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Reviews of Elm Books
Death
on a Cold Night
It’s
a comforting evening to me when I can curl up in my chair with hot
chocolate in one hand and a new book in the other. When I looked up
from the fourth short story in Elm Books’ recent publication of
Death
on a Cold Night,
“A Theft of Teapots,” I realized that two hours had slipped by
and my own tea was untouched. Jess Faraday has put together a
fascinating collection of well-written short stories, and though I’m
not usually a fan of mysteries, I was smitten. (Jason Deiss, Open
Window Review)
http://openwindowreviewezine.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/book-review-2/
Another complimentary
and thorough review of Death
on a Cold Night comes from
the Novel Approach who
gave it 4 Stars and particularly cited Emily Baird's story.
Each
of the stories in this book is well worth the time to read, but as is
the case with most anthologies, there was a standout story in this
collection for me, Emily Baird’s Death
Benefits.
I loved the suspense of the story, as well as the paranormal angle,
which was all carried out so well in the tension of the narrative.
Not to mention the fact that SK was a sweet and wonderful hero. (Lisa
Horan, Novel Approach).
http://thenovelapproachreviews.com/2012/12/04/death-on-a-cold-night-edited-by-jess-faraday/
Death
and the Detective
Reviewed
by King’s River Life Magazine.
With
eleven mystery authors given the parameters to write a short story
about a detective and a death, it’s not surprising that editor Jess
Faraday received such a diverse collection of original, and all very
well written, tales of death and deception. Sometimes the narrators
are heroes and sometimes they are the deceivers, but they always
manage to entrap the reader into their stories of justice,
redemption, and survival. Broken into categories of Doublecross,
Revenge, Something to Prove, They Needed Killin’, and Second
Chances, readers are treated to sometimes funny, sometimes tragic,
but always compelling tales of death and morality...(Cynthia Chow,
King's River Life Magazine).
http://kingsriverlife.blog
spot.com/2013/11/death-and-detective-eleven-mystery.html
Figures
on a Beach
If
you have ever simultaneously longed for and feared the weightless
transience of living on the road, taking work where you can find it
and living unencumbered by rent and routine, you will be, as I was,
drawn immediately into the solitary life of John Jones, the complex
protagonist....[who escaped] the Wyoming winter in his
1970 VW bus and headed for the coast of Texas with $250 in his
wallet....
Figures
on a Beach is not a pretty novel, not tied up cleanly with one
thread and folded in the end; it is, instead, a real, substantial,
thoughtful, and intelligent novel, and one that bares the
intersection of love and longing, health and illness, and the desire
to belong to something that the heart cannot quite identify. (Lori
Howe, Open Window Review)
http://openwindowreviewezine.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/book-review/
Know
of any outlets for reviews? We are always happy to send out
electronic or paperback review copies. Just let us know at
Leila.ElmBooks@gmail.com
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