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Trouble in Nuala
3 stars
Nice laid back cozy mystery set in Sri Lanka in the 1930's.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Trouble in Nuala
3 stars
Nice laid back cozy mystery set in Sri Lanka in the 1930's.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Brutal Telling
by Louise PennyChief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates an especially murky killing in Three Pines, which may involve Gamache's close friends.
Good mystery, very twisty. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Barbara wrote: "The Brutal Telling by Louise PennyChief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates an especially murky killing in Three Pines, whi..."
I've watched the series (I love Alfred Molina). I read one of the books years ago. I'd love to read them all, but I'm steering away from book series.
I'm kicking off the week with
The Glass Bottom Hoax by Diane Vallere https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Murder at the Foundling Hospital by Irina Shapiro is a terrific addition to this Victorian mystery series.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Hot Pink Farmhouse
by David HandlerBerger & Mitry #2, probably best to read #1 first. Mitch and Des get caught up in a small town redevelopment battle and now people are getting killed. Very likeable easy-going mystery. I like the series. 3 stars.
The Collaborators
is a fun spy thriller. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Is there anyone whose mind John Boyne can't inhabit? In the 3rd book of his Elements Quartet, he gives us Freya, a talented burns specialist doctor, but a vengeful manipulator of the unwary. Fire is ironically chilling.
My review of FIRE
I loved We Solve Murders
. A whole new cast of wonderful characters. My five star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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It occurs to me, he’s basically a 1920’s British version of The Equalizer.
This was just a bit too much for me. ⭐⭐.5 for
High Wire by Candice Fox https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished my 87th book
I read Perfect Storm byPaige Shelton. My 4 star review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...It is book 6 in the cozy series.
I'm closing out the month with
Wonton Terror by Vivien Chienhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My Sister's Downfall
⭐⭐⭐
Published September 17, 2024
Read as a #ReviewCopy. #Booksirens
#femaleauthor #femaleprotagonist
#sisters
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently finished three EW books from my list; sadly none of these three books appealed to me as they did to other readers. I will list them here:Prey by Hilar Norman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Portion of Malice by Lloyd Jeffries
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Incentive for Death by James Spoonhour
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Secret That Killed You
Published April 30, 2024
3.5 stars
Read as a review copy.
Nazis, Hitler, American Presidents, the Oval office, conspiracy theories and more.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
by Alan BradleyIn this addition to the Flavia de Luce series, the young detective investigates when the family's cook is suspected of murder.
Flavia is always fun. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Invisible Helix by Keigo Higashino It is translated from Japanese. The author's books have been bestsellers in Japan. It is book 5 in the series, but worked for me as a stand alone. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Also, my wife read a book on her kindle reader that I have not read, but shows up on my list of read books, because she gave it 5 stars on her reader, linked to my GR account through Amazon. Her review of Under a Sunburnt Sky: An unforgettable story of heroism & love
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished
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The book was turned into a film of the same name with Frank Sinatra as Joe Leland. Thorp later wrote a sequel titled Nothing Lasts Forever. Sinatra was asked to reprise the role of Leland in a film based on it, but he turned it down. Changes were made to the script, and the detective’s name was changed to John McClane, played by Bruce Willis. The title was changed to Die Hard.
I just finished The Ice Princess.
I have just started Pitch Dark.
The Body in the Library
3.5 Stars
The infallible, Queen of Crime. Miss Marple. Re-read.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A lovely family mystery with a little romance and a wonderful dog! ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 for
Aunt Violet's Locket by Kristin Harper https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Slate by Matthew FitzSimmons is a fast paced political thriller featuring a retired political fixer who must rescue her young tenant from a possible scandal. Fun to read with a US election looming!review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Candice Fox is known for her thriller novels, but this short audio story, Hunting Game is presented as an entertaining radio play, sound effects and all. Kidnappers have grabbed the young son of a greedy Big Pharma mogul, hated by the entire nation. 
My review of The Hunting Game
Just finished the latest full-length thriller from Candice Fox - an outback doozy - High Wire. What a complex, dark imagination she has!
My review of High Wire
True Justice
by Robert TanenbaumButch Karp #12, actually ghost-written by Michael Gruber. Butch and Marlene are faced by 2 cases of infanticide and must try their best to come to a just conclusion. This is a very fine legal mystery thriller written to a very high level. 4.1 stars.
I read Río Muerto by Ricardo Silva Romero It is more of a literary/historical fiction book than a thriller. It is about the civil war in Colombia. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Book and Dagger
is an interesting, if uneven book, about the formation of the OSS in WWII. My three star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Stranger in the Room
by Amanda Kyle WilliamsIn this second book in the 'Keye Street' series, the Chinese-American private detective works on three difficult cases. The book works fine as a standalone.
Adventurous thriller. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished my 88th book
Prey by Vanda Symon features sins of the past, but probably not the ones you are expecting . . . ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
The Divide
was a mildly unsatisfying mystery. My three star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Now starting THE COVER WIFE by Dan Fesperman, published back in 2021. This is a espionage thriller set back before the events of 911 and features CIA agent Claire Saylor, who played a key role in his most recent novel entitled WINTER WORK.
I'm kicking off October with
Crime and Parchment by Daphne Silverhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What a delight to listen to Adjoa Andoh tell Alexander McCall Smith's children's story of Precious and the Monkeys, Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case. She is only seven, but already in training for her No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. 
My review of Precious and the Monkeys
Staged by Elle Cosimano is the first of six Amazon Original Stories in the light-hearted #BusybodiesCollection featuring amateur sleuths. A body spoils this real estate agent's groomed carpet, so she starts looking for clues.
My review of StagedThese are still available until the end of October on NetGalley.
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road, Peter Hopkirk.Non-fiction but reads like thriller.
The Missing Guests of the Magic Grove Hotel
by David CasarettEthical Chiang Mai Nurse/Detective #2 ...... Slow (very slow) gentle mystery taking place in a small city in Thailand. Not nearly as good as #1 in the series. More a travelogue about Thai food and social mores than a mystery. I figured out what was really going on about half way through. 2 stars.
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