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Jan 07, 2025 10:23PM
On the 4th I finished The Silent Patient and that same day I started The Fury, which is what I’m currently reading.
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Ah, Harry! Not a cold case this time, but a complex current one for Bosch. In The Overlook, by veteran best-selling author Michael Connelly, what looks like a 'standard' murder, turns out to have deadly, and potentially very widespread, ramifications.
My review of The Overlook
Kicking off this week with the Western Adventure
Hired Guns by Steve Hockensmith. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The King’s Messenger ended up being more romance than political intrigue. My 3.5 star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Paris Undercover: A Wartime Story of Courage, Friendship, and Betrayal by Matthew Goodman It is a biography of two women who did extraordinary things in WWII. I recommend it. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Murder In Florence
is an entertaining cozy mystery, complete with an adorable lab. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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On the crime side, tonight I'll be starting this group's current read, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. I also finished an audiobook, There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish, which I didn't love.
My review of Miss Silver Deals With Death by Patricia Wentworth
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tourist Season
by Carl HiaasenIn this comic novel, a Miami journalist fashions himself into El Fuego, Comandante of a terrorist group striving to drive tourists and snowbirds out of Florida.
Humorist/author Carl Hiaasen has a decades-long mission to save Florida's ecosystem (in real life). We all know how that's going.
3..5 stars for this book.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Dark Crimes was just an ok police procedural. My three star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Aussie writer Adrian Hyland's outback and remote rural mysteries feature female protagonists who are unruly in the best sense of the word - they have to be. Jesse Redpath is great in The Wiregrass, and my only complaint is that Hyland doesn't write faster.
My review of The Wiregrass
I finished Deadbeat by Adam Hamdy
Very fast paced and with an intricate plot: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Invisible Helix
by Keigo HigashinoThe murder investigation of a video producer in Tokyo leads the detectives down twisty roads.
Higashino always writes cerebral suspense novels. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Aussie writer Adrian Hyland's outback and remote rural mysteries feature female protagonists who are unruly in the best sense of the word - they have to be. Jesse Redpath is great in The Wiregrass, and my only complaint is that Hyland doesn't write faster...."
Nice compliment for the author. 😊
I finished Her Prodigal Husband by Becky Masterman
Sadly, DNF: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Psycho by the Sea
by Lynne TrussConstable Twitten #4, series probably best read in order. Another hilarious tale of the idiots and fools committing and (not) preventing crime in Brighton England in 1957. Very funny series satirizing cops and robbers stories. I like the series a lot, 4 stars.
I finished The Family Inside by Katie Garner
Very intriguing story with great characters: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Dead Man of Storr
is an atmospheric police procedural. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nemesis
by Gregg HurwitzIn this addition to the Orphan X series, the trained assassin feels compelled to hunt down his armorer and one-time friend.
Well-written and exciting thriller. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Currently reading: Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates. Just finished: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty.
Barbara wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Aussie writer Adrian Hyland's outback and remote rural mysteries feature female protagonists who are unruly in the best sense of the word - they have to be....Nice compliment for the author. 😊"
Adrian Hyland is an Aussie author who really should be more widely read, I think. I don't know how available his books are, but I hope he keeps writing them.
If they've found The Wrong Hands, then whose are they? This is Mark Billingham's Detective Miller #2, but it could easily be a standalone. He is an experienced author who leads us gently through back stories without making me feel guilty for not remembering who's who. 😊)
My review of The Wrong Hands
I read An Island of Suspects by Jean-Luc Bannalec It is book 10 in the Brittany series and I have been reading them in order. It is set in Brittany, France. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi All, I read this as an ARC back in November but it is published today. Well worth a read.
A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage by Asia MackayHere's my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm starting out the week with
The Sinister Sitcom Caper by Sally Carpenter https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Devil Raises his Own
by Scott PhillipsHollywood 1915. Really not a mystery but a semi-serious novel about the beginnings of the dirty movie business. Large cast of characters none of whom you'll want to nominate for sainthood. Parts are cute, parts are funny, parts are ugly, parts are sweet. I did like it -- 3 stars.
4/5 stars
Coming out February 5, 2025
A dark and irreverent take on the Gothic governess.
Please read my review linked below:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished The One by John Marrs and am currently reading Iron Flame
Now starting THE PROFESSIONALS by Owen Laukkanen, the first novel in his six-book thriller series featuring FBI agent Carla Windermere and Minnesota state investigator Kirk Stevens, set in modern day Minnesota.
Just finished
The Surf House byLucy Clarke Lucy Clarke, coming out next month. Its brilliant if you need a destination thriller to take you away from it all. Here's my 5 star review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The House of Silk
4/5 stars
Brilliant. Engaging. Sherlock Holmes saga
Capturing the Essence of the original stories.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
by Emily NussbaumA comprehensive look at the history of reality TV, from Candid Camera to The Apprentice.....with everything in between.
Well-researched and well written. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished up the week with
Welcome Home to Murder by Rosalie Spielman https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Fans of fast paced legal thrillers will enjoy Witness 8
. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van PeltA septuagenarian widow, giant Pacific octopus, and free-wheeling young man are the main characters in this charming story.
I enjoyed the book, which is off the beaten track. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nancy wrote: "I know I'm late to this party, but I've recently started reading Slow Horses by Mick Herron. Loving it so far and it's highly likely I'll pick up the other novels in the series."It's a great series Nancy. And the TV adaptation is good too. 😊
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