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Murder Between the Pages

Josh Lanyon

Start date: November 1, 2016

Finish date: December 10, 2016

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Nov 03, 2016 Ami rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2-or-2-and-a-half-stars-rating, mm-historical-medieval-steampunk, mm-mystery-suspense-thriller

2.5 stars

Sigh. I couldn't even raised enough enthusiasm to place this on my 3-stars category. Considering I just had streaks of enjoyable stories (four in a row!) that I loved, this was a bummer :(

And I love Josh Lanyon!! It never feels right giving her stories below 3-stars!

However, this one felt dry and lackluster. The first chapter actually reminded me so much of the Holmes & Moriarity book, my initial thought was, "wait, can an author copies her own previously released work?" In addition Fel ...more

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Oct 30, 2016 Jax rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical, 5-star

This hit me in just the right way at just the right time. I loved the old-timey atmosphere created by all the little historical details and the locked-room mystery taking place in a book store with several mystery writers in attendance. How perfect! The banter between Felix and Leonard was fun and revealed an attraction way before they realized it themselves. There's also a sadness about these men left adrift after fighting in WWII, so it was lovely to see them begin to find a way out of their l ...more

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Oct 29, 2016 Karen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical, josh-lanyon, 1940s, writers, boston, re-read-with-audio, closed-room-mystery

This a wonderfully done closed-room historical (post-WWII) mystery, set in of mid-century Concord, Massachusetts literary circles. There's lots of delightful sniping back and forth between the two MCs, both thought and spoken as it alternates POVs between these two. It is both funny — the titles of the protagonists books, for example — and a bit heartbreaking (you'll see what I mean when you read it). This is one of Lanyon's take-a-chance-with-something-different works, but her voice, humor, and ...more

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