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Karen’s 2021 Year in Books
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Karen Odden
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Hard Times
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1854
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909 editions
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The Way We Live Now
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1875
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1108 editions
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A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery
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2016
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9 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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3 editions
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Down a Dark River (Inspector Corravan #1)
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2021
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10 editions
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Under a Veiled Moon (Inspector Corravan #2)
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2022
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3 editions
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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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"Incredible. Just incredible. The pacing, the action, the winding mystery, the relationships (both romantic and familial) - all of it adds up to an engaging and emotionally honest historical mystery. I was as frustrated as some of the characters, and "
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"I loved this book! From the moment it opened with an unexplained murder, we are taken on an adventure as we follow the inspector investigating the case. Things get more and more complex, involving politics, his past, and sabotage until he manages to "
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"It is 1878 and Scotland Yard Inspector Michael Corravan has been assigned to the Wapping River Police after some police scandals. He's busy with some murders that look like gang problems between two Irish gangs. Then the unthinkable happens, the Prin"
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"It’s 1878 in London and Scotland Yard’s Inspector Michael Corrovan is now acting Superintendent at Wapping River Police, so when a pleasure streamer, the Princess Alice, returning at night collides with a large collier he rushes to the scene to manag"
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| While I was in Glacier NP this past week, I read BEWILDERMENT by Richard Powers, for an upcoming bookclub. (It was thematically relevant -- it opens with a man taking his son camping under the stars, sort of akin to what I was doing.) I read Powers's ...more | |
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Thank you for this lovely review! So nice to hear, especially that this one didn't disappoint after Down a Dark River. I took some risks with this sec
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Benjamin -- Would you like to read the Netgalley of my new one, UNDER A VEILED MOON? I can send you the link, if you like. Please email me at kmodden
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Thanks so much for this lovely review of my book! I'm delighted you enjoyed it so much! Cheers, Karen
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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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