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I read My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende It is historical fiction set in 1891 Chile, during a Chilean civil war. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Aussie author Michael Trant's Gabe Ahern character is just the right tracker to navigate difficult bush terrain to find gold thieves and murderers. Blood and Gold is the third in this excellent outback series. Fun to read and great narration if you're a listener. 
My review of Blood and Gold
I was just introduced to D.S. George Cross, a clever English police officer with autism, who notices the details others miss. The Dentist, by Tim Sullivan, is the first of a series that is getting a lot of attention, including mine. 😊
My review of The Dentist
Recently finished Strange Pictures by Uketsu. It has such a unique concept and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Hi all, I’m currently reading The Cottage. I don’t have any options on it so far but was wondering if anyone has read it or any other Lisa Stone books? Was it worth the read?
Lethal Prey
by John SandfordLucas Davenport #35. In this one Lucas is teamed up with Virgil Flowers to hunt a female serial killer, something which almost never occurs in reality. The book follows Sandford's normal pattern of which i am a big fan. I loved the book and would have given 5 stars except for the ridiculous and very unsatisfying ending. Perhaps the author is setting up a sequel? In any case, 4 stars.
Chasing Shadows
is a fast paced police procedural. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm looking at one of next week's new releases -
A Fashionably French Murder by Colleen Cambridge.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Araych wrote: "Lethal Preyby John SandfordLucas Davenport #35. In this one Lucas is teamed up with Virgil Flowers to hunt a female serial killer, something which almost never oc..."
It happens more that people like to think about. That's why when a woman begins to be a serial killer, her numbers can easily overshadow a man's.
Currently, I'm reading "Look for Me" by Lisa Gardner.
Now starting DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEA by Walter Mosley, the first book in his King Oliver series set in modern day New York. I read the first four novels in his Easy Rawlins series but was looking to try his more recent stuff.The book won the 2019 Edgar Award as the Best Mystery Novel of the Year. Once I finish it I am going to sample his Leonid McGill private eye series to see how it compares.
James wrote: "Now starting DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEA by Walter Mosley, the first book in his King Oliver series set in modern day New York. I read the first four novels in his Easy Rawlins series but was looki..."Walter Mosley is one of my favorite authors. 😊
Hi All, I just completed Comeback by Dick Francis. Here is my review on it:https://youtu.be/aeXBeaLxpfw
My review of A Fashionably French Murder by Colleen Cambridge
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Disappearance
by Philip WylieThis book was published in 1951.
The plot: One day, the world splits into two alternate 'dimensions': all the human men disappear from one; and all the human women disappear from the other.
Interesting speculative/dystopian fiction.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sanchita wrote: "Hi All, I just completed Comeback by Dick Francis. Here is my review on it:https://youtu.be/aeXBeaLxpfw"
I really enjoyed this installment of his series.
A Fashionably French Murder is the third in Colleen Cambridge's enjoyable cosy murder mystery series set in postWW2 Paris where a young Julia Child is studying cookery and her friend Tabitha keeps finding bodies.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I know there are mixed reviews of Penelope Fitzgerald's very short, 1979 Booker winner, Offshore, but I'm one who was happily got caught up in the tangled 'boarding house' community of barge-dwellers on the Thames in the 1960s. It is something like a commune, where these people share a space between landlubbers and seafarers.
My review of Offshore
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John GreenGreen combines the travails of a young tuberculosis patient named Henry Reider with a history of the ubiquitous dread disease.
Interesting and informative. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Now about halfway through THE LONG FALL (2009) by Walter Mosley, the first book in his Leonid McGill mystery series set in New York City.The novel was nominated for the now defunct Hammett Prize as the Best Crime Fiction Novel of the Year. If it ends well I may sample the next book in the series which is available at my local library.
I finished The Fatal Scroll: A Herculaneum Mystery by Eric Siblin
A nice read but the title is deceptive: this is not historical fiction but a modern story about Herculaneum: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Medusa Protocol
is a fun sequel to Assassins Anonymous. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3/5 stars
Coming out July 15, 2025
Three women become bewitched and put into peril.
Please read my review linked below:
ttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7374384406
I read The Year God Died: Jesus and the Roman Empire in 33 AD It is not a mystery, but a revealing reexamination of Jesus and the Roman empire. Various myths connected with Jesus are dis-proven. I recommend it to history and religion fans. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished reading Yellowface, super fun read if you like contemporary fiction and satire!
Now starting A LILY OF THE FIELD by John Lawton, the seventh book in his ongoing series featuring Scotland Yard detective Frederick Troy.
Aussie author Benjamin Stevenson's third "Everyone" mystery may have been titled Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret to attract Christmas gift shoppers last year, but you can enjoy it whenever you're in the mood for something a little offbeat.
My review of Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret
Paige Shelton has some delightful cozy mysteries!I've recently discovered her "Dangerous Type Mysteries" after reaching the limit on her published "Alaska Wild" series... Finished Comic Sans Murder
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
Hollow Beasts
was decent but just not good enough to continue with the series. My 3.5 star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I’m having the best time with the DS Cross series. The Politician
is another strong entry in the series. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto It is a romantic comedy/mystery set in Indonesia. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm working on "A Midsummer's Night's Dream".
I'm kicking off May with a throwback of sorts...
#Throwback for Murder by Sarah E. Burr https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi All, I just completed reading Journey to The Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne. here is my review on it:https://youtu.be/3xfKCjrGnoo
Blood Lines
by Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMilleScott Brodie and Maggie Taylor 2. Brodie and Taylor are assigned a case in Berlin which quickly spirals almost out of control. Islamic terrorism, German neo-Nazis and ex-Stasi secret police from the former East Germany. The book is an entertaining adventure thriller with some funny snark from Brodie. At 500 pages it's a bit long but I really liked it -- 4 stars.
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