Recent Reviews

From Brandywine Community News:
When I first met Clella Murray, she impressed me as a lovely gray-haired lady who was probably someone’s grandmother. Then I read her first book and was blown away.  C. B. Murray (as the cover lists her name) is an amazingly good mystery writer whose knowledge of technical, scientific subjects is uncanny and who uses that knowledge to dream up the most interesting science fiction whodunits I have ever read.
 Murray’s latest book is called VX: A Deadly Mist, and is a thriller.  Like her last title, A Pox on You (about a possible smallpox epidemic) this story deals with the possibility that the world could be harmed by lethal gas.  In this day and age that is not fiction.  Her plot about chemical weapons reads like front page of a newspaper.
 Cleverly and carefully the Newark resident weaves a tale of intrigue, which may be simplistic at times but nonetheless is riveting and keeps you on the edge of your seat.  The detailed dialogue and images are paired with some real human interest and is very easy reading.  This would be a great book to take to the beach.

From Hockessin Community News:
A Pox on You (published in 2002) was so well received that it was a national winner in the annual Federation of Press Women communication contest. Her book is erudite, thought provoking and exceedingly well written and has you on the edge of your seat. Another book “A Second helping of Magic”, however is completely opposite.  A whimsical, frothy, pseudo romance, it also contains a number of actual recipes supposedly used by the heroine according to Murray a “magic food, to, when eaten, bring out someone’s true personality.”
 She uses several excellent devices in this book. Such as letters written by two people describing the same event from totally different points of view.  This is a clever and funny novel.  Whichever of Murray’s books you may choose to read, I think you will agree she is a talented Delaware writer.

From Lifestyle:
What do you get when you combine a stockpile of aging chemical weapons, rumors of government leaders sponsoring terrorist’s attacks and an undercover French agency?  A thriller novel? Definitely!