Silver Bough by Lisa Tuttle
reviewed by Jayme Lynn Blaschke
Appleton is a charming seaside town in rural Scotland, slowly dying a painful death as so many isolated, rural towns often do. Appleton, however, can point to the exact cause of its malaise -- 50 years before, the Apple Queen abdicated her title and role in the annual Apple Festival, fleeing to America and leaving her would-be suitor high and dry, befouling an ancient ritual that supposedly kept Appleton prosperous. Now, that wayward Apple Queen's granddaughter, Ashley Kaldis has returned to Appleton hoping to learn about her family history at the same time a mysterious stranger arrives in town.

Silver Bough by Lisa Tuttle
reviewed by Alma A. Hromic
The book is a neat little magical mystery tour through Celtic myth and legend, taking a detour through the realms of True Love and True Love Thwarted and True Love Lost, a story of choices and of what they mean for other people and not only the chooser. There is mysticism and whimsy, following the lives of three American women with vastly different reasons to be in the weird little Scottish town of Appleton.

The Mysteries by Lisa Tuttle
reviewed by Mario Guslandi
In a way, it's a detective story, starring Ian Kennedy, an American private investigator now living in London, whose specialization is finding missing persons. Laura Lensky, another American on the verge of going back to the USA, hires him to trace her daughter Peri, disappeared two years before.

Ghosts and Other Lovers by Lisa Tuttle
reviewed by Georges T. Dodds
When you read this collection, don't expect psychos with big knives stalking teenagers or putrescent flesh-eating corpses running amok, for this an author who claims M.R. James and Robert Aickman among her influences. These are, as the title suggests tales of ghosts and of relationships between people and ghosts. Consequently much more is made of atmosphere and character development than cheap blood and gore thrills.