MERCHANDISE REVIEW: TITAN BOOKS CANVAS BAG

Merchandise Review: Titan Books Canvas Bag
Review By: Sandra Scholes

There's nothing more satisfying than going for a spot of shopping to while away the hours on your day off, so Titan offer a bag that is big enough to take several books.

ADVANCED REVIEW: BOOK REVIEW: PAINTED DOLL AN ONLY IN TOKYO MYSTERY BY JONELLE PATRICK

Advanced Review: Painted Doll An Only in Tokyo Mystery
Author: Jonelle Patrick

Publisher: Bancroft and Greene

Pages: 348

ISBN 10:0997570938

Rating: *****
Release Date: 5/12/2016
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Synopsis:
When Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura's phone rings with the news that his mother's death ten years ago wasn't an accident, his world begins to unravel. New evidence links her to a young woman, whose body was found dolled up like a movie star and tossed in the gutter like an abandoned plaything. With the help of part-time English translator Yumi Hata, Kenji begins to piece together what really happened the night his mother died. But the closer he gets to discovering who killed the Painted Doll, the more he fears that the truth will destroy all that's left of his fractured family.

THRILLER REVIEW: THE PHOENIX YEAR BY DAVID L. BLOND

 
The Phoenix Year 
David L. Blond
Publisher: Wattle Publishing
Published: Out Now!
Pages: 332 
Review by : Sandra Scholes

Well versed in the use of predicting the data for global economic models, Blond started his career working for the United Nations in Geneva in the 70s and currently works as a private economic consultant where he analyses economic data. It is likely his job rubbed off on him as he has created a novel, though fiction is build as a could have happened scenario where a bunch of billionaires can change the world if they put their minds to  it. "...from out of the fire, would rise a new order, like the legend of the phoenix. There would emerge a new world, a new super economy..."

MURDER MYSTERY REVIEW: ENTROPY BY ROBERT RAKER

 

Entropy 
Writer: Robert Raker
Publisher: Wattle Publishing
Published: Out Now!
Pages: 232

Entropy. Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.

The bodies of four children surface and four people seem to be connected to them, even going so far as to try and solve who might have committed the crimes. A diver, musician, agent and model could find the clues and discover the key to finding the murderers responsible for snuffing out the lives of these children. Rather than this being a continual novel, this is more of a series of short stories that all link together with a similar theme, but different outcome at the end.