Niki Chanel

A Quick, Fast Paced, Absorbing & Fun Murder Mystery

by Rochelle Staab
If you like magic of any kind you’ll love this wonderful romp around the underworld of hexes and spells.

Author Rochelle Staab (what a great name for mystery!) weaves old movies, restaurants and key streets of Hollywood into her story to make you feel like you are in the limelight; it made me want to get in my car and go see for myself.

The story revolves around a self-sufficient, non-believing psychologist, Liz Cooper, who is swept up in the world of magical mayhem when she tries to clear her best friend Robin Bloom, of murder. It seems everyone she meets in this well rounded cast becomes involved in the deadly game of getting to the source of the danger first, before another life is lost. In the process our snarky, sexy female-lead meets up with Nick Garfield, a witty college professor and occult specialist, to get to the truth – fast! And, yes; he’s sexy, too!

This supernatural suspense is a fascinating insight into the realm of unseen forces – forces that will have you turning its pages to the unforeseeable end.

I loved it!

Originally posted 2012-03-24 15:09:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Every child knows what it is to be afraid, but when we are small, we don’t have many experiences and the lack of knowing what to expect can illicit great fear. As we grow up we realize that some things that used to scare us, are no longer troubling, like thunder and lightning. You have lived through it before – that’s just the way things are; no evil intent. Then we grow older, become wiser, more experienced. Now, things scare us because we DO know what comes next, and we don’t like it.

For me and friends I communicate with, 2020 was frightening. January 2021 was terrifying. We were holding our breath to see what February 2021 would bring – hoping for the best, getting prepared for the worst – stocking freezers, digging holes in the back yard…

I, for one, am not afraid until I can see ‘it’ coming, whatever ‘it’ is. Lately, I have noticed others freaking out because they suspect something is coming, that frightens them. They don’t need to see it to get scared. “What if ?!!” That’s the worst, because you already know what you’re afraid of, so those are the things you will obsess over. It’s pretty hard to get away from yourself… maybe we should just run!

I will admit that no amount of experience could have prepared me for this past year. In a way, it was like being a child again – not knowing what to expect. Every single day, with the lies – that was scary for me because I COULD see “it” coming – I COULD see where we were going. The only way I knew to prepare was to hold my breath and hope it took too long for obvious events to unfold, giving Superman time to swoop in and save the day… (I’m still waiting for Superman.) While I wait, I wonder if I SHOULD be afraid. Then I answer myself “What good would that do? It is a waste of time.” But then I think, if I could go through all the possible things that could go wrong, I could prepare for all of them. When I hear that kind of brain talk, I have a sit-down with self. Self says: “While you prepare for things that may not happen (and there are more things that won’t happen, than things that will), you are not living a fulfilling life. You are not finishing projects, starting new ones, doing all the daily chore stuff that keeps the dirt from the door, and you’re scaring others.”

Oh. Right.

Self added that the only things to properly fear are death (of which we know nothing), and getting too damaged or sick to participate in life, which brings me back to the concept of carrying on in the face of very strange stuff, knowing that if it is really dangerous, fear will find a way, then I can be scared with everyone else.

Originally posted 2021-01-18 04:38:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

A Thick, Twisting , Multi-layered Suspense

by George Mann

For those readers with delicate stomachs, be warned. Several murder scenes are particularly gruesome. Aside from that, fans of detective adventure with a touch of supernatural, will be thrilled.

George Mann’s view of the past is a mixture of both historically correct technology, like the first automobiles, and cybernetic things that go bump in the night, rightfully scaring the crap out of us. His characters have similarities to other beloved stories from Sherlock Holmes to the Etherman of Hell Boy. Like most Steampunk tales, this one takes place in London at the end of the 1800s, and yet it is as fresh and original as any new science that must be gotten to on the shoulders of sciences that went before. I couldn’t put it down.

Best of all, the ending is ripe for a sequel!

Originally posted 2012-12-31 21:23:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter