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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

September 2010

A Deadly Row by Casey Mayes
Arsenic and Old Paint by Hailey Lind
Bad Blood by John Sandford
Book of Nathan by Curt Weeden and Richard Marek
Brewski For The Old Man by Phyllis Smallman
Buzz Off by Hannah Reed
Deadly Fear by Cynthia Eden
Driven to Ink by Karen E. Olson
Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck
Feline Fatale by Linda O. Johnston
Foreign Influence by Brad Thor
Hangman by Faye Kellerman
Kiss of Death by P.D. Martin
Midnight Crystal by Jayne Castle
Mob Rules by Cameron Haley
Nemesis by Lindsey Davis
Overkill by Joseph Teller
Pirates of the Levant by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Poison: A Novel of the Renaissance by Sara Poole
Santa Fe Edge by Stuart Woods
Scared Stiff by Annelise Ryan
Scoop to Kill by Wendy Lynn Watson
Sea Glass by Maria V. Snyder
The Last Lie by Stephen White
The Mullah's Storm by Thomas W. Young
The Ocean Dark by Jack Rogan
The Paramour’s Daughter by Wendy Hornsby
The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva
The Tale of Oat Cake Crag by Susan Wittig Albert
The Way of the Guilty by Jennifer Stanley
Veil of Night by Linda Howard
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
Wicked Witch Murder by Leslie Meier

August 2010

After America by John Birmingham
Bad Day's Work by Nora McFarland
Betrayed by Robert K. Tanenbaum
Blood Men by Paul Cleave
Burn by Nevada Barr
Cast In Chaos by Michelle Sagara
Crossfire by Dick Francis and Felix Francis
Cure by Robin Cook
Damaged by Alex Kava
Dead Line by Stella Rimington
Fatal Convictions by Randy Singer
Hostage Zero by John Gilstrap
How to Crash a Killer Bash by Penny Warner
In Harm’s Way by Ridley Pearson
Mourn the Living by Henry Perez
Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd
Murder Past Due by Miranda James
Queen of the Night by J.A. Jance
Roast Mortem by Cleo Coyle
Sketch Me If You Can by Sharon Pape
Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs
The Capitol Game by Brian Haig
The Gathering Storm by Brodie and Brock Thoene
The Hanging Tree by Bryan Gruley
The Last Operative by Jerry B. Jenkins
The Liar’s Lullaby by Meg Gardiner
The Viognier Vendetta by Ellen Crosby
The Witness by Josh McDowell
Tough Customer by Sandra Brown
Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane
Venom by Joan Brady

July 2010

A Glimpse of Evil by Victoria Laurie
As Husbands Go by Susan Isaacs
Bad Samaritan by Aimee and David Thurlo
Blind Spot by Nancy Bush
Bone Appetit by Carolyn Haines
Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton
Death by Diamonds by Annette Blair
Delicious and Suspicious byRiley Adams
Diva Las Vegas by Eileen Davidson
Home Dead for Christmas by Tony Fenelly
Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner
Nine Lives Last Forever by Rebecca M. McHale
People of the Longhouse by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective by Eric Van Lustbader, Robert Ludlum
Shadow Zone by Iris Johansen
Shoulder Bags and Shootings by Dorothy Howell
Silent Scream by Lynda La Plante
The Cabal by David Hagberg
The Caretaker of Lorne Field by Dave Zeltserman
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert
The Dog Park Club by Cynthia Robinson
The Exile by Andrew Britton
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Panic Zone by Rick Mofina
The Search by Nora Roberts
The Season of Risks by Susan Hubbard
Tomb with a View by Casey Daniels
Torn Apart by Shane Gericke
Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows by Nick Drake

June 2010

A Cast-off Coven by Juliet Blackwell
A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams
A Stranger In the Family by Robert Barnard
Bodily Harm by Robert Dugoni
Broken by Karin Slaughter
Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton
Death Echo by Elizabeth Lowell
Death in Show by Judi McCoy
Demon Hunts by C.E. Murphy
Dog Blood by David Moody
Fade to Midnight by Shannon McKenna
Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy
Hard Magic by Laura Anne Gilman
I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells
In Shelter Cove by Barbara Freethy
Innocent by Scott Turow
Insatiable by Meg Cabot
Intercept by Patrick Robinson
Murder on Lexington Avenue by Victoria Thompson
Never Wave Goodbye by Doug Magee
Night of the Living Deed by E. J. Copperman
Now You See Her by Merline Lovelace
Play Dead by Meryl Sawyer
Reel Murder by Mary Kennedy
Risk No Secrets by Cindy Gerard
Set Sail for Murder by R.T. Jordan
Silent Scream by Karen Rose
Skein of the Crime by Maggie Sefton
Supreme Justice by Phillip Margolin
The Burning Wire by Jeffrey Deaver
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers by Sharyn McCrumb
The Exodus Quest by Will Adams
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Templar Knight by Jan Guillou
Toast Mortem by Claudia Bishop
Vicious by Kevin O’Brien
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter

