protagonist and victim are journalist and an author respectively.

Raye tells a story which is enjoyable page turner. The writing is crisp and the story flows easily making it a very enjoyable read. The characters are totally believable and the story is fast paced and you can probably read it one sitting. 

 

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A fun weekend read

 

 

Killing Valerian Zolotov
by
Jonathan Harries
Genre : Fiction



A motley group pf anti poaching activists discover a member of the Russian mafia has kidnapped an Indian geneticist and is holding him hostage on his estate in Namibia. Why is the question? What is he up to? As the group investigates, we also get to know more about the group itself which includes people of multiple nationalities including a Mossad woman assassin from Columbia.
 

From the crazy traffic ridden roads of India to trophy hunters in Namibia, from the streets of Hong kong to the secret worlds in Russia, Harries tells us an adventurous tale of crime and redemption. Some scenes are funny like the appearance of Vladimir Putin or drinking Putnika to please Putin that it had me laughing.
 

The writing style is clear and the pace is fast.Most authors lack the sense of humor but Harries weaves it in despite desperate situations. The majestic wild life of Africa are right before your very eyes and makes you want to go on a safari.

Not many books are written about poaching and the money behind poachers though most of us know it happens. Well not anymore. You cannot just ignore a news report about a dead elephant as the book stays with you. What I loved about the book apart from the adventure and wild life is the thread of humor that runs through the whole book.If you wish to buy the book,

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