Author Archives: Ida Vega-Landow

About Ida Vega-Landow

I'm a native New Yorker and a long-time Trekkie and horror fan. List of likes topped by chocolate, cats, Italian & Chinese food, catalog shopping and rock and roll music. Dislikes include being told what to do, my long commute to and from my rotten typing job, and never having enough to read!

Book review: Mystic Investigators: Bullets & Brimstone

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Ida Vega-Landow

Mystic Investigators: Bullets & Brimstone By Patrick Thomas & John L. French Published by Dark Quest Books ISBN: 978-0-9826197-3-5 Review copy purchased by reviewer Review by Ida Vega-Landow Fresh from my review of Stefan Kanfer’s bio of Humphrey Bogart, here’s … Continue reading →

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Book review: Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Ida Vega-Landow

Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart By Stefan Kanfer Published by: Borzoi Books, aka Alfred A. Knofp, Random House, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-307-27100-6 Review copy purchased by reviewer Review by Ida Vega-Landow This has got … Continue reading →

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Book review: Lore and Dysorder: The Hell’s Detective Mysteries

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Ida Vega-Landow

Lore and Dysorder: The Hell’s Detective Mysteries By Patrick Thomas Padwolf Publishing 2011 Book purchased by Reviewer Review by Ida Vega-Landow Sure, and if it isn’t another fine book by that fine Irish laddie, Patrick Thomas! This one is about … Continue reading →

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Book review: With Strings Attached, or The Big Pink Job

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Ida Vega-Landow

With Strings Attached, or The Big Pink Job By Deborah Aviva Rothschild Published by: Deborah Aviva Rothschild, 2009 Available for purchase at www.rationalmagic.com Review copy purchased by reviewer Review by Ida Vega-Landow While wandering through the dealers’ room at this … Continue reading →

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Book review: Dead to Rites

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Ida Vega-Landow

Dead to Rites: The DMA Casefiles of Agent Karver By Patrick Thomas, C J Henderson, John L French Padwolf Publishing 2010 ISBN: 9781890096427 Review copy purchased by reviewer Review by Ida Vega-Landow Fans of “The X Files” will be happy … Continue reading →

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Book review: The Art of Hammer

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Ida Vega-Landow

The Art of Hammer by Marcus Hearn Published by Titan Books, October 2010 ISBN: 978-1848567375 Review copy provided by publisher Review by Ida Vega-Landow This is your standard coffee table book; that is, an oversized volume full of colorful pictures … Continue reading →

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Book review: Night of the Living Trekkies

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Ida Vega-Landow

Night of the Living Trekkies By Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall Published by Quirk Books ISBN: 1594744637 Review copy provided by Quirk Books Review by Ida Vega-Landow Horror and sci-fi have been combined in an unholy and hilarious alliance … Continue reading →

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Book review: Dead in the Family

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Ida Vega-Landow

Dead in the Family A Sookie Stackhouse novel By Charlaine Harris Published by Ace Books, New York ISBN: 0441017150 Review copy purchased by reviewer Review by Ida Vega-Landow And so we come to the tenth book in the Southern Vampire … Continue reading →

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Book review: Boleyn: Tudor Vampire

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Ida Vega-Landow

Boleyn: Tudor Vampire by Cinsearae S. Published 2010 ISBN: 1451559496 Review copy provided by the author Review by Ida Vega-Landow This book has everything for the reader who loves horror, romance and historic fiction. It’s about Anne Boleyn, King Henry … Continue reading →

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Book review: Paul is Undead

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Ida Vega-Landow

Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion By Alan Goldsher Published by Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, to be released June 2010 Advance Review Copy with Uncorrected Proofs provided by the publisher ISBN: 1439177929 Review by Ida … Continue reading →

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Book review: The Narrows

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Ida Vega-Landow

The Narrows By Alexander C. Irvine Published by Del Rey, a division of Random House Publishing Group, 2005, released in paperback 2010 ISBN: 9780345466983 Advance review copy provided by the publisher. Review by Ida Vega-Landow This book should have been … Continue reading →

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Book review: Jack London’s Dog

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Ida Vega-Landow

Jack London’s Dog by Dirk Wales, Illustrated by Barry Moser Published by Great Plains Press, Chicago 2008 ISBN: 0963245937 Review copy provided by publisher Review by Ida Vega-Landow This is the most charming children’s book I’ve ever read since The … Continue reading →

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Book review: Women are Crazy, Men are Stupid

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Ida Vega-Landow

Women are Crazy, Men are Stupid The Simple Truth to a Complicated Relationship By Howard J. Morris and Jenny Lee Published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2009 ISBN: 9781439109748 Review copy provided by publisher … Continue reading →

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Book review: A Touch of Dead-Sookie Stackhouse: The Complete Stories

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Ida Vega-Landow

A Touch of Dead-Sookie Stackhouse: The Complete Stories By Charlaine Harris, published by Ace Books a/k/a The Berkley Publishing Group, Penguin Group Copy purchased by reviewer ISBN: 0441017835 Reviewed by Ida Vega-Landow For those of you who can’t get enough … Continue reading →

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Book review: Roanoke, A Novel of Elizabethan Intrigue

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Ida Vega-Landow

Roanoke, A Novel of Elizabethan Intrigue By Margaret Lawrence Published by Delacorte Press, February 2009 Copy supplied by the publisher ISBN: 0385342373 Review by Ida Vega-Landow If you’re looking for a good mystery to read during this Season of the … Continue reading →

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Book review: Mystic Investigators

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Ida Vega-Landow

Mystic Investigators by Patrick Thomas Dark Quest Books, 2009 ISBN: 0979690145 Review by Ida Vega-Landow Well, what do you know, here’s another collection of short stories by my homeboy Patrick Thomas! This one was published by Dark Quest Books instead … Continue reading →

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Book review: Fairy With a Gun

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Ida Vega-Landow

Fairy With a Gun The Collected Terrorbelle by Patrick Thomas Padwolf Publishing 2009 ISBN: 1890096415 Review by Ida Vega-Landow Here’s a new book by my favorite male horror/fantasy author, whose body of work rivals Stephen King’s in volume. Unfortunately, he’s … Continue reading →

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Book reivew: Up Till Now, The Autobiography

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Ida Vega-Landow

Up Till Now, The Autobiography By William Shatner with David Fisher Published by Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, New York ISBN: 0312372655 Review by Ida Vega-Landow What can one say about Bill Shatner that hasn’t been said already by … Continue reading →

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