MURDER-GO-ROUND: REVIEWS BY HARRIET KLAUSNER

Harriet Klausner, was chosen the number one reader in the entire USA by BOOK Magazine. What does that mean to you? She reads constantly and knows what's out there and wants to let you know, too. Read on for tips to great books from the wonder reader Harriet Klausner.


Check her new column in FMAM's hardcopy magazine, titled, Murder-Go-Round by Harriet Klausner.

I was born in the Bronx where I obtained a Masters in Library Science. My thesis topic was the Impact of Science Fiction Reading by High School Seniors on Standardized Reading Scores. I met my spouse Stan when he read my palm in a Bronx outdoor cafe.

After being married for seven months, we moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where I worked in the local bookstore. Our only child was born just outside the city on the same day as the Three Mile Island "meltdown" began. A few months later, we moved to Massachusetts where I worked in a small used book store that catered to fans of horror and science fiction. Ultimately we moved to Georgia where we currently live.

There I have worked with the library and found an acquisition job in a bookstore. I also started my book reviewing career here. I have always been a big fan of fiction. My favorite books span most genres. I enjoy a heated romance, especially written by the Sandras - Chastain and Brown. I love science fiction and fantasy when the realm feels real. Horror is entertaining to me when the vampires seem as if they are another living (dead?) species. Koontz remains my king.

However, I particularly take pleasure from almost all the sub-genres of mystery to include comic books starring Batman and Ms. Tree. I do not enjoy non-fiction, especially biographies (Boring) or most westerns. Being a hyper-speed-reader (as my husband calls me), I sometimes read two-three novels in a day. I enjoy writing a short synopsis of what I read and evaluate the tale. I take immense pleasure telling other readers about newcomers or unknown authors who have written superb novels. Finally, my husband has told me that my epitaph will read "Give me literature or give me death."

December 2004

Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
Access Denied by Donna Andrews
Afraid of the Dark by Donna Anders
All She Ever Wanted by Barbara Freethy
Black Wind by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
The Blue Rose by Anthony Eglin
Buried by Breakfast by Claudia Bishop
A Catered Wedding by Isis Crawford
A Cold and Silent Dying by Eleanor Taylor Bland
Courting Disaster by Joanne Pence
Death of a Trickster by Kate Borden
Death Takes a Gander by Christine Goff
Degrees of Separation by Karen Wiesner and Chris Spindler
Died Blonde by Nancy J. Cohen
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The Fire Baby by Jim Kelly
Fire When Ready by Kate Kingsbury
The Glass House by Ashley Gardner
The Hangman&dec04.shtml#146;s Hymn by P.C. Dougherty
Mad Money by Linda L. Richards
Mirror rorriM by Karen Wiesner
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The Siren Queen by Fiona Buckley
Spider Dance by Carole Nelson Douglas
The Unquiet Dead by Gay Longworth
Whiteout by Ken Follett
The Witch in the Well by Sharan Newman

November 2004

A Gentleman's Game: A Queen and Country Novel by Greg Rucka
Absent Friends by S.J. Rozan
And A Puzzle To Die On by Parnell Hall
Apocalypse Burning by Mel Odom
Buried Stuff by Sharon Fiffer
Bye, Bye, Love by Virginia Swift
Crushing Crystal by Evan Marshall
Darker Than Night by John Lutz
Death by Inferior Design by Leslie Kane
Double Shot by Diane Mott Davidson
Falling Awake by Jayne Ann Krentz
Fatal Error by Colleen Thompson
Forced Conversion by Donald J. Bingle
Incubus Dreams by Laurell K. Hamilton
Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Kings by Ken Abraham & Daniel Hart
Ragtime for Simla by Barbara Cleverly
Seeds of Doubt by Stephanie Kane
Singularity by Bill DeSmedtPer
The Burning of Rachel Hayes by Doug Allyn
The Famous Flower of Serving Men by Deborah Grabien
The Last Disciple by Hank Hanegraaff and Sigmund Brouwer
The Secret on Ararat by Tim LaHaye and Bob Philips
Thieves Break In by Christina Summers
Worth Dying For by Beverly Barton

October 2004

Burning Bridges by Troy Soos
Buzz Riff by Sam Hill
California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
The Closer by Donn Cortez
Crisscross by F. Paul Wilson
Crushing Crystal by Evan Marshall
A Dose of Murder by Lori Avocato
Dying in the Dark by Valerie Wilson Wesley
Grave Endings by Rochelle Krich
Hard, Hard City by Jim Fusilli
Hot On the Trail by Jane Isenberg
In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie
The Lake by Richard Laymon
Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
Persuasive Evidence by R. Barri Flowers
The Prince of Beverly Hills by Stuart Woods
The Reunion by Sue Walker
Sacred Stone by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo
Shield of the Sky by Susan Krinard
Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Tagged for Murder by Elaine Flinn
Till The End of Tom by Gillian Roberts
Total Silence by T.J. MacGregor
Winter House by Carol O’Connell
The Vanished Priestess by Meredith Blevins

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