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Carol: looks like a very nice month and those two, almost done, but still unread books will look great on your February list. ;) I'm glad we group read and discussed 'Miss Farwell'; and like you I couldn't understand how she could have continued to do what she had done for all those years. Carol/Bonadie wrote: "Sadly I will not finish the two books I'm working my way through today, but still not a bad month.."
Great month Carol! I finally gave up on Deborah Crombie. I do have Two Kinds of Truth waiting for me on my Kindle, and I gave Dark Sacred Night the same rating you did!
What are going to do when you’re caught up on Bosch?
Dan: I bet Carol starts rereading them! :)Dan in AZ wrote: "What are going to do when you’re caught up on Bosch?"
Wow, looks like you had an excellent month! That Levin novel looks really intriguing.
Dan in AZ wrote: "What are going to do when you’re caught up on Bosch?"switch to the other classics I'm shamefully behind on (Myron Bolitar, Elvis Cole, Lydia Chin and Bill Smith...)
Ann wrote: "Dan: I bet Carol starts rereading them! :)Dan in AZ wrote: "What are going to do when you’re caught up on Bosch?""
Nope, no danger of that. Love 'em, but they're too dark for a re-read. John Sandford makes me laugh.
Susie wrote: "Great month Carol! I finally gave up on Deborah Crombie. I do have Two Kinds of Truth waiting for me on my Kindle, and I gave Dark Sacred Night the same rating you did!"I wonder why you gave up on Crombie, Susie? I love those characters.
Good month! Loved both of the Bosch books!
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Books mentioned in this topic
A Bitter Feast (other topics)The Talented Miss Farwell (other topics)
Two Kinds of Truth (other topics)
A Kiss Before Dying (other topics)
Dark Sacred Night (other topics)
A Bitter Feast by Deborah Crombie (CD). Read by Gerard Doyle. 4/5
Melodie invites her colleagues Gemma and Duncan and the family to spend a weekend at her family’s estate. Duncan becomes part of an event that results in a death, and when the circumstances turn out to be suspicious he and Gemma assist the locals in the investigation. Time well spent with one of my favorite British police procedural series.
The Talented Miss Farwell by Emily Gray Tedrowe. 4/5
A small town girl with a facility for numbers works her way up the accounting ladder in a small town municipality. She discovers a hidden obsession with art which starts her on the road to embezzling and a second life as a high powered art collector and dealer. I never understood or empathized with the MC but had to keep reading to find out what would happen to her.
Two Kinds of Truth. Michael Connelly. Read by Titus Welliver. 4/5
Bosch, still with the San Fernando PD, is working two cases: the double murder of father-and-son pharmacists, and the allegation that Bosch planted evidence to convict a murderer who wants out after 30 years. Well-paced and suspenseful; involvement by Mickey Haller added to the plot. Welliver’s normally solid reading was slightly marred by my suspicions about incorrect pronunciation.
A Kiss Before Dying. Ira Levin. Read by Mauro Hantman. 5/5
Levin is a master of suspense, and this novel is no exception. An unnamed young man finds himself encumbered by an unwanted romantic entanglement, and takes an extraordinary step to end it, resulting in murder. This act launches a tangled tale of twists, turns and surprises following the motivations of a psychopath. Listening to the audio by Mauro Hantman I found the language a bit dated/ “of its time” but that didn’t lessen my enjoyment. This was Levin’s first novel, winner of the 1954 Edgar Award for best first mystery novel.
Dark Sacred Night. Michael Connelly. Read by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver. 5/5
This features the first meeting between Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard, a character from another of Connelly's novels. Harry is pursuing two cases, one officially with the SFPD, and another off-the-books cold case. He comes to Ballard’s precinct looking for information and Ballard takes an interest. It was fun to see these two lone rangers work together to solve a case. Well read by Lakin and Welliver.