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Deadly Morsels (4 novels in 1)

Takis Iakovou, Judy Iakovou, Jane Rubino, Peter Abresch

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

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The table is set for murder . . .

ANOTHER'S CURSE Takis & Judy Iakovou
Could things get any worse for the Oracle Cafe owners, Nick and Julia Lambros, when rats appear in the Dumpster and moonshine turns up in the lettuce crates? Unfortunately, yes -- when the health inspector who shuts them down is found dead!

RED OR GREEN? Steven F. Havill
When Bill Gastner, newly retired sheriff of Posadas County, New Mexico, finds his oldest friend dead of an apparent heart attack, he takes it with a grain of salt. George died after eating the famous Burrito Grande from the Don Juan de Oñate restaurant, and it takes the well-seasoned Gastner to find out who done it.

CAKE JOB Jane Rubino
Reporter Cat Austen is covering a lush bridal expo in Atlantic City and helping her future sister-in-law pick out a wedding cake. Cat soon finds herself in the middle of a mafia shakedown involving pastry chef Patty Cake, a hired killer and the discovery that the way to a hit man's heart is through his stomach . . .

SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING Peter Abresch
Jim Dandy and Dodee Swisher head for North Carolina's scenic shores for a weekend Elderhostel on culinary magic. They stumble across the body of a local priest and follow a trail of murder most fishy -- only to end up in dangerously deep waters . . .

Raise The Dead

Jane Rubino

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

A Jewel from Jersey 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.

This long-awaited book in Rubino's Cat Austen/Victor Cardenas series is a fast-paced mystery that takes a suprising turn, and leaves you breathless to the very last page. The hilarious dialogue, the complex relationships and the plot twist that puts a new and dramatic interpretation on the series, to this point are all the marks of a first rate mystery writer. Rubino never plays it safe and never serves up the same old formula, as many mystery writers seem to do - Raise the Dead is a unique and unforgettable read!

A Ten Star Mystery with a Heart-Stopping Twist 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

What can I say about Jane Rubino's latest? Hilarious. Thrilling. Heartbreaking. Suspenseful. Surprising. The book's flashback prologue puts a new twist on the murder of Cat Austen's husband, one that has dramatic and stunning repercussions. The plot also brushes up against the matter of embryonic life in a way that is not preachy, or clinical, or political because she puts her own characters into a situation where THEY are forced to think about the subject in a new light. I don't know of any other writer who is so willing to take risks with her characters or whose books I can't put down, then can't stop thinking about them once I've finished. And if you think Rubino couldn't pull off a better plot twist than Plot Twist's, are you in for a shock!

Cheat the Devil (Cat Austen Mysteries)

Jane Rubino

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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Fully recovered from the gunshot wound that landed Cat Austen in the hospital in Death of a DJ, and over the shock of stumbling upon the corpse of Santa Claus in Fruitcake, Cat has reluctantly agreed to take off with Victor Cardenas (Lieutenant, ACPD) for a four-day weekend in San Juan -- but fate steps in to save her from having to back out at the last minute when Victor is called to the murder scene in what looks to be number three in a serial-killer case.

Cat just has time to heave a guilty sigh of relief when she realizes that the murdered woman was involved with her brother Dominic's Church of St. Agnes--and so were the others. Within a matter of days, three more women are murdered; again, all have some involvement with St. Agnes. Could it be, was it even conceivable, that Cat's beloved priest/brother could be a murderer?

Back again to enliven the pages are Cat's six brothers, her mother; Ellice; and Cat's two children, Mats and Jane. The crew from Cop Watch is in town, too, to shoot the Death of a DJ episode; and of course Ritchie Landis wants Cat to get him the goods on The Slasher for the Chronicle....

Fruitcake: A Mystery

Jane Rubino

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Buy it now. In fact, save yourself postage and buy them all. 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I finished Rubino's first book, Death of a DJ, and just had to head straight into Fruitcake. It is even better than the first. Cat and Victor's budding romance is finding solid ground, the Fortunatis are an absolutely authentic Italian-American family. In fact, I think I know them.... And the mystery cannot be beat. Now if I only had Rubino's third book in my mitts tonight I'd be a happy woman. Dang! To have to wait 12 hours is torture. You just have to read this one.

Editorial Review:

As Christmas approaches, writer Cat Austen, recuperating from her last "adventure" (Death of a DJ), is sent to Atlantic City to do a fluff piece on the party of the year at the new Phoenix Hotel and Casino. She is shown the door when she asks about the owner's marital and financial problems.

Leaving the hotel, via the parking garage, Cat narrowly escapes a speeding car and stumbles over a recently deposited, but not so recently departed corpse dressed as Santa Claus. Teaming again with police lieutenant Victor Cardenas of the Major Crimes unit, they find a bizarre conspiracy that has gone crazily and dangerously awry.

