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 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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May 2013

A Study in Revenge by Kieran Shields
Braking Points by Tammy Kaehler
Breaking Point by C.J. Box
Chihuahua Confidential by Waverly Curtis
Daddy's Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark
Dangerous Refuge by Elizabeth Lowell
Dirty Little Secret by Jon Stock
Double Play by Jen Estes
Fear in the Sunlight by Nicola Upson
Killer Honeymoon by G.A. McKevett
Leaving Annalise by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Outrageous October by Barbara Levenson
Parrots Prove Deadly by Clea Simon
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Sleight of Hand by Phillip Margolin
Some Like It Hot by K.J. Larsen
The Bedlam Detective by Stephen Gallagher
The Frozen Shroud by Martin Edwards
The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne
The Paris Affair by Teresa Grant
Widow's Tears by Susan Wittig Albert
You & I, Me & You by MaryJanice Davidson

April 2013

Angel’s Gate by P.G. Sturges
Cover Me by Joanna Wayne, Rita Herron and Mallory Kane
Dark Tide by Elizabeth Haynes
Free Fall by Catherine Mann
Heart of Ice by P.J. Parrish
Lady of Ashes by Christine Trent
Lucky Stiff by Annelise Ryan
Murder by Chance by Pat Dennis
Night Moves by Randy Wayne White
Revenge on Route 66 by Kris Neri
Room No. 10 by Åke Edwardson, Rachel Willson-Broyles (translator)
Seal Team Six: Hunt the Scorpion by Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo
Silenced by Kristina Ohlsson
Slice by William Patterson
Targets of Revenge by Jeffrey S. Stephens
The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart
The Bull Slayer by Bruce Macbain
The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurdardottir; Philip Roughton (translator)
The Family Way by Rhys Bowen
The Princess Predicament by Lisa Childs
Zero Separation by Philip Donlay

March 2013

Brooklyn Bones by Triss Stein
Holy Smoke by Frederick Ramsey
Out of the Black Land by Kerry Greenwood
Shadowkiller by Wendy Corsi Staub
Sweet 16 to Life by Kimberly Reid
The Night Ranger Alex Berenson
The Perfect Scream by James Andrus
The Trouble with Charlie by Merry Jones
To Brie or Not To Brie by Avery Aames

February 2013

Blood Money by James Grippando
Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb
Easter Bunny Murder by Leslie Meier
Fear Collector by Gregg Olsen
Proof of Guilt by Charles Todd
Reunion at Red Paint Bay by George Harrar
Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
The Seventh Victim by Mary Burton
The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie

January 2013

A Killer in the Rye by Delia Rosen
Aftershock by Jill Sorenson
Against the Odds by Kat Martin
Blessed Are Those Who Thirst by Anne Holt; Anne Bruce (translator)
Blood of Dawn by Tami Dane
Dukkha: The Suffering by Loren Christensen
Extra Credit by Maggie Barbieri
Home by Dark by Marta Perry
Illegally Iced by Jessica Beck
Jail Coach by Hillary Bell Locke
Killer Crust by Chris Cavender
Kinsmen by Bill Pronzini
Live and Let Love by Gina Robinson
Orders from Berlin by Simon Tolkien
Private London by James Patterson and Mark Pearson
Shiver by Karen Robards
The Sanctity of Hate by Priscilla Royal
To Darkness and to Death by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Unnatural Acts by Kevin J. Anderson

December 2012

A Christmas Garland by Anne Perry
A Drop of Chinese Blood by James Church
A Novel Way to Die by Ali Brandon
A Question of Identity by Susan Hill
A Small Hill to Die On by Elizabeth J. Duncan
Bargain Hunting by Rhonda Pollero
Beluga by Rick Gavin
Collared by L.A. Kornetsky
Deadly Deception by Marie Romero Cash
Dog In The Manger by Mike Resnick
Femme by Bill Pronzini
Highball Exit by Phyllis Smallman
Hook and Shoot by Jeremy Brown
Let It Sew by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
Nightshade on Elm Street by Kate Collins
Not a Fire Exit by Christopher Finlan
Power Play by Patrick Robinson
Scorched by Laura Griffin
Skulduggery by Carolyn Hart
The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber
The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty
The Ice Maiden Cometh Not by Alistair Boyle
The Sacred Impostor by J. R. Lankford
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith
The Wrong Hill to Die On by Donis Casey
Trapped by April Christofferson
Written in Stone by Ellery Adams

November 2012

A Fatal Stain by Elise Hyatt
A Grid for Murder by Casey Mayes
Bear Bait by Pamela Beason
Blood Sacrifice by Michael Lister
Bone Shadows by Christopher Valen
Deadly Patterms by Melissa Bourbon
Death and the Maiden by Frank Tallis
If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance by Paige Shelton
Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
Mrs. Malory and a Necessary End by Hazel Holt
Murder She Wrote: Domestic Malice by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain
Paradise City by Archie Mayor
Phantom by Jo Nesbø
Ranchero by Rick Gavin
Rest for the Wicked by Ellen Hart
Sacrifice Fly by Tim O’Mara
Skating on the Edge by Joelle Charbonneau
Spy in a Little Black Dress by Maxine Kenneth
Strong Poison: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block
The Gemini Virus by Wil Mara
The Paris Deadline by Max Byrd
The Snow White Christmas Cookie by David Handler

