The Curse of the Blue Scarab: A Monster Mash-up in Q&A with Josh Lanyon

Dec 31, 2016 Ije the Devourer of Books rated it really liked it

A secret society,

A series of untimely deaths,

An Egyptian mummy and a curse,

and an intrepid doctor who is determined to get to the bottom of things!

This is a good story but rather different to many of the other stories by this author. It is similar in style to Sherlock Holmes, or Agatha Christie and it has a frisson of Raiders of the Lost Ark!

And this shadowy mystery also involves a slow romance, hidden love and polite early 20th century society.

This is a kind of re-telling of the 1912 story 'The ...more

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Dec 22, 2016 Anna rated it did not like it

Shelves: m-m, i-own-mobi, 1-star, mm-mystery-crime-suspense, mm-paramedic-doctors-etc, disability-illness-disorder, age-difference, the-one-and-only-josh-lanyon, boring-make-it-end

Josh Lanyon is my absolute favourite author, so to be giving one of her books 1 star is so unlike me. But I just didn't like anything in this book. I forced myself to finish it just because it was by Josh Lanyon, and because I kept a spark of hope until the end that something would make me like it even a little more. But no--I was just bored throughout the whole book. I guess even Josh Lanyon cannot make me love historicals. ...more

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May 26, 2017 Susana rated it really liked it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Quiet, sagacious Dr. Quentin Armiston finds himself suddenly immersed in a gruesome situation involving secret societies, ancient curses and inexplicable deaths. He soon discovers his life is in danger, but that is not as important as getting to the end of this mystery…
First of all, this is not romance, it is a mystery mashup. So we cannot expect Josh Lanyon's masterfully insight in character's emotions and slow build of relationships. In fact, I failed to see the reason for the attraction betwe ...more

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Mar 16, 2020 ΛNNΞ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: hoopla, favorite-books-of-2020

I wasn't sure about this book at first. I started it when it first came out and shelved it. I am a huge fan of this author's work but occasionally, I have been burned and bored by a rare book that just doesn't work for me. I thought this was one of those books. Thankfully, I was mistaken -- I started the audiobook and was quickly hooked by the excellent narration and the engaging murder mystery plot twist. I really liked that this book isn't like anything else I have read by this author or by an ...more

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