As part of the launch of my new novel, Watching Glass Shatter, I am beginning to plan key marketing activities for November and December. If you are interested in participating, please private message me through email at jamescudney4@yahoo.com or via any of my social media accounts. You can findContinue Reading
If you’d like to read a few sample chapters prior to the launch of a new adult contemporary and mystery fiction novel, please click the links below: Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2Continue Reading
Welcome to the initial creation of my new website. In the coming weeks, more content will be added for the launch of my first novel, Watching Glass Shatter. Please take a moment to sign up with your name and email address to receive messages whenever new content is added toContinue Reading
4 of 5 stars to Sepulchre by Kate Mosse, the second in the “Languedoc” historical fiction (maybe a little fantasy) series. After I read the first book, I had to follow through on this one. And recently, I learned the third one was published a few years ago. I didn’t knowContinue Reading
3+ of 5 stars to Titania Hardie‘s novel, The Rose Labyrinth. Few have heard of the author or this book, but when I stumbled upon it in the book store, I had to give it a chance for a few reasons: 1. It was a book within a book. It’sContinue Reading
My rating: 3 of 5 stars to Lilian Jackson Braun‘s novel, The Cat Who Smelled a Rat, the 23rd entry in the “Cat Who” mystery series. Koko and Yum Yum are at it again in this cute cozy about arson, explosions and murder. When this was published in 2001, the writerContinue Reading
My rating: 3 of 5 stars to Neil Gaiman‘s Neverwhere, a fantasy full of quirky characters and commentary on society, published in 1996. This was another book group selection (not mine), but by someone who has very good taste in books. I’d never read Gaiman before, but he seems to beContinue Reading
U Is for Undertow by Sue Grafton 3.499999 of 5 stars (rounded to 3 since that’s my only option due entirely to the laws of fractions and decimals) for the twenty-first book, U Is for Undertow, a mystery published in 2009 by author Sue Grafton. When I first stumbled uponContinue Reading
My rating: 4 of 5 stars to Sara Paretsky‘s novel Body Work, the 14th book in her “VI Warshawski” mystery series published in 2010. I read this book when it first came out, as I was already caught up in the series. I need to get back to them as IContinue Reading
Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Diane Mott Davidson‘s “Goldy Bear Culinary” mystery series is one of my early favorites, and I’m sad that the author isn’t writing anymore. There were about 20 books in total, but this review is for #16, Crunch Time.Continue Reading