October 2012

A Lack of Temperance by Anna Loan-Wilsey
Curveball by Jen Estes
Dead Peasants by Larry D. Thompson
Death in the Memorial Garden by Kathie Deviny
Death on Telegraph Hill by Shirley Tallman
Dial C for Chihuahua by Waverly Curtis
Falling Glass by Adrian McKinty
Golden Dawn by Thomas M. Kostigen
Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown
Mad River by John Sandford
Postcards from the Dead by Laura Childs
Powdered Peril by Jessica Beck
Princess Elizabeth’s Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
Return to Atlantis by Andy McDermott
Sleep No More by Iris Johansen
Targets of Deception by Jeffrey S. Stephens
The Accomplice by Charles Robbins
The Bookseller by Mark Pryor
The Eyes of Lira Kazan by Eva Joly and Judith Perrignon
The Geneva Trap by Stella Rimington
The Jewels of Paradise by Donna Leon
The Ninth Step by Grant Jerkins
The Rendition by Albert Ashforth
The Warlord of Willow Ridge by Gary Phillips

September 2012

A Heartbeat Away by Harry Kraus
A Wanted Man by Lee Child
Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs
Bruja Brouhaha by Rochelle Staab
Caravan of Thieves by David Rich
Clean by Alex Hughes
Dead Anyway by Chris Knopf
Death in Four Courses by Lucy Burdette
Death of a Neighborhood Witch by Laura Levine
Detroit Breakdown by D.E. Johnson
False Impressions by Laura Caldwell
Gone by Randy Wayne White
How to Tail a Cat by Rebecca M. Hale
Imitation of Death by Cheryl Crane
L.A. Fadeaway by Jordon Okun
Low Pressure by Sandra Brown
Luther: The Calling by Neil Cross
Murder of the Cat’s Meow by Denise Swanson
Popped Off by Jeffrey Allen
Resurrection Express by Stephen Romano
South by Southeast by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
Stranger in the Room by Amanda Kyle Williams
The Dead Women of Juárez by Sam Hawken
The Devil’s Madonna by Sharon Potts
The Hanging by Wendy Hornsby
Ties That Bind by Natalie R. Collins
Trust Your Eyes by Linwood Barclay
What You Wish For by Janet Dawson

August 2012

12.21 by Dustin Thomason
All Seeing Eye by Rob Thurman
Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides by Kaitlyn Dunnett
Cat in a White Tie and Tails by Carole Nelson Douglas
City of the Dead by Daniel Blake
Criminal by Karin Slaughter
Don’t Say a Word by Beverly Barton
Freak by Jennifer Hillier
Going to the Bad by Nora McFarland
Lake Country by Sean Doolittle
Line of Fire by Stephen White
Miss Me When I’m Gone by Emily Arsenault
Nowhere to Run by Nancy Bush
Off the Grid by P.J. Tracy
Peril in Paperback by Kate Carlisle
Potboiler by Jesse Kellerman
Precinct 13 by Tate Hallaway
Run to Ground by D.P. Lyle
Sasha Plotkin’s Deceit by Vaughn Sherman
Silent Slaughter by C.E. Lawrence
Sweet Talk by Julie Garwood
The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen; K.E. Semmel (translator)
The Crowded Grave by Martin Walker
The Last Victim by Karen Robards
The Sacrifice Game by Brian D’Amato
Valley of Ashes by Cornelia Read
You Don’t Want to Know by Lisa Jackson

July 2012

A Fatal Debt by John Gapper
A Plain Death by Amanda Flower
An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd
Backfire by Catherine Coulter
Close Your Eyes by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen
Discretion by Allison Leotta
Flowertown by S. G. Redling
Going Organic Can Kill You by Staci McLaughlin
In A Witch’s Wardrobe by Juliet Blackwell
Killer Critique by Alexander Campion
Love Is Murder (Thriller Anthologies) by Sandra Brown (editor)
Murder for Choir by Joelle Charbonneau
Night Watch by Linda Fairstein
Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams
Pulse by John Lutz
Ransom River by Meg Gardiner
Red Velvet Revenge by Jenny McKinley
Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot
Some Kind of Peace by Camilla Grebe and Åsa Träff
Strong Vengeance by Jon Land
The Formula for Murder by Carol McCleary
The Line Between Here and Gone by Andrea Kane
The Wurst Is Yet To Come by Mary Daheim
Vanished in the Dunes by Allan Retzky
XO by Jeffrey Deaver

June 2012

A Place in the Country by Elizabeth Adler
Bad Faith by Robert K. Tanenbaum
Blind Goddess by Anne Holt; Tom Geddes (translator)
Bloodman by Robert Pobi
Bonereapers by Jeanne Matthews
Damage Control by John Gilstrap
Dead Level by Sarah Graves
Dead Man Waltzing by Ella Barrick
Death and Transfiguration by Gerald Elias
Drop Dead Chocolate by Jessica Beck
Hearse and Buggy by Laura Bradford
Heart of Brass by Kate Cross
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
Mrs. Jeffries Defends Her Own by Emily Brightwell
Murder on Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson
Photo Finish by John McEvoy
Quilt or Innocence by Elizabeth Craig
Shades of Desire by Virna DePaul
Target: Tinos by Jeffrey Siger
The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson
The Black Stiletto: Black & White by Raymond Benson
The Demands by Mark Billingham
The Housesitter by Cynthia Baxter
The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli
The Next Target by Nikki Arana
The Risk Agent by Ridley Pearson
The Wrong Man by David Ellis
Tote Bags and Toe Tags by Dorothy Howell

 

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