Epinions Recent Reviews for kevintipple

Book Review: "The Murderer Vine" by Shepard Rifkin

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:27:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Hiding out in Puerto Lagarto as the novel opens, our hero Joe Dunne begins a detailed confession to a traveling American priest. He has been hiding out for two years with no one to talk to and clearly is a bit lonely. Besides that, he has been watching...

Bill Crider - Of All Sad Words: A Dan Rhodes Mystery: Reviewing: "Of All Sad Words: A Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mystery"

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:35:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Blacklin County, Texas is a fairly, quiet place most of the time which is how Sheriff Dan Rhodes likes it. His idea of a citizens' Sheriff's Academy had seemed like a good idea at the time in that it would teach folks about the department and generate...

Max Allan Collins - The Last Quarry: Reviewing: "The Last Quarry"

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:35:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Quarry was a hit man and very good at his job. These days he is retired and not so good at that. He retired not because his conscience was getting to him, but because he had amassed enough money to live comfortably and not kill for money any more. So, he...

Stuart Woods - Santa Fe Dead: Reviewing: Santa Fe Dead

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:30:28 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - "Santa Fe Dead" could easily have been named "The Boring Return of the Evil B-word Barbara." That might have been more honest and would have better reflected the disappointingly weak quality of Stuart Wood's latest effort. It would have also worked...

Michael Koryta - Sorrow's Anthem: Reviewing: Sorrow's Anthem

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:32:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Building upon the series that began in “Tonight, I Said Goodbye” h
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Reviewing: The Little Candy Breathing Dragons

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:17:12 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - This childrens book tells the tale of two little candy dragons who live in the land of snow and ice known as Buffalo. Unlike normal run of the mill dragons, these two candy dragons who simply are the cutest of their kind blow out the scent of a...

Reviewing: Map of Murder-Original Stories of Mystery and Suspense

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:54:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Released February 15, 2007 this anthology show cases murder at various locations across the country. Edited by Susan Budavari and Suzanne Flaig, each story is complex and interesting as the involved authors took the mission concept in different ways. Of...

Reviewing: Tin Soldiers by Mark Leonard

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:44:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Seventeen year old Captain Richard Arthur attends the Maxwell Military Academy in New York state. Vietnam is percolating right along and those attending the academy know that before too much longer they will be over there. It’s a closed warped world,...

Reviewing: Pemberley Remembered

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:34:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Maggie Joyce, a young woman who longed to escape the dreariness of her hometown of Minooka, Pennsylvania and her abusive family, was finally able to do so in June 1944. She was hired as a clerk typist with the Treasury Department in Washington. That led...

Reviewing: Baby Shark's High Plains Redemption

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:21:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - The third in the action crime Baby Shark series opens in May 1957. Kristin, aka Baby Shark, is still wielding guns and pool sticks with deadly accuracy. She is still working with Otis and the latest case and resulting plan of action were supposed to be...

Reviewing: "Holy Moly" by Ben Rehder

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:20:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - The death of backhoe operator Hollis Farley appears at first glance to be a tragic accident. Found underneath his overturned rig on land he was clearing to make way for a mega church near the Pedernales River, Hollis Farley died on the job. But, this is...

Nevada Barr - Winter Study: Reviewing: "Winter Study"

Sat, 31 May 2008 13:22:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Anna Pigeon is back at Isle Royale in Lake Superior. The last time she was here it was summer and those events occurred in the book titled "A Superior Death." This time it is January and the island park is far different and not just because it is in the...

S. L. Linnea - Beyond Eden: Reviewing: Beyond Eden

Wed, 28 May 2008 21:23:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Three years ago Chaplain Major Jamie Richards disappeared into the Iraq desert. On Thursday, February 23, 2006, she made her first appearance back in the real world when she flagged down a small U. S. Military convoy in Iraq. She soon is passed up the...

