Richard Mann

Reviewer Richard Mann: Richard is a retired CPA, college instructor, and paralegal in Ogden, Utah. He has published over 500 magazine articles and a commercially published e-book, including several book review columns in magazines. He loves to read mysteries, westerns, humor, selected non-fiction, and computer books. To read more from Richard check out his BLOG.

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Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published August 11, 2018
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Rhys Bowen

PUBLISHER: Berkley

ISBN: 978-042528352

I’ve been half in love with Lady Georgiana Rannoch since the first book in the series about ten years ago. She is part of the British royal family in the 1930s. In the first book, I believe she was number 31 in succession to the throne. By this 12th novel in the series, she’s number 35. She is sufficiently unimportant in the royal scheme of things that through the book series, she’s been a penniless house guest at a variety of homes of friends and relatives. She often has to try to work for a living. When you are raised as a royal aristocrat but do not inherit money and haven’t yet married, you don’t have much in the way of job skills, so working is difficult.

Toucan Keep a Secret: Meg Langslow Mysteries, Book 23 Reviewed By Richard Mann of BookPleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published August 7, 2018
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Donna Andrews

PUBLISHER: Minotaur Books

ISBN: 978-1250115478

Island of the Mad: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Reviewed by Richard Mann of BookPleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published June 4, 2018
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Laurie R. King

PUBLISHER: Bantam Books

ISBN: 978-0804177962 Hardcover

ISBN: 978-0804177979 E-book

Wedding Cake Crumble Reviewed by Richard Mann of BookPleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published May 15, 2018
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Jenn McKinlay

PUBLISHER: Berkley Prime Crime

ISBN: 978-0399583834

Fiction Can Be Murder (A Mystery Writer's Mystery) Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published March 22, 2018
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Becky Clark

PUBLISHER: Midnight Ink

ISBN: 978- 0-7387-5332-4

Death of an Honest Man Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published March 10, 2018
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: M. C. Beaton

PUBLISHER: Grand Central Publishing

ISBN: 978-1455558315 Hardcover

ISBN: 978-1455558339 E-book

The Cracked Spine Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published March 25, 2016
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Paige Shelton

PUBLISHER: Minotaur Books

ISBN: 978-1250057488 Hardcover

ISBN: 978-181466861213 E-book

ISBN: 978-1515950660 Unabridged Audio CD from Tantor Audio

The Dig Reviewed by Richard Mann of BookPleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published March 20, 2016
GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS

AUTHOR: John Preston

PUBLISHER: Other Press

ISBN: 978-1-59051-780-2 Trade Paperback

Off the Books: Novel Ideas Mystery #5 Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published February 2, 2016
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Lucy Arlington

PUBLISHER: Berkley Prime Crime

ISBN: 978-0-425-27667-9

Blood Jungle Ballet (Jungle Beat Mystery) Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published March 3, 2015
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: John Enright

PUBLISHER: Thomas & Mercer

ISBN: 978-1612185033 Trade Paperback

Part Time Cowboys, Full-Time Laughs True Tales of Humorous Cowboy Wrecks While Working Cattle in Colorado Reviewed By Richard Mann

By Richard Mann
Published February 17, 2015
Humour

AUTHOR: D.G. Foster

PUBLISHER: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 978-1-4787-4156-5 Trade Paperback

Dead Man Walker Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published February 17, 2015
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Duffy Brown

PUBLISHER: Berkley Prime Crime

ISBN: 978-0-698-17802-1 E-book only

Played by the Book (A Novel Idea Mystery) Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published February 9, 2015
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Lucy Arlington

PUBLISHER: Berkley Prime Crime

ISBN: 978-0-425-27663-1

For the Love of Baseball A Celebration of the Game That Connects Us All Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published January 10, 2015
General Non-Fiction

EDITORS: Lee Gutkind and Andrew Blauner

PUBLISHER: Skyhorse Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-62914-247-0 Hardcover

Mr. Samuel's Penny: An Elizabeth Parrot Landers Mystery (Elizabeth Parrot Landers Mysteries) Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published January 10, 2015
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Treva Hall Melvin

PUBLISHER: The Poisoned Pencil, an imprint of Poisoned Pen Press

ISBN: 978-1-9293-4504-5 (TB)

Blue Balls: Parenting Is Dirty Business Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published December 14, 2014
Non-Fiction -Reviews

AUTHOR: Sunshine Sweet

PUBLISHER: Potty Talk, LLC

ISBN: 978-0-9907852-0-0 Trade Paperback

Muzzled Reviewed By Richard Mann of BookPleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published October 12, 2014
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Eileen Brady

PUBLISHER: Poisoned Pen Press

ISBN: 9781464201844 Hardcover

ISBN: 9781464201868 Trade Paperback

Geared for the Grave Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published October 10, 2014
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Duffy Brown

PUBLISHER: Berkley Prime Crime

ISBN: 978-0-425-26894-0

This Private Plot Reviewed By Richard Mann Of BookPleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published September 16, 2014
GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS

AUTHOR: Alan Beechey

PUBLISHER: Poisoned Pen Press

ISBN: 978-1-4642-0240-7 Hardcover

ISBN: 978-1-4642-0242-1 Trade Paperback

Spirit of Steamboat Reviewed by Richard Mann of BookPleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published March 4, 2014
GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS

AUTHOR: Craig Johnson

PUBLISHER: Viking

ISBN: 978-0-670-01578-8

When It Comes to Spooning, I'm a Fork Reviewed by Richard Mann of BookPleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published March 2, 2014
Humour

AUTHOR: Marc L. Prey

PUBLISHER: Motivational Press, Inc.

ISBN: 978-1-62865-012-9

Pearls and Poison Reviewed by Richard Mann of BookPleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published February 19, 2014
Crime & Mystery

AUTHOR: Duffy Brown

PUBLISHER: Berkley Prime Crime

ISBN: 978-0-425-25248-2

The Insult Dictionary: History’s Best Slights, Street Talk, and Slang Reviewed By Richard Mann of Bookpleasures.com

By Richard Mann
Published August 12, 2013
GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS

AUTHOR: Julie Tibbott

PUBLISHER: Reader’s Digest

ISBN: 978-1-62145-066-5

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