May 2010

31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan
61 Hours by Lee Child
Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth
Dark Alley by Evan Marshall
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Death of a Trophy Wife by Laura Levine
Edge of Apocalypse by Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall
Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland
Half-Price Homicide by Elaine Viets
Heirs of Cain by Tom Wallace
Shoot to Thrill by P.J. Tracy
State Fair by Earlene Fowler
Storm Prey by John Sandford
The Ark by Boyd Morrison
The Cat, the Professor and the Poison by Leann Sweeney
The Ghost Writer by Robert Harris
The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King
The Hangman’s Row Enquiry by Ann Purser
The Hypnotist by M.J. Rose
The Informer by Craig Nova
The Killing Edge by Heather Graham
The Perfect Woman by James Andrew
The Secret of Excalibur by Andy McDermott
The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark
The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel
The Skorpian Directive by David Stone
This Body of Death by Elizabeth George
Wanna Get Lucky? by Deborah Coonts

April 2010

A Kiss to Kill By by Nina Bruhns
Beautiful Assassin by Michael White
Cat of the Century by Rita Mae Brown
Changes by Jim Butcher
Deadly Deals by Fern Michaels
Deception by Jonathan Kellerman
Eight Days to Live by Iris Johansen
Elegy for April by Benjamin Black
Farm Fresh Murder by Paige Shelton
Hand of Fate by Lis Wiehl with April Henry
Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein
Holly Blues by Susan Wittig Albert
Lucid Intervals by Stuart Woods
Matthew’s Story by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Mint Juleps, Mayhem and Murder by Sara Rosett
Murder of a Wedding Belle by Denise Swanson
Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin
Necessary Heartbreak by Michael J. Sullivan
Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay
Noir by Robert Coover
Nowhere to Run by C.J. Box
Reckless by Andrew Gross
Revenge for Old Times’ Sake by Kris Neri
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Stress Fracture by D. P. Lyle
The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds
The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker
The Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick
The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo
The Executor by Jesse Kellerman
The First Thing and the Last by Allan G. Johnson
The Killer by Tom Hinshelwood
The Moonlit Earth by Christopher Rice
'Til Dice Do Us Part by Gail Oust
Tooth and Claw by Nigel McCrery
Witch in Time by Madelyn Alt

March 2010

Able One by Ben Bova
Antiques Bizarre by Barbara Allan
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
Blood Vines by Erica Spindler
Capitol Betrayal by William Bernhardt
Cook the Books by Jessica Conant-Parks and Susan Conant
Dark Secrets of the Old Oak Tree by Dolores J. Wilson
Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White
Do They Know I’m Running? by David Corbett
False Mermaid by Erin Hart
Feathered Serpent 2012 by Junius Podrug
Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton
Forget Me Not by Vicki Hinze
From the Grounds Up by Sandra Balzo
Ghouls Gone Wild by Victoria Laurie
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
Live to Tell by Wendy Corsi Staub
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard
Night Tides by Alex Prentiss
Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
Our Lady of Immaculate Deception by Nancy Martin
Plaster and Poison by Jennie Bentley
Pretty in Ink by Karen E. Olson
Red Inferno: 1945 by Robert Conroy
Safer by Sean Doolittle
Shattered by Karen Robards
The Brain Thief by Alexander Jablokov
The Intrigue at Highbury or Emma’s March by Carrie Bebris
The Last Illusion by Rhys Bowen
The Serialist by David Gordon
The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz
The Teabury Strangler by Laura Childs
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
The Wild Zone by Joy Fielding
The Winter Thief by Jenny White
Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline
Warriors by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
Wild Laws by Jim Hanson
Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
You Can’t Stop Me by Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens

February 2010

A Dark Matter by Peter Straub
A Dog at Sea by J.F. Englert
A Night Too Dark by Dana Stabenow
A Stitch in Crime by Betty Hechtman
Black Rain by Graham Brown
Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
Diary of a Confessions Queen by Kathy Carmichael
Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
Foolproof by Barbara D'Amato, Jeanne M. Dams, Mark Richard Zubro
Hold On Tight by Stephanie Tyler
How to Host a Killer Party by Penny Warner
If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle
Last Snow by Eric Lustbader
Sizzle by Julie Garwood
Sleeping with Anemone by Kate Collins
Split Image by Robert B. Parker
SPQR XIII: The Year of Confusion by John Maddox Roberts
State of Decay by James Knapp
Stolen Seduction by Elisabeth Naughton
The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming
The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer
The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell
The Midnight House by Alex Berenson
The Proof Is in the Pudding by Melinda Wells
The Red Door by Charles Todd
The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn
This Is Not a Game by Walter Jon Williams
Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler
Treasure Hunt by John Lescroart
Victim Six by Gregg Olsen
Wicked Craving by G.A. McKevett
Wild Penance by Sandi Ault

