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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 entitled "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."

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Murder-Go-Round: Reviews by Harriet Klausner

February 2012

A Catered St. Patrick’s Day by Isis Crawford
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Buried in a Book by Lucy Arlington
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb
Dead and Not So Buried by James L. Conway
Deep Sky by Patrick Lee
Defending Jacob by William Landay
Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody
File M for Murder by Miranda James
Horizon by Sophie Littlefield
Need You Now by James Grippando
No Mark Upon Her by Deborah Crombie
Not in the Heart by Chris Fabry
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Restless in the Grave by Dana Stabenow
Scrapbooks of Secrets by Mollie Cox Bryan
Shedding Light on Murder by Patricia Driscoll
Taken by Robert Crais
The Confession by Charles Todd
The Garden Intrigue by Lauren Willig
The Next One to Fall by Hilary Davidson
The Perfect Death by James Andrus
The Rope by Nevada Barr
The Walled Flower by Lorraine Bartlett
Tribulations of the Short Cut Man by P.G. Sturges

January 2012

A Devil Is Waiting by Jack Higgins
A Quiet Vendetta by R.J. Ellory
All Necessary Force by Brad Taylor
Breakdown by Sara Paretsky
Cat Telling Tales by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz
D.C. Dead by Stuart Woods
Dead Low Tide by Brett Lott
Death Benefit by Robin Cook
Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
Ghoul Interrupted by Victoria Laurie
Gideon’s Corpse by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Hard Target by Howard Gordon
Love In a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly
Lunatics by Dave Barry & Alan Zweibel
Power Play by Ben Bova
Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
Shear Murder by Nancy J. Cohen
Stay At Home Dead by Jeffrey Allen
The Chalk Girl by Carol O’Connell
The Devil’s Elixir by Raymond Khoury
The Hunter by John Lescroart
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon
The Secret Crown by Chris Kuzneski
The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi

December 2011

11/22/63 by Stephen King
A Christmas Homecoming by Anne Perry
A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander
A Deadly Penance by Maureen Ash
A Killer's Christmas in Wales by Elizabeth J. Duncan
Against the Storm by Kat Marin
At the End of the Road by Grant Jerkins
Behind the Seams by Betty Hechman
Chelsea Mansions by Barry Maitland
Cold Glory by B. Kent Anderson
Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell
El Gavilan by Craig McDonald
Getting Lucky by DC Brod
Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston & Child
Herald of Death by Kate Kingsbury
Hot Water by Erin Brockovich and C.J. Lyons
Hurt Machine by Reed Farrel Coleman
If I Should Die by Allison Brennan
In The Bleak Midwinter by M.R. Sellars
Resuscitation by D.M. Annechino
Silver Sparks by Starr Ambrose
The Alpine Winter by Mary Daheim
The Chalice of Blood by Peter Tremayne
The Heart of a Killer by Jaci Burton
The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker and Dick Lochte

November 2011

A Dark and Lonely Place by Edna Buchanan
Against the Storm by Kat Marin
Angel Condemned by Mary Stanton
Black Thunder by Aimee & David Thurlo
Blink of an Eye by William S. Cohen
Bonnie by Iris Johansen
Defensive Wounds by Lisa Black
Fever Dream by Dennis Palumbo
I Am Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
In Close by Brenda Novak
L.A. Mental by Neil McMahon
Mrs. Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-Up by Emily Brightwell
National Security by Marc Cameron
Rain Falls Like Mercy by Jack Todd
Scotched by Kaitlyn Dunnett
Skating Over the Line by Joelle Charbonneau
Skeleton Letters by Laura Childs
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis
The Chocolate Castle Clue by Joanna Carl
The Heart of a Killer by Jaci Burton
The Ionia Sanction by Gary Corby
Three-Day Town by Margaret Maron
Twelve Drummers Drumming by C.C. Benison
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
Where All the Dead Lie by J.T. Ellison
Who Do, Voodoo? by Michelle Staab
Zero Day by David Baldacci

October 2011

A Killing Season by Priscilla Royal
As the Pig Turns by M.C. Beaton
Attracted to Fire by DiAnn Mills
Children of Paranoia by Trevor Shane
Covenant by Dean Crawford
Darkness All Around by Doug Magee
Elvis and the Tropical Double Trouble by Peggy Webb
Enemy Mine by Karin Harlow
Harbor by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Headstone by Jack Bruen
How to Party With a Killer Vampire by Penny Warner
Killer Sweet Tooth by Gayle Trent
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman
Murder of a Creped Suzette by Denise Swanson
Murder Unleashed by Rita Mae Brown
Prey by Linda Howard
Reamde by Neal Stephenson
Shock Wave by John Sandford
Shoe Done It by Grace Carroll
Sweet Justice by Christy Reece
The Affair by Lee Child
The Burning Soul by John Connolly
The More the Terrier by Linda O. Johnston
Thread Reckoning by Amanda Lee
Vacation by Matthew Costello

September 2011

All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen
Back of Beyond by C. J. Box
Button Holed by Kylie Logan
Canyons of Night by Jayne Ann Krentz writing as Jayne Castle
Damage Control by Denise Hamilton
End of Days by Robert Gleason
Frozen Stiff by Annelise Ryan
Full Black by Brad Thor
Inmate 1577 by Alan Jacobson
Kiloton Threat by William G. Boykin and Tom Morrisey
Lethal by Sandra Brown
Murder in Burnt Orange by Jeanne M. Dams
Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen
New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
Pirate King by Laurie R. King
Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues by Michael Brandman
Sleight of Paw by Sofie Kelly
Snapped by Laura Griffin
Son of Stone by Stuart Woods
Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend
The Bad Always Die Twice by Cheryl Crane
The Betrayal by Jerry Jenkins
The Gilded Shroud by Elizabeth Bailey
The Nightmare: A Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft by Nancy Means Wright
The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams
The Tale of Castle Cottage by Susan Wittig Albert
Thunder in the Morning Calm by Don Brown
Tragic Toppings by Jessica Beck

August 2011

A Sheetcake Named Desire by Jacklyn Brady
Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry
Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott
All the Pretty Hearses by Mary Daheim
Betrayal of Trust by J. A. Jance
Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver
Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta by Carole Nelson Douglas
Courageous by Randy Alcorn
Creep by Jennifer Hillier
Harrowing Hats by Joyce and Jim Lavene
Hot, Shot and Bothered by Nora McFarland
Lie for Me by Karen Young
Murder by Mocha by Cleo Coyle
Pampered to Death by Laura Levine
Pleating for Mercy by Melissa Bourbon
Serial by John Lutz
Sucker Punch by Jeremy Brown
Targets of Opportunity by Jeffrey S. Stephens
The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood
The Killing Song by P.J. Parrish
The Magdalena Curse by F. G. Cottam
The Sauvignon Secret by Ellen Crosby
The Second Messiah by Glenn Meade
The Sixes by Kate White
The Vintage Vendetta by Ellen Crosby
Till Death Do Us Bark by Judi McCoy

July 2011

A Taste of the Nightlife by Sarah Zettel
Blood of the Reich by William Dietrich
Bloodline by Mark Billingham
Crime Fraiche by Alexander Campion
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Burning Season by Jeff Mariotte
Dick Francis’s Gamble by Felix Francis
Dreams of the Dead by Perri O'Shaughnessy
English Tea Murder by Leslie Meier
Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross
Justice by Karen Robards
Lake Charles by Ed Lynskey
Long Gone by Alafair Burke
Quinn by Iris Johansen
Revenger by Rory Clements
Split Second by Catherine Coulter
The Knowledge of Good and Evil by Glenn Kleier
The Nightmare Thief by Meg Gardiner
The Paradise Prophecy by Robert Browne
The Ranger by Ace Atkins
The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews
The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
The Vault by Boyd Morrison
The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill
Threat Warning by John Gilstrap
Very Bad Men by Harry Dolan
Vision Impossible by Victoria Laurie
Watch Me Die by Erica Spindler
You're Next by Gregg Hurwitz

