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White Throat by Sarah Thornton is the second book in her entertaining Aussie mystery series featuring disgraced lawyer Clementine Jones. It can be read as a stand alone but I'd recommend starting with the first in the series, Lapsereview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished a steampunk romantic suspense novel: Priceless
by Catherine Stein.My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my review of a British crime and police procedural novel: Good Girl
by Mel Sherratt.My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished two books recently:The ⭐⭐⭐.7 star
The Drowned Woman by CJ Lyonshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And the ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 star
The Girl Who Never Came Home by Nicole Trope https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz is similar, but not a sequel to Magpie Murders, which I loved. This one is also clever and complex.
3.5★ Link to my Moonflower review
Finished the ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 atmospheric gothic thriller
The Apparition Phase by Will Maclean https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished the thrilling and gripping ⭐⭐⭐⭐.8
Deadly Cry by Angela Marsons. An excellent addition to this series. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Garden of Promises and Lies
by Paula Brackston. This is the third book in the Found Things series. It's an entertaining mix of historical fiction, fantasy, time travel and suspense.My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished two books over the weekend: ⭐⭐⭐.7
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippmanhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And ⭐⭐⭐⭐.2
Three Women and a Boat by Anne Youngson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished a cozy mystery: A Murder Between the Pages
by Amy Lillard.My 3 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished the ⭐⭐⭐.6 suspense anthology
Nothing Good Happens After Midnight: A Suspense Magazine Anthology collated by Jeffery Deaverhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished ⭐⭐⭐.2
Finding Love at the Christmas Market by Jo Thomashttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished a Regency Romantic Suspense: The Vanishing at Loxby Manor
by Abigail Wilson.My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Two more read. I am making the most of my time before I have to start back to work. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Her by Garry Disher Dark. Unsettling. Heartbreaking. This will put paid to any romantic notions you may harbour about the 'good old days.' https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths. A must read for fans of Agatha Christie. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Two more off my Netgalley pile:The ⭐⭐.5
Her Sister's Child by Alison James https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...And ⭐⭐⭐.5
Her Secret Son by Hannah Mary McKinnon https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Here is my 5 star review for a police procedural/crime thriller: Breathe Your Last
by Lisa Regan.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read the 4th book in Charlie Garratt's Inspector James Given series, Where Every Man, and I'm sure readers of the earlier books would like this one, where he is facing the fast-approaching Nazis in France in 1938.
3.5★ Link to my review of Where Every Man
I also read the 4th book in Graham Brack's delightful Master Mercurius mystery series. Mercurius is a 17th century Dutch minister/priest/university lecturer who has a talent for investigation. The Noose's Shadow is another entertaining adventure!
4.5★ Link to my Noose's Shadow review
Another three off my Netgalley shelf:
It's Always the Husband by Michele Campbell ⭐⭐⭐.3 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Survivors by Jane Harper ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
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My Name is Anton by Catherine Ryan Hyde ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my 4 star review of a cozy mystery: Absence of Alice
by Sherry Harris.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here are my reviews of two more excellent books:The Russian Cage
by Charlaine Harris. My 5 star review of this well-written and entertaining novel that is a mix of historical fiction, urban fantasy western and alternate history:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Woman Outside My Door
by Rachel RyanMy 4 star review of this psychological thriller and debut novel:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have only managed to read two books this week, both Netgalley ARCs ⭐⭐⭐⭐.3
Suspicious Minds by David Mark https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
And the ⭐⭐⭐.1
Limelight by Graham Hurleyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I finished Take It Back by Kia Abdullah and found it to be a fascinating courtroom thriller. 5 Stars My ReviewTake It Back
I finished a science fiction novella that includes murder, kidnappings and suspense: A Question of Navigation
by Kevin Hearne.My 3 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Time got away from me, and I didn't get this read before it was published. It was a quick read with short chapters filled with suspense and good characters: Shadow Sands
. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished a wonderful new cozy mystery: Hope, Faith, and a Corpse
by Laura Jensen Walker.My 5 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have finished five books this week, but only two were Netgalley reads.
Aunt Ivy's Cottage by Kristin Harper https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
The Open House by Sam Carringtonhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Finished a cosy mystery, first in a new series, called Grounds for Murder by Tara Lush
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What do you get when you mix a legal thriller with a medical thriller and add a bit of romance and subtle Christian overtones? You get a fantastic novel: Lethal Intent
by Cara C. Putman.It was filled with lots of hope, warmth, love, friendship and romance against a backdrop of treachery, crimes, ethical dilemmas, arrogance, secrets and more. If you enjoy suspenseful legal and medical thrillers with a bit of romance, then I recommend that you check out this novel and see if you enjoy it as much as I did.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished an enjoyable paranormal cozy mystery set in and around a picturesque library in small town Wilford, Oregon: Bait and Witch
by Angela M. Sanders.My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Jane Harper's Tasmanian coast in The Survivors is just as compelling as her outback in The Dry and The Lost Man. Evelyn Bay is such a small town that it's almost a locked room mystery. Loved it!
5★ Link to my Survivors review
Only three reads completed this week:
Peace #2 in the Paul Hirschausen series by Garry Disherhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Consolation #3 in the Paul Hirschausen series by Garry Disher https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Birthday Weekend by Lesley Sanderson https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
I read The Four Winds by Kristin HannahI enjoyed it It is a story of 1 woman's courage in the face of soul destroying poverty during the Dust Bowl drought in the 1930s US Great Plains. My wife also enjoyed it. My review
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I finished a cozy mystery. This is the first novel in the series and the main character's sense of humor and warmth made this one very enjoyable. Murder on the Menu
by Fiona Leitch.My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished a police procedural that also has a cozy vibe to it with some amateur sleuths joining in the investigation: The Postscript Murders
by Elly Griffiths.My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am on tenterhooks now, waiting to see where Gregg Hurwitz takes the Nowhere Man next! Terrific, disturbingly real warfare concerns in Prodigal Son.
4.5★ Link to my Prodigal Son review
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Three Netgalley titles off my pile this week:
The Dry by Jane Harperhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Orchid Girls by Lesley Sandersonhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
I finished an entertaining romantic suspense novel: Courage Under Fire
by Lindsay McKenna. This book has a lot of details in it on topics as diverse as beekeeping, raptor rehabilitation and military sniping. The author did a good job of meshing the romance and the suspense without either suffering. My 4-star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished All the Colors of Night
by Jayne Ann Krentz.This is a paranormal romantic suspense novel and is the second book in the Fogg Lake series. The world-building was clear and intricate. Lots of twists and turns as well as high stakes kept me fully engaged.
My 4 star review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...My last 5* read of 2020 was a great one,
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I have taken 4 off my Netgalley shelf last week: my first Netgalley audiobook,
Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You by Annie Lyons https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
The Neighbors by Hannah Mary McKinnon https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Bloodline by Jess Lourey https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
And
Single Mother by Samantha Hayes https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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