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Enjoying The Corpse in the Waxworks: A Paris Mystery by the Golden Age writer John Dickson Carr.


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I just finished City on Fire

Lots of violence and not many still alive in the end. My four star review:
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I've been reading The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas and listening to Poisonfeather by Matthew FitzSimmons

Cell by Robin Cook

I read The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black It is written in the style of Raymond Chandler and I recommend it to Chandler fans. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Gin Sisters' Promise by Faith Hogan
⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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Sherlock Holmes Retold for Children by Alex Woolf with illustrations by Eve O'Brien is a terrific set of classic stories that can be enjoyed by all ages. This is a 16-book box set of chapter books, but there are singles and audios and small sets, too. All libraries should have them!
4.5~5★ My review of Sherlock Holmes retold with some of the illustrations

I am very fond of Aussie author Emma Viskic's Caleb Zelic, but this is said to be the deaf investigator's last story. (I tweeted to her that Kat and the ancestors will pester her to continue!) Those Who Perish is excellent, and I want more!
4.5~5★ My review of Those Who Perish

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I am very fond of Aussie author Emma Viskic's Caleb Zelic, but this is said to be the deaf investigator's last story. (I tweeted to her that Kat and the ancestors will pester her ..."

that's just on pre-order here in the US

Under occupation by Alan Furst

The story of a writer caught up in the French Resistance in Paris during WW II. Far from Furst's best, this is second rate Furst which is still good/OK. Still better than most in this genre but a disappointment for Furst's fans. 3 stars.

I listened to Stay Awake but wasn’t a fan like most. My three star review:
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Finished two excellent reads this afternoon.
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Out of Her Depth by Lizzy Barber ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Sandy how are 3 of your books going?

I finished - for our group read:


And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also finished an excellent roman dur (noir):


The Snow Was Dirty by Georges Simenon
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver

I've just today finished Death At The President's Lodging by Michael Innes. I've read a few of his books besides this one that were better. Next up in the mystery category is likely A Question of Proof by Nicholas Blake (1935).

Read Every Cloak Rolled in Blood
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Now starting WHAT IT WAS by George Pelecanos, the fifth book in his Derek Strange mystery/thriller series set in Washington DC.

I enjoyed the previous books featuring Derek Strange and I have read another half dozen of Pelecanos' other series and stand alone novels. I wish he would write more stuff but he has been doing a lot of TV work lately (writing and producing) and having a lot of success with it.

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. Did not live up to the hype of being one of the best mysteries of all time. It was different but too dry. 3/5

My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My review of The Island by Adrian McKinty

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I finished my 55th book

I just finished Kingdoms of Savannah

Beautiful blend of historical fact and modern day mystery. My review:
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I just finished listening to Girl in Ice

My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished by Christianna Brand

My wife and I are fans of the Longmire series by Craig Johnson.
We both enjoyed Daughter of the Morning Star
This can be read as a stand alone, but I recommend that you read the series in order. My 4.5 star review, rounded down https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

CBRetriever wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I am very fond of Aussie author Emma Viskic's Caleb Zelic, but this is said to be the deaf investigator's last story. (I tweeted to her that Kat and the a..."

Sorry it's a pre-order, CB. Depends on the publisher and country, I guess.

Euphoria is a lovely state if you can achieve it. Lily King's Nell Stone (a fictional version of anthropologist Margaret Mead ) does get carried away with her studies of primitive societies, but this book is more about jealousy and desire in her own. Fascinating setting, research, and characters.
5★ My review of Euphoria

My review of Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton

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That clever femme-fatale Phryne Fisher solves all kinds of crimes in these short stories, The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions, by Aussie author Kerry Greenwood. One for fans of the fabulous Miss Fisher.
3.5★ My review of The Lady with the Gun ...

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "That clever femme-fatale Phryne Fisher solves all kinds of crimes in these short stories, The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions, by Aussie author Kerry Greenwood. ..."

I enjoyed that collection, too.

I just finished the cozy mystery Murder Over Easy byRosie A. Point. Gave it 5 stars - fun, summer page-turner.

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My review of The Recruit by Alan Drew

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I just finished A Simple Choice

My 3.5 star review:
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I just finished listening to Find Me

My 3.5 star review:
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I finished my 56th book

A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee

Captain Wyndham #2. India, 1920. English policeman is tasked to solve a murder/assassination of an Indian Prince. Great characters, complicated plot, fascinating milieu. Written to a high level, 4 stars.

Beyond the Moonlit Sea by Julianne MacLean ⭐⭐.5 https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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Sandy how’s your book going called Beyond the Moonlit Sea by Julianne MacLean?

Yesterday I finished reading The Twilight World by Werner Herzog about Hiroo Onoda's time in the jungle after he refuses to believe that World War II is over. The man is a natural-born, gifted storyteller in any medium. My suggestion would be to read No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War, Onoda's own memoir, before going on to read Herzog's book.

Starting A Question of Proof by Nicholas Blake, and well into yet another volume of the British Library Tales of the Weird, Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles.

While I'm thinking about it, would anyone like a brand-new, paperback never-read copy of Deadline at Dawn by Cornell Woolrich? I mistakenly bought a second copy by accident. It's one of the books in the Penzler American Crime Classics series.

US only, free to you and I will pay postage.

Nancy, I’ll take it! I’ve read a couple of his books.

Patty wrote: "Nancy, I’ll take it! I’ve read a couple of his books."

Thank you!! I'll get it out to you on Saturday. I'm so happy when my books find good homes.

I just finished listening to The Caretakers

A very uneven experience for me. My three star review:
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The Girl Who Survived by Lisa Jackson ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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Five big stars for A Tidy Ending

My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Araych wrote: "A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee

Captain Wyndham #2. India, 1920. English policeman is tasked to solve a murder/assassination of an Indian Prince. Great char..."

A very good book. Set in the same era, I recommend The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey as well.

I read A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny It is book 7 in the series, and they are best read in order. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Both my wife and I enjoy this series and she is up to book 13.

The Precious Jules by Shawn Nocher ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I just finished listening to A Question of Belief

Better than the last few. My four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...