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Leave the Grave Green
by Deborah CrombieIn this 3rd book in the 'Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James' series, the Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a philandering playboy who married into an important family. The book can be read as a standalone. Okay cozyish mystery. 3 stars
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A handsome, young, American hit-man leaps from the frying pan of the Mob in Philly into the fire of a murder investigation in coastal Australia in Aussie author Dave Warner's River of Salt. 
Link to my review
Just finished House of Corrections
by Doug SwansonThis is Jack Flippo #5, who is an ex-D.A. now P.I. in Texas. In this one he's trying to separate the good guys from the bad guys (and girls) down Galveston way. Very funny.
Araych wrote: "Just finished The Hot Rock
by Donald WestlakeThis is Dortmunder #1. Westlake is gone now but when he was writing he was absolutely the best (a Grand Master) at the ..."
I just started God Save the Mark by Westlake. I've read other suspense books by him, but not one of the comic mysteries, this will be the first. My goodness Fred is such a sad sack, the perfect mark!
Great addition to the series.
Now reading
by David Mark.
I finished a Lara McClintoch Archeological mystery this morning; The Etruscan Chimera by Lyn Hamilton. My review is at the link..https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Starting a Gregor Demarkian mystery next. It's been awhile. Baptism in Blood by Jane Haddam.
I finished a Lara McClintoch Archeological mystery this morning; The Etruscan Chimera by Lyn Hamilton. My review is at the link..https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Starting a Gregor Demarkian mystery next. It's been awhile. Baptism in Blood by Jane Haddam.
I finished the 2nd Dr. Silkstone Victorian mystery, The Dead Shall Not Rest by Tessa Harris. Review belowhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Moving onto an Amsterdam Cops mystery, a collection of short stories, The Sergeant's Cat & Other Stories by Janwillem van de Wetering.
The Soldier's Curse shows 1825 Australia and the British penal colony in Port Macquarie, NSW, warts and all. It's the first of a series that Meg Keneally and her father, Tom Keneally, have planned to bring history to life. I've got to say, I'm sure glad I didn't live then!
3.5★ Link to my review
A Plague of Angels by P.F. Chisholm (aka Patricia Finney) is another entertaining adventure with Sir Robert Carey through 16th century London. Plague, jealousy, swordfights - what's not to love?
4.5★ Link to my review
Not in the Flesh
by Ruth RendellInspector Wexford investigates two old murders that have just come to light. Nice old-fashioned mystery. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished a non-fiction book about the victims of Jack the Ripper. Well researched. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Christine wrote: "I finished my 37th book"Nice going Christine.😊
Just finished
The View from Alameda Island by Robyn Carr. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage sandysbookaday.wordpress.com About to begin
Pray for the Girl by Joseph Souza
Not a mystery, but a personal connection for meSalt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life
I gave it 5 stars.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My granddaughter thinks it is a great review.
Playing catch up with my reviews. I recently read
Run Away by Harlan Coben. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage sandysbookaday.wordpress.com
Howdy All,I am currently reading "Kill Shot" by Vince Flynn. This is the first book by Vince Flynn I've ever read so I'm really excited to see how I like it.
I've heard a lot of good things about him and his books. Does anyone have any comments on him they would like to share?
Just finished The Prisoner by Berenson. Besides a couple of action scenes, the story was very slow. Not one of his better reads.Next up is Escape clause by Sandford. I started it once but could not get into it. Checked out the audiobook to start over. Fell asleep last night listening to it. :)
I just finished The Wych Elm and I loved it! A very different type of mystery.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
But after that, I have now gone back to a classic mystery with Crooked House
Just finished Hunting Sweetie Rose
by Jack FredricksonThis is Dek Elstrom #3. Chicago area, present day. Dek is an unlicensed PI who gets involved with the very rich and the very not rich. Excellent mystery with a bit of humor to keep it from getting too grim.
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Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
by Val McDermidIn "Forensics" popular mystery writer Val McDermid outlines the development of modern forensics (scientific analysis of evidence) - a discipline that has literally made it much harder to 'get away with murder.' Interesting and informative. 5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am reading the excellent new book by Adrian McKinty, author of the terrific Sean Duffy series, called The Chain. Someone kidnaps your child and holds them for $25,000 ransom and for you to kidnap another child. Your child is not returned to you until you pay the ransom, kidnap a child, they pay a ransom and kidnap another child. It's fascinating.
Whiskers in the Dark
by Rita Mae BrownIn this Mrs. Murphy mystery, amateur sleuth Harry Haristeen looks into three suspicious deaths with the help of her talking pets. This cozy is a sort of combination historical novel/contemporary mystery. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished the 4th Ellis Portal mystery, Leave Me By Dying by Rosemary Aubert (3 stars). My review below.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Moving on to a little Stephanie Plum fun with Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich.
Currently reading
Pray for the Girl by Joseph Souza after finishing
The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage sandysbookaday.wordpress.com
Currently reading The Woman in the Window by AJ Flynn. Recently finished All The Light We Cannot See, which is not a thriller or mystery (it’s historical fiction) but it reads like one.
I finished
The Woman I Was Before by Kerry Fisher earlier this month, but am only now catching up on my backlog of reviews to be written. Definitely an engaging read. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...Currently reading
What She Saw by Wendy Clarke
Just finished the Escape Clause by John Sanford. Next read to be determined
And Justice There Is None
by Deborah CrombieInspector Gemma James - now with the Notting Hill Police Department, and her romantic partner Superintendent Duncan Kincaid - with Scotland Yard, are jointly investigating the murders of two women. They're also moving to the next level in their relationship. 💖Good mystery. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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