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Karen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Karen Odden’s Followers (490)
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Karen Odden
Goodreads Author
Born
in Rochester, NY, The United States
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September 2013
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/karenaz8
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Hard Times
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1854
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The Way We Live Now
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1875
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563 editions
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A Lady in the Smoke
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2016
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9 editions
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Down a Dark River (Inspector Corravan #1)
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2021
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16 editions
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A Dangerous Duet (Victorian Mystery, #1)
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2018
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8 editions
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A Trace of Deceit (Victorian Mystery, #2)
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2019
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2 editions
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Under a Veiled Moon (Inspector Corravan, #2)
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2022
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12 editions
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An Artful Dodge
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Crimeucopia - Through The Past Darkly
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Black Cat Weekly #108
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Scotland Yard Scandal of 1877
Most people think of Scotland Yard as the elite organization within the Metropolitan Police. But in the autumn of 1877, Chief Inspectors Nathaniel Druscovich, William Palmer, and George Clark, and Inspector John Meiklejohn were all put on trial for corruption and fraud–specifically, taking bribes, colluding with a trio of con men who had stolen thousands of pounds (about $2.2 million in today's mo
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"One of the best historicals I've read in ages! Karen Odden brings Kit's Victorian thieves' world to life with vivid details and well-drawn characters. The plot has some real twists and turns, and kept me hanging on 'til the very end! Kit is absolutel"
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"Genuinely surprised at how good this was. I've read a fair number of Victorian crime novels, and this was a cut above the rest.
An Artful Dodge tells the story of twenty-year-old Kit Jimeson, one of the most talented thieves in a notorious women-only" Read more of this review » |
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"This was a great, atmospheric tale of thievery in Victorian London. I really enjoyed the characters in this all-female gang of thieves, and there was a fun heist in the plot involved in the story. There was also a sweet romantic subplot, a wonderful "
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"A simply fantastic book. Within these pages, you are rapidly engrossed into Kit's world. Odden has done an amazing job of creating multifaceted characters, a real environment, and above all, a story that you won't want to put down. (And best of all, "
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And yes, there is a sequel coming. Tentatively "A Thieving Season" and scheduled for August (ish) 2027.
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A wrongfully convicted man, Franky Dast, fights to get off death row, and once out of prison, he helps to uncover the truth about the crime that he never committed. Highly suspenseful, with some wonderful, evocative sentences. Opening lines: "On the ...more |
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“Mr. Flynn took it and studied the carving on the handle; then, with a gleam in his eyes, he handed the umbrella to me. On one side of the handle was a carved portcullis, the symbol of the”
― A Lady in the Smoke
― A Lady in the Smoke
“The mistakes that feel less forgivable are those that hurt someone you love. Worse still is when you discover your error only years later. Often, there’s nothing to be done. Too much time has passed to make amends. And those mistakes—ach, it’s bloody difficult to forgive yourself when you should’ve known better, should’ve known to pick your head up and cast about to see what might happen as a result of your actions.”
― Under a Veiled Moon
― Under a Veiled Moon
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| 2026 Reading Chal...: Ariel's Thumbed Pages of 2016 | 40 | 163 | Nov 02, 2016 10:44PM | |
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| 2026 Reading Chal...: The 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards Challenge | 261 | 1860 | Dec 20, 2016 06:34AM | |
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NetGalley Readers:
Books read in 2016 - Target 50,000
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“The poor, I am told, are kind to each other but that is because they have nothing to lose,' he said. 'The rich cannot afford to be.”
― The Mangle Street Murders
― The Mangle Street Murders
“The thoughts of others
Were light and fleeting,
Of lovers' meeting
Or luck or fame.
Mine were of trouble,
And mine were steady;
So I was ready
When trouble came.”
― More Poems
Were light and fleeting,
Of lovers' meeting
Or luck or fame.
Mine were of trouble,
And mine were steady;
So I was ready
When trouble came.”
― More Poems
“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― An Abundance of Katherines
― An Abundance of Katherines
“Then you must tell 'em dat love ain't somethin' lak uh grindstone dat's de same thing everywhere and do de same thing tuh everything it touch. Love is lak de sea. It's uh movin' thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it's different with every shore.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
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