Death of a Dj: A Mystery

Jane Rubino

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

A great new heoine stars in a deliciously unique series 5 out of 5 stars.
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Cat Austen, a widow with two children, has seven excessively protective, older brothers, of whom six are police officers and one is a priest. She soon lands a job as an entertainment reporter at her local newspaper. Her first assignment is to interview two DJs, Jerry Dudek and Tom Hopper, who run a local "shock jock" radio talk show. It's not easy to get Jerry to open up about his past. The vulgar individual is a master in the art of manipulation and evasiveness. He is the type of person who would enjoy pulling the wings off a butterfly. Apparently, Jerry goes to far in his cruelties because he is shot dead in a parking lot, with Cat being the only witness. During the investigation, Cat crosses paths with Lt. Victor Cradenas, a handsome specimen of a man who makes Cat question her decision to fly solo. Victor is also stunned by the feelings Cat generates in him, but before they can do anything about it, they have to catch a murderer before he kills them. This is a brilliant debut by an author whose talent will take her to the top of her chosen profession. This exciting mystery, leavened with healthy doses of humor and romance, is gritty, realistic, and lots of fun. Harriet Klausner

Editorial Review:

An unpleasant job turns deadly when shock jock Jerry Dudek is gunned down after an interview with entertainment writer Cat Austen, but now a handsome detective with an eye for more than just the case must protect Cat from a killer who thinks she knows too much. Reprint.

Knight Errant: The Singular Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Jane Rubino, Christopher Roden

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

No Windmills Here! 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I was delighted, pretty much, with the three long stories or short novels in this collection of Holmes pastiches.
Rubino really nails Watson's literary style, a very difficult trick that very few writers bring off even approximately.

In the first and most routine adventure, Holmes tackles the vanishing under strange circumstances of a priceless necklace. This was the least satisfying of the stories for me, not only because of echoes from "Naval Treaty," but also because it introduces characters like the odious Col. Moran prematurely as far as the Doylean Canon is concerned.

Far more interesting is the second tale, in which the staunchly Victorian Holmes must deal with a murder and disappearance involving London's most notorious abortionist and midwife, and his investigation uncovers a genuine monster, the "abominable Merridew." In the third tale, Holmes must locate a missing heiress, but the real question is why this unknown girl is to be the inheritor of a huge fortune, when the dying man has a wife and son who are being essentially disinherited by a very strange will. And just who is Holmes' client, anyway? Holmes reaches a solution just in time to forestall a cold-blooded murder.

The common theme of all three cases is that the villain is never brought to justice within the legal system, for one reason or another. And each case is based on a very brief mention within the Doylean Canon, often a single name with no context.

I hope this is not the last pastiche from Jane Rubino. As Holmes himself would say, "Well done."

Editorial Review:

From time to time, in his narration of the many and varied cases of Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson would make reference to incidents and other cases, of which he tantalisingly told us nothing more.

There was, for instance, the help Holmes was able to give to Mrs Cecil Forrester; Holmes's notes on Merridew (of abominable memory); and the famous Smith-Mortimer succession case.

In this stunning collection of new cases involving Sherlock Holmes, we finally learn the facts that Watson never disclosed.

Written in true canonical style, KNIGHT ERRANT: THE SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES will appeal to all those who enjoy further adventures of the Master Detective.

Knight Errant: The Singular Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Jane Rubino, Christopher Roden

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

No Windmills Here! 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I was delighted, pretty much, with the three long stories or short novels in this collection of Holmes pastiches.
Rubino really nails Watson's literary style, a very difficult trick that very few writers bring off even approximately.

In the first and most routine adventure, Holmes tackles the vanishing under strange circumstances of a priceless necklace. This was the least satisfying of the stories for me, not only because of echoes from "Naval Treaty," but also because it introduces characters like the odious Col. Moran prematurely as far as the Doylean Canon is concerned.

Far more interesting is the second tale, in which the staunchly Victorian Holmes must deal with a murder and disappearance involving London's most notorious abortionist and midwife, and his investigation uncovers a genuine monster, the "abominable Merridew." In the third tale, Holmes must locate a missing heiress, but the real question is why this unknown girl is to be the inheritor of a huge fortune, when the dying man has a wife and son who are being essentially disinherited by a very strange will. And just who is Holmes' client, anyway? Holmes reaches a solution just in time to forestall a cold-blooded murder.

The common theme of all three cases is that the villain is never brought to justice within the legal system, for one reason or another. And each case is based on a very brief mention within the Doylean Canon, often a single name with no context.

I hope this is not the last pastiche from Jane Rubino. As Holmes himself would say, "Well done."

Editorial Review:

From time to time, in his narration of the many and varied cases of Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson would make reference to incidents and other cases, of which he tantalisingly told us nothing more.

There was, for instance, the help Holmes was able to give to Mrs Cecil Forrester; Holmes's notes on Merridew (of abominable memory); and the famous Smith-Mortimer succession case.

In this stunning collection of new cases involving Sherlock Holmes, we finally learn the facts that Watson never disclosed.

Written in true canonical style, KNIGHT ERRANT: THE SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES will appeal to all those who enjoy further adventures of the Master Detective.