Wild woman, incorrigible flirt, crazy about color and all things yarn and fiber related, constantly knitting. I doodle, design, draw, photograph, write, edit, make music, make noise, and generally cause a ruckus. I have 3 sons ranging in age from 6 to 17. They are my life. I have red hair and blue eyes and am not afraid to use them.

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• Tattoo on June 13, 2010
  
  Personally, I would classify Tattoo as a psychological thriller instead of a horror story. Cooley goes to the dark places in the mind and fills in some of the blanks. He leaves just enough room for your own imagination to make everything as scary as possible. Thorough research on the subject of tattooing made this believable. Frighteningly so. I enjoyed the element of suspense and was left wanting more. Well done.
  
• Canvas on June 13, 2010
  
  "Canvas" is a masterful descent from sweet and innocent straight down into hell. The story is told from the point of view of the sociopathic artist. With each page it gets a little more twisted, a little more sick, a little more depraved. Those little bits add up quickly. By the end I almost felt ill. This is one Cooley story where I was glad it ended where it did. I don't think I could take much more. If you like horror or psychological thrillers, read this!
  
• Lilith on Dec. 15, 2010
  
  I was unfamiliar with the story of Lilith prior to reading Dan's take on it. This is the first piece of his writing that I have read. I had heard wonderful things about Dan's writing but even so, was surprised at how much I liked his style. I love the character of Lilith. She is unabashedly strong. Beyond her as an individual the relationships between her, Adam, and Eve are a fascinating study in human nature. The dichotomy of the two women intrigues me, as does the theme of Chaos vs Control. This might have been the first work by Dan Sawyer that I read, but it will be far from the last.
  
• Buried Alive In The Blues on Dec. 15, 2010
  
  It took me a paragraph or two to get into the dialect and manner of speaking of the main character. Once I did, I quickly became totally immersed in her. This story is like lava. So wonderfully, deliciously, smoking HOT! This is the second piece by Dan Sawyer I have read and I can tell that I am forever hooked.
  
• And Then She Was Gone on Dec. 27, 2010
  
  For those of you who hate reading long, boring reviews I'll cut to the chase: I LOVED THIS STORY. To use some really bad cliches Clarke Latham is a jaded ex cop with a heart of gold, a smart-ass attitude, and plenty of banter. Think David Addison (the Bruce Willis character) from Moonlighting without the gorgeous side-kick. There are lots of shady characters up to no good here. The problem is that Latham knows something is afoot but has no idea what. He has to figure out who the players are, what part they are playing, and find a missing girl. Without getting himself killed in the process. The pacing is fast; almost to the point of frenzied at some points. I whipped through it so fast that it left me breathless at the end. I would have probably enjoyed a few quieter stretches just to catch my breath and try to puzzle the caper out myself. That said, I was hooked so thoroughly at the end that the first thing I did was reach for the next book. If you are craving a good detective story or mystery this book will satisfy you. If you like a little smart-ass humor from your leading men then this will give you a fix just long enough to procure the next Latham title.
  
• A Ghostly Christmas Present on Dec. 28, 2010
  
  I read this book this morning. It would have been in one sitting but I had to force myself to put it down to get food. It pained me to have to stop reading even if only for a few moments. Like the first Lantham tale, "And Then She Was Gone", the story goes from zero to hold-on-for-your-life in mere sentences and never slows down or looks back. Unlike the first Lantham mystery, where ex-cop turned PI Clarke Lantham has to figure out who the players are, in this tale all but one of the possible suspects are well known to him. When families (especially estranged ones) and the holidays are combined the resulting tension is enough to make most people want someone dead. Leave it to Lantham's family to actually follow through. Lantham is stranded out of town due to a winter storm. He must clear his own name and figure out who the murderer is while waiting out a trip to traffic court. If he can accomplish all of that (and avoid being thrown back in jail) then maybe he can finally fly home. It was a wild and humorous ride that I would take again in an instant. I plan on reading it again now that I know who did what to see if I could have spotted the killer sooner without Lantham's help. I laughed out loud at the ending and am eagerly awaiting the next book in this series.