Jamie Mason
Author of Three Graves Full
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Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives vol. 3 (The Great Detective Universe) (2022) — Author — 2 copies
Stille! Untoten!: Raus! Untoten! Book 2 (Raus Untoten) (2015) — Contributor - "Eternal Reich" — 1 copy
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- USA
- Birthplace
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Places of residence
- Alexandria, Virginia, USA
North Carolina, USA - Short biography
- Jamie Mason was born in Oklahoma City, but has always named Alexandria, Virginia and the greater DC metropolitan area as her hometown. She grew up in the shadow of the Pentagon (a shadow that is somehow darker and longer than the shade given off by lesser five-story buildings.) This might explain a few things about her suspicious nature.
A veteran nomad, Jamie has never grown attached to any particular piece of real estate. As such, her heart is home in several places scattered around DC, but also in Richmond, Virginia, San Diego, California, Asheville, North Carolina, and a whole list of places she's only visited. And a few of those, only in her mind.
She enjoys writing, reading, films, Formula 1 racing, NFL football, drinking whiskey, talking about things, and driving. She is addicted to coffee, and although her habit demands only two to three cups per day, let's just say you wouldn't want to be left standing between her and the carafe first thing in the morning. She is conflicted about time spent sleeping and resents speed bumps. Ticking clocks make her very irritable. Currently, Jamie lives with her husband and two daughters in the mountains of western North Carolina where she writes in a little room full of lovely things. And hopes. (From the author website: www.jamie-mason.com)
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Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason
Humorous tale of murder when a man who murdered one man and buried him learns that there are two other bodies buried in his yard.
An older thriller that's been on my list for a while so I got it from the library. Did I think this was Coen brothers' level black comedy, as some of the reviews mentioned? No, I think it was a tad overwritten for that, but it was entertaining, and I'm glad the dog didn't die.
This is Jamie Mason's second book. I really enjoyed the first one. I liked this one too but not as much. It was what I call a "slippery book." There were many moments where I thought I understood what the character was getting at but I wasn't 100% sure. For myself I just prefer not to have to infer too much about what is going on. The story was told as an extended series of flashbacks that basically told this woman's whole life interspersed throughout a car drive to the denouement at the end of the book. The form worked pretty well and I kept turning pages to see where she was going and why. Most of the book was really just the heroine thinking things over in her head and remembering and reviewing what she thought then vesus hinting what she she knows now as she drove along. I'm not real sure what I felt about her. I liked her when she was actively deducing things, I didn't really like her while she was burying her head in the sand for years and whining about how she just wanted to be normal to the extent that she was an idiot about how she lived her life.
I will definitely try Ms. Mason's next book.… (more)
I will definitely try Ms. Mason's next book.… (more)
This was a wild ride. Half way through the book things looked pretty wrapped up and I wondered how the author could fill up another 150 pages. But then things took off in a big hurry and went places I never expected.
The writing was very well done and I was sucked in from the first page. I didn't find any dull spots that I just had to slog through. The pace was fast and the characters interesting. Everyone was pretty well rounded and not just a stereotype although of course the characters with more page time were a little more filled out. The mystery was well done but not really the focus of the book, rather it was the bones that the story was hung on.
I could totally see this as a movie and I'd be first in line for a ticket. And while we're at it, sign me up for Ms. Mason's next book.… (more)
The writing was very well done and I was sucked in from the first page. I didn't find any dull spots that I just had to slog through. The pace was fast and the characters interesting. Everyone was pretty well rounded and not just a stereotype although of course the characters with more page time were a little more filled out. The mystery was well done but not really the focus of the book, rather it was the bones that the story was hung on.
I could totally see this as a movie and I'd be first in line for a ticket. And while we're at it, sign me up for Ms. Mason's next book.… (more)
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