Lemuria Bookstore Blog

You are the 911 call operator for small town, Bulls Mouth, Tx. You are a policeman but since being shot this is what you do.  All day you sit at the desk and take calls ranging from domestic violence to the cat is in the tree and won’t come down.  Coffee is your best friend.  [...]

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I have been reading some great thrillers so far in 2012.  I really enjoyed this one from Penguin,  Dark Revelations by Anthony E. Zuiker, the conclusion of the Level 26 Trilogy. I became interested in this trilogy because I love CSI and Anthony E. Zuiker is the creator of the television series.  I was introduced [...]

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Agent 6 is the conclusion to Tom Rob Smith’s trilogy about Leo Demidov, my favorite officer of the KGB.  I have been waiting tirelessly for this book to come out having read Child 44 (2008) and The Secret Speech (2009) and absolutely loving them both.  I am actually very sad that we will not be [...]

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I fell in love with Alan Bradley and his precocious 11 year old sleuth main character, Flavia de Luce, when I first read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie in 2009.  I know that you are thinking, “Maggie, you like slice and dice mysteries…why are you reading these Nancy Drew’s for adults?” My [...]

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Labor Day Weekend is upon us…for many it is the last weekend of summer which means the last time to sit by the pool or on the beach just reading.  I was thinking about what end of summer reads that I would be suggesting  to folks and then I thought about football season.  College football [...]

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What is one to do when they realize that they are the last of their kind? Jake Marlowe has to make a decision. After learning that the one other werewolf besides himself has been killed, Jake knows that he will soon be facing his enemies at the WOCOP, an organization that was created to control [...]

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The problem with trying to write and sell a thriller is that you must be careful with what you say so you do not give the plot away.  I will do my best here. “As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today.  I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning.  [...]

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I was reading the Wall Street Journal’s suggestions for Summer reads and Don’t Breathe A Word by Jennifer McMahon piqued  my interest.  Sure enough, we had a copy over in the fiction room so I took it home and read it in two nights. I read it on my couch but really think that it [...]

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I was just sitting here this morning ringing up a customer…my usual banter–thanks for coming in, come back to see us!  Have a great holiday weekend!  Holiday weekend? Wait a minute what is that? Ah yes, Memorial Day, the beginning of summer.  I decided that this weekend will be the perfect time to make sure [...]

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I am much looking forward to bringing my 17-year-old son on the US book tour for An Evil Eye in April – he’s never been to America, but he plays guitar and the name Robert Johnson means something very good to him. We’ll be visiting a range of fantastic independent bookstores across the south and [...]

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