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Currently Reading? Just Finished? 2019
I am about to start
The Girls in the Lake byHelen Phifer after finishing the gripping, emotional and harrowing
The Lies We Hide by S.E. Lynes. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and on my webpage
There's A Murder Afoot
by Vicki DelanyIn this 5th book in the 'Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mysteries', bookstore owner/amateur sleuth Gemma Doyle travels to London, where she gets involved in a murder investigation. The book can be read as a standalone.
Entertaining cozy with many references to the Sherlock Holmes canon. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee. A rare award winning crime series set in my city - Kolkata, India. Loved it, great debut really nails the setting of British era Kolkata. Recommended to all. Rating - 4/5
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Christine wrote: "I finished my 115th book"Nice accomplishment for the year (so far). 😊
The Last Policeman
by Ben WintersWonderful, unique mystery featuring a newly-promoted detective working a possible murder case 6 months before the world literally ends. So it's a sci-fi mystery, which is not my usual thing but this is such an engrossing pleasure to read that I can't wait to read the other 2 in this trilogy. 5 stars.
Nancy wrote: "I don't think the others are translated yet, and I have Inugami Clan here. If I'm still interested, I'll want until spring when I'm in Seattle to find some of the others in Japanese."Ah. That makes sense.
The Hunting PartyIt has a pretty good beginning
just finished "Beautiful Bad" by Annie Ward and i'm about to start "The wife between us"
Araych wrote: "The Last Policemanby Ben WintersWonderful, unique mystery featuring a newly-promoted detective working a possible murder case 6 months before the world lite..."
After I read this book, I read the remaining two. I really liked the first one. The 2nd two were good but not at the level of the first.
I am beginning
Shatter the Night by Emily Littlejohn after finishing
The Girls in the Lake by Helen Phifer. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Sandy how are both of your books going?
Maipn I read that book called Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward and I read another book called The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
Finished Dancing Bear by James Crumley. Bleak and funny in equal measures, Crumley was such an underrated writer, excellent noir. One of the best I have read all year. Rating - 5/5
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Already Dead
by Charlie HustonNew York, present day. Vampyres and zombies are real. Our hero, Joe Pitt, vampyre tough guy, is hired to find and return a runaway girl. OK, fine, except instead of using quotes to indicate dialogue Huston uses dashes. This didn't work for me when I was writing in junior high and it doesn't work here. Otherwise the book is OK.
Araych, that would drive me nuts.
The Sussex Downs Murder written by John Bude in 1936. Made the story more convoluted than perhaps was necessary, but overall a nice read.
The Museum of Desire
by Jonathan KellermanIn this 35th book in the 'Alex Delaware' series, the psychologist helps his friend, Lieutenant Milo Sturgis, investigate an odd set of murders. The book can be read as a standalone.
Entertaining mystery. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Once again, I'm sort of in between books, which is okay because I'm doing a serious deep clean in my house at the moment. I am probably going to read a book called Ashenden and one called The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne.
Nancy that’s so cool that your in between books and Nancy I asked you how both of your books are going but you didn’t answer and Nancy I’m going to be reading my books that I got for Christmas
I finished Colombiano aboutt the Colombian civil war. My review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
Jim how are both of your books going?
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Oh, I'm so sorry, Christine. When I say I'm in between books, it means that I haven't started one yet. I've been very busy, but I'll be sure to let you know once I start my next book!!
Enjoy your Christmas books!
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Things in Jars
by Jess Kidd
Chimera of historical mystery and fantasy with a smidge of romance as well. Entertaining new detective heroine. See my full review:
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