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Before hitting the bestseller jackpot with Robert Langdon in THE DAVINCI CODE, Dan Brown wrote ANGELS & DEMONS. It’s a similar mixture of mixing a philosophical attack on Catholic Church dogma with an exciting plot full of murder, mysterious puzzles and exciting chases.

Not many thriller authors would attempt to blend the philosophical implications of the latest physics research, a historical anti-Church organization which many conspiracies still believe controls the world, and the art and architecture of The Vatican City — all to make a quite serious point about the nature of reality and the inner truth behind both science and religion.

It’s understandable why the Church did not allow the movie version to be shot inside the Vatican, but I believe Langdon’s aim is directed at Church bureaucrats who have closed minds.

Like THE DAVINCI CODE, ANGELS & DEMONS begins with an bizarre murder in an extremely unlikely place. Although Robert Langdon…

Mystery books come in all different types of categories. Among these mystery book subgenres are: police procedurals, hard boiled, humorous, “cozies” (?la Agatha Christie), and graphic.

Many established authors are adding paranormal cozy mystery books to their repertoires. The last few years has had a rather large increase of paranormal happenings in the Cozy Mystery book world.

Some of the Cozy mystery book paranormal categories are: ghosts, psychics, vampires, witches, and even werewolves! This paper will list several authors who write cozy mysteries with the paranormal vein, with the focus on the ghost sub-category. The paper will also name the cozy mystery book series which the author writes, and give a very brief description of the series.

Authors Who Feature Ghosts in Their Cozy Mystery Books

Nancy Atherton

Nancy Atherton writes the Aunt Dimity Mystery Series. After a young woman inherits a Cotswold cottage, she finds that her deceased Aunt Dimity is intent on staying…

Maybe you hadn’t heard but Mao’s grandson is now a general in the Chinese Military, which begs the question; is China going to go back or forward? Many military analysts wonder, as do I. Today, China now has five times as many jet fighters as India, and almost as many as the USA, soon they will surpass us. Meanwhile, they also have as many ships in there Navy as the United States and are building many new aircraft carriers.

What is going on behind closed doors, secret meetings, and amongst the upper echelon of both the US leadership and Chinese military leadership and political centralized government is something few know. But if you are wondering the dangers that are involved all the way around, I’d like to recommend a spy novel, and political fictional thriller. The book is called;

“The Altman Code,” a Covert One Series Novel by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds;…

What evidence is there that Miguel de Cervantes wrote ‘Don Quixote’? Little indeed. Not only do we know little of his life;the standard of his Work,apart from ‘Quixote’, is low. Most of his books remain unpublished abroad. What do we know about Thomas Shelton,whose translation into English has Won the praise of literary historians ever since it appeared in 1612? What do we know of Cid Hamet Benengeli,the Arab historian who,we Are told,is the real author?

Until now no proper attempt has been made to place Quixote in the wider Context of the great plays of this period. And no-one has paid attention To the Shelton version,which is seldom read today.

We start with an examination of the actual publication of Quixote in Madrid and London in 1605 and 1612. Then we move,in the story itself,from La Mancha to Sussex,from Madrid to London,to the court of Queen Elizabeth. Two characters in Quixote,who…

“206 Bones” begins with series regular Temperance Brennan handcuffed and buried in some place underground. She does not remember how she got there; she is injured, and terrified, but attempts to save herself. Then Ms. Reichs shows us the series of events that led up to the kidnapping.

In one, Brennan discovers that an unknown enemy is trying to discredit her. In the other, Quebec authorities, having discovered a disturbing number of seemingly murdered elderly women during the past year or so, fear that they are looking for a serial killer of elderly women. Brennan and her one-time lover Ryan are on the cases.

I found the story to be a pleasant, though unexciting read. The principal reason for the lack of excitement was that the solution was very obvious before page 100, causing me to have that “how could Brennan be so dumb” feeling. The other principal fault is that, when…

Sin & Vengeance by C.J. West opens with a bang but the erotic threesome comes to an end when an uninvited guest is murdered.

Charlie Marston’s dreams of being a football hero were dashed when he was injured and forced to join the family winemaking business. He uses the house of an acquaintance to hide out whenever he feels the need to escape his father’s wrath. On this particular day he and his buddy Randy are using the place to meet with Deirdre who they contacted through an internet sex ad.

Unfortunately her husband comes looking for her and interrupts their m閚age a trois. Henri is killed and in the ensuing chaos Charlie and Randy find a large amount of money hidden in the wall of the farmhouse they’re “borrowing.” Henri is creatively disposed of and Charlie, Randy and Deirdre split the money. The repercussions will change their lives forever.

Evidently there are…

The author James Patterson needs no introduction. Anyone even distantly associated with the literary world would have heard of this renowned figure and his achievements. James Patterson grew up in Newburgh, New York. He graduated with a B.A. in English from Manhattan College and an M.A. in English from Vanderbilt University. James debuted into the literary circles with The Thomas Berryman Number which won the Edgar Award for the best first mystery novel.

It would be surprising to know that one of the world’s top-selling novelists, James Patterson’s ambition in life was to become a professional basketball player; unfortunately, that dream of his could not materialise. His interest in writing grew only after his stint as a young copywriter with an advertising agency. In fact, in his own words, The Day of the Jackal and The Exorcist were the two books that inspired him to write.

Patterson’s decision to give his life…