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The Boy from the Woods
by: Harlan Coben
Amibitious and timely. My full review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Looks so good (always a sucker for a good cover!) but I can't handle anything bad kid-related. Have you read others by this author or was it his debut?

BTW, I find summer camps and the insular nature of them very creepy. I'm glad my mother listened to my pleas and never made me attend as a kid!


Brady Coyne #13, OK to read as stand-alone. Boston lawyer Coyne gets involved with what looks like a bunch of gun nuts when his friend gets shot. I like the series, this is rather an average entry. Better than many mysteries, but not Tapply's best. 3 stars.



The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke. Brilliant, brilliant prose, this should qualify as literature and not crime fiction. The series should have ended here, would be difficult to top the last scene. Rating - 5/5
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


When a millionaire leaves his fortune to his cat, mayhem follows among his relatives and heirs.
Fun cozy. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke. Brilliant, brilliant prose, this should qualify as literature and not crime fiction. The ser..."
James Lee Burke is one of my favorite authors. 😊


Here’s my three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3373643302


I really enjoyed that one as well.


When an exotic visitor arrives in her mother’s living room in bomb-damaged, post-war Canterbury, the ground under fourteen-year-old Marlene Robert’s identity collapses beneath her feet… (Book review)
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Impressive! Are you doing a challenge and if so, what number are you trying to reach?


A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell. My first Rendell as part of a group read. Inconsistent so not as good as her accolades led me to believe she would be. Rating - 3/5
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Atmospheric, Australian and Intriguing

Not mystery/crime lately (except for the group read, A Judgement in Stone) but I did finish the excellent The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree from Iranian (now Australian) author Shokoofeh Azar, the translator having withheld her name for safety reasons. Ponder that for a moment.
Also reading WG Sebald's The Rings Of Saturn, which I am also enjoying.
Also reading WG Sebald's The Rings Of Saturn, which I am also enjoying.


Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading:

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
RJ from the LBC wrote: "Today, on the 76th anniversary of "D-Day," I finished:

[book:Band of Brothers:..."
Lansing's book is outstanding. Enjoy.

[book:Band of Brothers:..."
Lansing's book is outstanding. Enjoy.


Such a great series but now I’m stuck waiting for Joy Ellis to write another as I read #11 out of order.
Here’s my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


In this classic a scientist finds a way to make himself invisible, but this leads to mental instability and violence.
Interesting premise that's spawned a jillion movies. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thank you Nancy, I've been wanting to read it for a while.


Bernie Gunther #10, OK to read as stand-alone. Bernie is a cop in Berlin, 1936. This series takes Bernie from the mid-1930's through the war. Some stories are actual murder mysteries, some are more historical novels with a strong undercurrent of fear and paranoia. Very vivid and atmospheric with great historic, social and geographic detail. Four and a half stars, highly recommended.


Only a middling 2.5 stars from me for

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Prequel to this popular series.
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