An excellent novel based around a fraudulent scheme and the real beauty of the book is the real capture of human emotions around the good old formula of trust.As the main character has moved to start her life afresh, being a newbie in a close community she struggles with her conscious on whether to ...
Here go again meeting up with Brynn Bancroft, her winery and the trouble she gets herself into! Overcast Sunset has everything from a murder, fraud, corruption and most of all love. Joyce Strand has created a group of characters who go from strength to strength and the reader will fall in love with...
This is the first Brynn Bancroft Mystery I have read but not the first book by Joyce Strand. This story is about a woman who messed up her marriage because of her infidelities, but is still in love with her Liam, her ex. They are co owners of a winery, along with their vintner, that is fairly succe...
Emma Matheson is a reporter for the San Francisco Gazette in 1912, when it is rare that a woman is a reporter in the first place. Emma's role in the newspaper to write pieces that pertain to women's interests. She loves what she does but would love to do more than write fluff stories. She wants to b...
Welcome to another helping of murder and mystery involving Brynn Bancroft and her teenage Ward. The authors excellent writing and imaginative plot makes for a good read. The storyline is a simple one and with the creation of mysterious characters, without revealing their motives, keeps the reader e...
"Judge Akers watched the teenage girl enter his courtroom. She had agreed to testify against a fourteen year old schoolmate for theft and murder" Using actual cases as inspiration, author of The Judges Story, Joyce T.Strand, writes characters around real people. The judge in this story, Judge Aker...
The author has read the casenotes of a 1930 judge and created an excellent novel. Mark Twain meets Harper Lee is the best way to describe the authors writing and storyline in this book. An excellent read which will touch the hearts of everyone who reads it.It will make you think about how you treat...
A very enthralling and deep story based on actual events, one persons fear of being stalked by someone who had tried to kill them and her friends. Hilltop Sunset by Joyce T Strand Author will really make you think about how much you protect your family and friends from a danger that you cannot see o...
I was asked to review this book by the author Joyce T. Strand. This is her first novel. I enjoyed this book. I personally think in the beginning all the explanation of how biotechnology companies work was too much information. I found myself getting lost in the knowledge. I understand that some of i...
Originally published on my blog Ruby's Books. A mystery after my own heart. There are so many things I loved about this book I seriously don't know where to start. First, I had no idea who the killer was. I was thinking of a different person so I was so happy and pleasantly surprised that I was wron...
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