June 2011

A Parfait Murder by Wendy Lyn Watson
A Time for Patriots by Dale Brown
Before I Go to Sleep by SJ Watson
Blood Trust by Eric Van Lustbader
Dire Threads by Janet Bolin
Disturbance by Jan Burke
Clutches and Curses by Dorothy Howell
Fallen by Karin Slaughter
Grace Interrupted by Julie Hyzy
Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell
Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton
Hot Lights, Cold Steel by D.P. Lyle
Ink Flamingoes by Karen E. Olson
Missing Persons by Clare O'Donohue
Murder One by Robert Dugoni
Outrage by Robert K. Tannenbaum
Robopocalypse by Daniel H Wilson
Royal Pains, First Do No Harms by D.P. Lyle
Sentenced to Death by Lorna Barrett
Strong at the Break by Jon Land
The Devil's Light by Richard North Patterson
The Girl Who Disappeared Twice by Andrea Kane
The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry
The Phoenix Apostles by Lynn Sholes and Joe Moore
To Sketch a Thief by Sharon Pape
Unraveled by Maggie Sefton
White Shotgun by April Smith
Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush

May 2011

A Pizza to Die For by Chris Cavender
Buried Prey by John Sandford
Classified as Murder by Miranda James
Closer Than Blood by Gregg Olsen
Darkside by Belinda Bauer
Death on Tour by Janice Hamrick
Disturbed by Kevin O’Brien
Evil Éclairs by Jessica Beck
False Witness by Randy Singer
Flowerbed of State by Dorothy St. James
Hiss of Death by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown
I Don't Want To Kill You by Dan Wells
Knockdown by Sarah Graves
Mobbed by Carol Higgins Clark
Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders by Gyles Brandreth
Pumped for Murder by Elaine Viets
Shake, Murder and Roll by Gail Oust
Spider Web by Earlene Fowler
The Alpine Vengeance by Mary Daheim
The Fallen Angel by David Hewson
The King of Plagues by Jonathan Maberry
The Medusa Amulet by Robert Masello
The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth
The Redeemed by M.R. Hall
The School of Night by Louis Bayard
The Sixth Man by David Baldacci
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
The Wedding Shawl by Sally Goldenbaum
The Worst Thing by Aaron Elkins

April 2011

Afraid of the Dark by James Grippando
Bel-Air Dead by Stuart Woods
Bit Player by Janet Dawson
Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
Cookie Dough or Die by Virginia Lowell
Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson
Dead by Midnight by Carolyn Hart
Devious by Lisa Jackson
Eve by Iris Johansen
Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Heywood
I’ll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark
Live Wire by Harlan Coben
Mimosas, Mischief, and Murder by Sara Rosett
Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman
Now You See Her by Joy Fielding
Quicksilver by Amanda Quick
Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
Shaken by J.A. Konrath
So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman
Sweet Revenge by Andrea Penrose
The Beloved Dead by Tony Hays
The Cat, The Lady and The Liar by Leann Sweeney
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly
The Nameless Dead by Paul Johnston
The Pope's Assassin by Luis M. Rocha
The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker
Thou Shalt Kill by Daniel Blake
Treason at Lisson Grove by Anne Perry
Vienna Twilight by Frank Tallis

March 2011

A Touch of Gold by Joyce and Jim Levane
Antiques Knock-Off by Barbara Allan
Beaglemania by Linda O. Johnston
Begging for Trouble by Judi McCoy
Cold Wind by C.J. Box
Deadly Vows by Brenda Joyce
Death Along the Spirit Road by C.M. Wendelboe
Devil's Food Cake Murder by Joanna Fluke
False Pretenses by Kathy Herman
Found Wanting by Robert Goddard
Fruit of All Evil by Paige Shelton
In The Shadow of Evil by Robin Caroll
Love You More by Lisa Gardner
Lucifer’s Tears by James Thompson
Murder of a Bookstore Babe by Denise Swanson
Night Vision by Randy Wayne White
Scones & Bones by Laura Childs
Someone's Watching by Sharon Potts
Springtime of the Spirit by Maureen Lang
The Breath of God by Jeffrey Small
The Night Season by Chelsea Cain
The Terror of Living by Urban Waite
Vicious Cycle by Terri Blackstock
Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris
Zero Day by Mark Russinovich

 

 






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