January 2010

Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig
Blacklands by Belinda Bauer
Crawlspace by Sarah Graves
Dead Air by Mary Kennedy
Death of a Valentine by M.C. Beaton
Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag
Double Trouble by Susan May Warren
Dusted to Death by Barbara Colley
Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz
Heat Wave by Richard Castle
Hunting Julian by Jacquelyn Frank
Impact by Douglas Preston
Iron River by T. Jefferson Parker
Jaclyn The Ripper by Karl Alexander
Kitty’s House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn
Let Darkness Come by Angela Hunt
Merry Wives of Maggody by Joan Hess
Shadows From the Past by Lindsay McKenna
Sleepless by Charlie Huston
Stirring Up Strife by Jennifer Stanley
The Darkness by Jason Pinter
The First Rule by Robert Crais
The 5 Greatest Warriors by Matthew Reilly
The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry
The Puzzle Lady vs. the Sudoku Lady by Parnell Hall
The Rook by Steven James
The Wolf at the Door by Jack Higgins
Who Killed the Pinup Queen? by Toni L.P. Kelner

December 2009

A Catered Birthday Party by Isis Crawford
An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Body in the Sleigh by Katherine Hall Page
Bound To Shadows by Keri Arthur
Breathless by Dean Koontz
Bryant & May On The Loose by Christopher Fowler
Dead and Kicking by Wendy Roberts
Dial H for Hitchcock by Susan Kandel
Divine Misdemeanors by Laurel K. Hamilton
Dying Scream by Mary Burton
Eggs Benedict Arnold by Laura Childs
First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher
Forty-eight X: The Lemuria Project by Barry Pollack
Haunting Jordan by P.J. Alderman
Hidden Empire by Orson Scott Card
Holly and Homicide by Leslie Caine
Ice by Linda Howard
Immortal by V.K. Forrest
Murder Had a Little Lamb by Cynthia Baxter
Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie
Stuff to Spy For by Don Bruns
Tempted by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
The Crisis by David Poyer
The Disciple by Stephen Coonts
The Gate House by Nelson DeMille
The Hidden by Tobias Hill
The Mirror and the Mask by Ellen Hart
The Morning Show Murders by Al Roker & Dick Lochte
The Tomb of Hercules by Andy McDermott
The White Garden by Stephanie Barron
Too Many Murders by Colleen McCullough
Trial by Fire by J. A. Jance
True Blue by David Baldacci
U Is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
Under the Dome by Stephen King
Untraceable by Laura Griffin
Vampire Sunrise by Carole N. Douglas
Wyatt's Revenge by H. Terrell Griffin

November 2009

Abandoned by Cody McFadyen
All the Wrong Moves by Merline Lovelace
Black Friday by Alex Kava
Cat Striking Back by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Council of the Cursed by Peter Tremayne
Decked with Folly by Kate Kingsbury
Earthway by Aimee and David Thurlo
Holiday Grind by Cleo Coyle
Huckleberry Finished by Livia J. Washburn
Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb
Mariposa by Greg Bear
May Earth Rise by Holly Taylor
Merry, Merry Ghost by Carolyn Hart
Mrs. Jeffries and the Yuletide Wedding by Emily Brightwell
Nine Dragons by Michael Connolly
Primitive by Mark Nykanen
Queene of Light by Jennifer Armintrout
The Asylum Prophecies by Daniel Keyes
The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw
The Cart Before the Corpse by Carolyn McSparren
The Concubine’s Daughter by Pai Kit Fai
The Darkest Room by Johan Theorin
The End of the Road by Sue Henry
The Fall of Eden by Richard Michaels
The Fury by Jason Pinter
The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland
The Perfect Murder by Brenda Novak
The Vows of Silence by Susan Hill
The Wrecker by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
To Know Evil by Stephen Gaspar
Traffyck by Michael Beres
Unhallowed Ground by Heather Graham
What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris

October 2009

13 1/2 by Nevada Barr
A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory
A Wee Christmas Homicide by Kaitlyn Dunnett
Acts Of Mercy by Mariah Stewart
Angel Time by Anne Rice
Cursed to Death by L.A. Banks
Dark Road Rising by P. N. Elrod
Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay
Dracula: The Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt
Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
Elvis and the Grateful Dead by Peggy Webb
Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black
Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong
Hell's Kitchen Homicide by Charles Kipp
I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson
In Their Blood by Sharon Potts
Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie
Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke
Risk by Colin Harrison
Sink Trap by Christy Evans
Skin Medicine by Tim Curran
The Chocolate Cupid Killings by JoAnna Carl
The Night Monster by James Swain
The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton
The Rock & Roll Queen of Bedlam by Marilee Brothers
The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
The War After Armageddon by Ralph Peters
There Goes the Bride by M.C. Beaton
Tragic Magic by Laura Childs
When A Man Loves A Weapon by Toni McGee Causey

 

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