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Kevin R. Tipple
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Editor, writer, and book reviewer. Known Sarcastic Person. “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.” #CommissionsEarned” via blog links.
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Aubrey's most recent review. Her next #Review goes live at midnight CST to start off your week and the month of December. #Books

Kevin's Corner: Aubrey Nye Hamilton Reviews: Closing Time: A Michael Gannon Thriller by Michael Ledwidge
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Aubrey Nye Hamilton Reviews: Closing Time: A Michael Gannon Thriller by Michael Ledwidge
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December 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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#Booksky #Mystery #Review

Murder in Four Parts by Bill Crider lesasbookcritiques.com/murder-in-fo... via @lesaholstine.bsky.social
Murder in Four Parts by Bill Crider
Sheriff Dan Rhodes has learned a little in Bill Crider’s Murder in Four Parts. The Blacklin County sheriff never seemed to physically get the best of the bad guys. By the time the sixteenth m…
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November 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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My #Review Today...

Kevin's Corner: Review: The Curious Poisoning of Jewel Barnes: A Samuel Craddock Mystery by Terry Shames
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November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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My #Review of this latest book in the series, out Tuesday, goes live at Midnight CST. Read by way of a #ARC through #NetGalley.
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Eagles fan and author, Jim Nesbitt, is going through a tough week. His eagles did not fly at all as they suffered two loses and his college football team, Tennessee, was rocky topped hard this afternoon. His new book, comes out on 12/15 and orders would help ease his pain. amzn.to/48r7gNO
The Fatal Saving Grace: An Ed Earl Burch Novel (Ed Earl Burch Hard-Boiled Texas Crime Thriller Book 5)
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November 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Having had a number of people tell me I should do a @YouTube channel to talk books and such, it doesn't seem a viable option when, apparently, #Youtube uses AI garbage and shuts folks down for no reason. AI has screwed up @facebook massively so there seems no point. kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The Perp Wore Pumpkin II is a crime fiction story anthology that benefits Second Harvest Food Bank. #BookSky #CrimeFiction #ShortStories tinyurl.com/4hu7ffnx
book jacket - The Perp Wore Pumpkin II
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Thanks to Deb Lewis @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social for her book suggestions for December. #BookSky #BookLists. bit.ly/3LZL59U
book jacket - Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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#Booksky My #GuestPost #Review Today...

Kevin's Corner Annex - The Perp Wore Pumpkin II lesasbookcritiques.com/kevins-corne... via @lesaholstine.bsky.social
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Perp Wore Pumpkin II
I wasn’t intending to review this book right now, but when Kevin Tipple offered his review, I knew it was perfect timing. The Perp Wore Pumpkin II is the second humorous crime anthology to be…
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November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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John M. Floyd shares the #PublishingNews of his latest #ShortStoryCollection. #BooksWorthReading #Books for your #ReadingLists #Booksky

SleuthSayers: The Long Road to River Road www.sleuthsayers.org/2025/11/the-...
The Long Road to River Road
A criminally compelling web site featuring professional crime writers and crime fighters.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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#Review

Beneath the Stains of Time: Dance of Death (1938) by Helen McCloy moonlight-detective.blogspot.com/2025/11/danc...
Dance of Death (1938) by Helen McCloy
I previously reviewed Tage la Cour festive short story, " The Murder of Santa Claus " (1952), before that Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone This...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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#Review #Booksky

Kevin's Corner: Aubrey Nye Hamilton Reviews: Closing Time: A Michael Gannon Thriller by Michael Ledwidge
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Aubrey Nye Hamilton Reviews: Closing Time: A Michael Gannon Thriller by Michael Ledwidge
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November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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#Books for your #ReadingLists #Booksky

Mystery Fanfare: Black Friday: Death in Department Stores By Aubrey Nye Hamilton
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Black Friday: Death in Department Stores By Aubrey Nye Hamilton
Department Stores: perfect for murder, and Aubrey Nye Hamilton's Death in Department Stores is the perfect article to post for Black Friday...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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#GuestPost #Writing and #Research in the #Mysteries.

Kevin's Corner: Guest Post: MINOR CHARACTERS HAVE LIVES TOO by Mary Reed kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/2025/11/gues...
Guest Post: MINOR CHARACTERS HAVE LIVES TOO by Mary Reed
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November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The New York Times' “100 Notable Books of 2025” list includes a few crime/thriller novels. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/11/hold...
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Public libraries shutting down to remove books “in secret” because of ideological pressure is not democracy at work. Using grants and administrative leverage to force political conformity in a public institution meant to serve everyone is an intimidation tactic. 

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Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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South Florida critic Oline H. Cogdill delivers her “Best Mystery Novels of 2025” list. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/11/cogd...
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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#Review #Booksky

Friday's Forgotten Book: Blood on the Bosom Devine by Thomas Kyd happinessisabook.com/fridays-forg... via @aubreyhamilton
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Blood on the Bosom Devine by Thomas Kyd
Thomas Kyd (1558-1594) was an English playwright, a contemporary of Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. The name was also the pseudonym of Alfred Bennett Harbage (1901-1976), a U.S. Shakes…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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#Review #Booksky

In Reference to Murder: Friday's "Forgotten" Books: The Night the Gods Smiled
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Friday's "Forgotten" Books: The Night the Gods Smiled
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November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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#News

In Reference to Murder: Mystery Melange - Thanksgiving Edition inreferencetomurder.blogspot.com/2025/11/myst...
Mystery Melange - Thanksgiving Edition
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November 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#Booksky #ThanksgivingDay reminder in case you missed my #Review the first time. #ShortStories #Anthology #ICYMI

Kevin's Corner: Short Story Wednesday Review: The Perp Wore Pumpkin II: A Humorous Crime Anthology to Benefit Second Harvest Food Bank
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Short Story Wednesday Review: The Perp Wore Pumpkin II: A Humorous Crime Anthology to Benefit Second Harvest Food Bank
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November 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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#ShortStories #Anthology

My current read is an ARC for Crimeucopia - The Not So Frail Detective Agency. Comes out 12/9. amzn.to/4pd9APG
Crimeucopia - The Not So Frail Detective Agency
Historically, it would be tricky to define exactly when the concept of the Female Private Investigator first appeared in fiction. But and —both published in 1864, independent of each other—proves...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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#ShortStories #Anthology

My current read is an ARC for Crimeucopia - The Not So Frail Detective Agency. Comes out 12/9. amzn.to/4pd9APG
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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#Books for your #ReadingLists

What Are You Reading? lesasbookcritiques.com/what-are-you... via @lesaholstine.bsky.social
What Are You Reading?
Happy Wednesday at Lesa’s since we’re talking about “What Are You Reading?” today instead of tomorrow. Thank you for stopping by a day early so people can discuss books and …
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November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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#Writing #Markets #Submissions

Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 69 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying Markets publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/11/68-c...
69 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying markets
This December there are more than five dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alw...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM