Cindy Matthews

Cindy Matthews

Cindy A. Matthews' articles and essays have appeared in over forty publications. She works as a freelance manuscript evaluator, book reviewer, and copy editor. Her writer's guide, Defeating the Slushpile Monster, was a finalist in the self-help/non-fiction category of the 2009 EPIC awards and is now available in print and in Kindle formats. More information about her editorial services and non-fiction works can be found at her web site/blog www.cindyamatthews.com Writing as Cynthianna, Cindy has published contemporary and fantasy romantic-comedies. Cindy also writes sf/paranormal erotic-romance as Celine Chatillon. See her work on Amazon.com.
The Art of the English Murder by Lucy Worsley

The Art of the English Murder by Lucy Worsley

  The Art of the English MurderFrom Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock Lucy Worsley Pegasus Crime Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . .a fascinating glimpse into the female detective’s development . . ." In The Art...

An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell

An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell

  An Event in Autumn Henning Mankell Vintage Books Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . .a welcome return to the American market . . ." Late fall is giving way to winter in the Swedish city of Ystad, and thirty-year police veteran Kurt Wallender is feeling...

The Hidden Girl by Louise Millar

The Hidden Girl by Louise Millar

  The Hidden Girl Louise Millar Emily Bestler Books Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . .the strength of Millar’s prose draws the reader in . . ." In Louise Millar’s The Hidden Girl, the reader is introduced to Hannah and Will, a young professional couple...

Marine Park by Mark Chiusano — 2014

Marine Park by Mark Chiusano — 2014

  Marine Park Mark Chiusano Penguin Books Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . .a strong sense of a unique voice. . ." To call Marine Park a collection of short stories is misleading. A compilation of character sketches, short scenarios or vignettes with...

Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen by Garth Nix — 2014

Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen by Garth Nix — 2014

  Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen Garth Nix HarperCollins Children’s Book Buy This Book www.amazon.com     "Well-written with an engaging central character. . ." Clariel takes the reader on a gripping adventure within the Old Kingdom, a land where Charter Magic...

Darkness, Darkness by John Harvey

Darkness, Darkness by John Harvey

  Darkness, Darkness John Harvey Pegasus Crime Buy This Book www.amazon.com     "Full of gritty detail and realism. . ." Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick is an old-fashioned cop in the new world of policing. Ambition, politics, and making the right moves...

A Single Breath by Lucy Clarke

A Single Breath by Lucy Clarke

  A Single Breath Lucy Clarke Simon & Schuster Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . .a good helping of mystery mixed in with their romance." Eva Bowe has been married only a few months before her husband Jackson is reported lost, presumed drowned. He...

Red Winter by Dan Smith

Red Winter by Dan Smith

  Red Winter Dan Smith Pegasus Crime Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . a gripping tale of horror and redemption . . ." By 1920 Nikolai “Kolya” Levitsky has seen and done enough terrible things to give him nightmares for the rest of his life. Seeking...

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max Hastings

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max Hastings

  Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War Max Hastings Vintage Books Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . .not the slow trench warfare usually associated with the first world war . . ." Military historian Max Hastings brings order to the horrific chaos and bloodshed that...

The Forbidden by F. R. Tallis

The Forbidden by F. R. Tallis

  The Forbidden F.R. Tallis Pegasus Crime Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . sure to please readers of horror." In 1873 Dr. Paul Clément witnesses the destruction of a zombie while serving at a French colonial hospital in the West Indies. He learns how...