Karen Odden
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Hard Times
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The Way We Live Now
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A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery
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A Dangerous Duet (Victorian Mystery, #1)
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Down a Dark River (Inspector Corravan, #1)
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A Trace of Deceit (Victorian Mystery, #2)
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Under a Veiled Moon (Inspector Corravan, #2)
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"Loved the book. 1st mystery I've read in years. Looking forward to her next book. Met Karen today at a book club. What an awesome speaker. Loved listening to her speak about her life and her book writing processes."
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This is a searing, heart-baring memoir/essay collection that includes Fitzgerald's experiences of acting in porn, riding motorcycles, and being an altar boy ... and though I've never done any of those things, it (as good memoirs do) represents the pa ...more | |
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I don't read a lot of contemporary police procedurals, but I'd heard good things about this one (released January 1, 2023). I'm so glad I picked it up! I read it in two days. Told in third person through several different narrators (including the vil ...more |
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Hi Deb, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to post a real, written review. To be honest, I wasn't happy with this book. My editor left partway
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I love that you'd like to see Matthew Hallam and Michael Corravan together ... alas, I switched publishers, so I had to move away from Matthew. I coul
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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 Victorian Mystery
― A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery
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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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