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Jan 1, 2013

As of January 1, 2013... in an attempt to streamline and clean up a bit, the book reviews will also load onto the front page of the Dew.  So all new articles, stories and book reviews will be in one handy location. 




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Thank you and let's have a great 2013!

City of Exiles
Dec 21, 2012

Rachel Wolfe, a gifted Mormon FBI agent assigned to a major investigation overseas, discovers that a notorious gun runner has been murdered at his home in London, his body set on fire. When a second victim is found under identical circumstances, the ensuing chase plunges Wolfe and her colleagues into a breathless race across Europe, a secret war between two ruthless intelligence factions, and a hunt for a remorseless killer. At the heart of the mystery lies one of the strangest unsolved incidents in the history of Russia, the unexplained death of nine mountaineers in the Dyatlov Pass in 1959. And at the center of it all stands a figure from Wolfe's past, Ilya Severin, the Russian thief and former assassin known in another life as the Scythian…

Idgie Says:
This a definitive must read for lovers of spy/political/mystery books. It starts off with spies and killers tracking and double-tracking each other, turns into a forensics/murder riddle and then pulls out a historical mystery.  

So you have chase scenes, blood, intrigue, mayhem, mystery and procedural police work all in one novel.  

Normally I might tout this as a "man's novel" (I know, smack me), but with the lead investigator being a female it adds an additional kick to it that could draw in the female reader that generally might not have interest in this type of story. 


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Reviewed by Idgie. If you would like to have the Dew review a book, please contact me at dewonthekudzu@gmail.com

The First Prophet
Dec 19, 2012

The First Prophet
Author: Kay Hooper
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Jove (November 27, 2012)
(Berkeley/Penguin)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0515152889

A Bishop Files Novel

Book Description
Within the FBI, there exists a team of psychics whose powers cannot be denied. But these agents are feared—by a cabal of conspirators with only one weapon: to blind the psychics to the evils all around them.

Months ago Sarah Gallagher woke from a coma with psychic abilities she couldn’t control. They changed her life and cost her the man she loved. And now, someone is playing games with Sarah’s mind.

It begins with Sarah’s home being destroyed by fire—an act of arson that draws novelist Tucker Mackenzie into Sarah’s confidence. But he has other reasons for pursuing a woman who can see what others can’t. So does a mysterious enemy intent on eliminating Sarah, and everyone she cares about. Because it’s only a matter of time before her visions lead her and Tucker to a secret many will kill to hide. Only then will they begin to discover the scope of a terrifying conspiracy so deep and complex they can trust almost no one.

Idgie Says
I recently reviewed Haven, a Bishop/CSU novel - where some of the characters in this book first showed.  These books are an interesting combination of serial crime/killing, almost spy-like espionage, good old displays of psychic powers and a mystery that isn't solved in the first 4 chapters.  In other words, it's a keep you on the edge of your seat "crime mystery novel".

This one has Bad Psychics after good Psychics for reasons unknown.  Good Psychics dying mysteriously while either doing nothing at all or sensing the darkness coming toward them and fighting it to the death.  There's so few psychics in the world, why are they trying to kill each other?  Do they really want to kill them.......or use them for some nefarious purpose?

Sarah, basically a brand new Psychic only sees when people die and she has seen herself falling into a grave. Is there a chance she's only seeing a "what if" that could be changed? 

Read and find out!
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Reviewed by Idgie. If you would like to have the Dew review a book, please contact me at dewonthekudzu@gmail.com