Elaine Viets - Murder With Reservations: A Dead-end Job Mystery: Reviewing: Murder with Reservations

Sun, 25 May 2008 14:55:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Room 323 is a problem room at Sybil's Full Moon Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Guests frequently trash it and Helen is usually part of the group that has to clean it. Helen is working at the Full Moon Hotel as a maid and has been for sometime while...

Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth: Reviewing: The Battle Of The Labyrinth

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:43:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Percy Jackson is difficult to deal with from a parental perspective. Of course, one issue is that he is a teenager. Another is the fact that he is a half blood thanks to being the son of the sea god, Poseidon. Then, there is that whole blowing up the...

Elizabeth Zelvin - Death Will Get You Sober: Reviewing: Death WIll Get You Sober

Wed, 21 May 2008 21:24:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Waking up in detox is not a new thing for Bruce Kohler. This time around it is Christmas Day and this time it is on the Bowery in New York City. Bruce knows what to do to stay sober. The real trick is making it last and up until now he hasn't been...

Philip R. Craig and William G. Tapply - Third Strike: A Brady Coyne/j. W. Jackson Mystery: Reviewing: Third Strike

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:38:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - J. W. Jackson is used to having his wife Zee pushing him to stay out of the deaths and other mysteries that occur on Martha's Vineyard. But, this time, when Eduardo Alverez is killed by an explosion in the engine room of the car and passenger ferry...

Children's Book Review: Bitter Tastes

Sat, 10 May 2008 13:22:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - This middle school novel's theme is secrets. Just like in real life, everyone in this book has them. Kathy Harmon, the new kid in town because she just moved to Warner, North Carolina, an island town on the outer banks, has them. One of her secrets is...

David Housewright - Dead Boyfriends: Reviewing: Dead Boyfriends

Mon, 5 May 2008 22:44:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Rushmore McKenzie returns in this fourth novel in the series as does crime, murder, violence and politics. In most books they would be just themes but in the hands of David Housewright they take on a life of their own and become characters in their own...

Adam Gittlin - The Deal: Reviewing: The Deal

Sat, 3 May 2008 14:29:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Jonah Gray is the youngest member of a four member team at Platinum Commercial Building and Land (PCBL). Located at the Chrysler Center in New York City, the company handles commercial real estate in the city. They make a lot of money and do whatever it...

Reviewing: Easy Innocence

Thu, 1 May 2008 22:52:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - It is easy these days to blame the mentally ill for crimes and there is no doubt that Cameron Jordan is mentally ill. There is no doubt that his finger prints were all over the murder weapon. The weapon was a baseball bat which, like Cameron, is covered...

Reviewing: Deadly Beloved

Thu, 1 May 2008 22:37:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Hard Case Crime is one of those publishers that consistently releases quality books. Or, at least, books that are very good in my opinion and ones that my local library will often carry. Occasionally, they don’t carry a title such as the one below. In a...

Robert B. Parker - Stranger in Paradise: Reviewing: Stranger in Paradise: A Jesse Stone Novel

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:16:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - For Police Chief Jesse Stone, the return of Wilson "Crow" Cromartie is a bit of a surprise. When last seen, he was fleeing Paradise, Massachusetts with a lot of cash and leaving wreckage, dead bodies and shaken hostages in his wake. While he wasn't...

Reviewing: "Chasing Eden"

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:02:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - It's early April, 2003 and Major Jamie Richards (Chaplin) is driving a Humvee as part of a six vehicle convoy in Iraq. They are part of the Fifth (V) Corps and their mission is to support the troops with vital supplies such as water, ammunition and fuel...

Jeffrey Cohen - Some Like It Hot-buttered: Reviewing: "Some Like It Hot-Buttered" by Jeffrey Cohen

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:53:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kevintipple - Having a patron die in your theater isn't a good thing especially if all you show are comedy films. It isn't like the movie scared the patron to death. Having a patron die because the popcorn was poisoned is worse. For Mr. Elliot Freed, the death of Mr...