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Currently Reading? Just Finished? 2020
Just finished:
The Boy from the Woods
by: Harlan Coben
Amibitious and timely. My full review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Don wrote: "Just finished The Whisper Man, very entertaininghttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
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?
Currently reading, The Last Time I Lied and loving it. Last read, I'll Never Tell. Not only am I on a domestic thriller-crazed jag but both of these were set at summer camps. 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!
The Seventh Enemy
by William TapplyBrady 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.
Reading some non-fiction right now, but next up is STREET MUSIC by Timothy Hallinan. It is supposed to be the final book in the Poke Rafferty thriller series. I do hate to see it come to an end, as I really liked the characters and the setting.
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...
The Company of Cats
by Marian BabsonWhen 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...
Aditya wrote: "
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. 😊
I just finished the upcoming Credible Threat
Here’s my three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished and loved The Green Mile
by Stephen KingMy review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3373643302
I just finished The Crooked Wreath by Christianna Brand, #3 in the series featuring Inspector Cockerill.
Amber wrote: "I just finished My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. I loved it!"I really enjoyed that one as well.
Just finished...
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)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This isn’t fiction but I feel it’s current and a crime Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini... a fascinating, eye opening and uncomfortable read which I feel is good for me to acknowledge.
Christine wrote: "I finished my 56th book"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...
Her Perfect Life by Rebecca TaylorAtmospheric, Australian and Intriguing
The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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.
Today, on the 76th anniversary of "D-Day," I finished:
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
Another excellent legal mystery in Mike Daley/Rosie Fernandez series Judgment DayMy 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.
I just finished Darkness on the Fens
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...
The Invisible Man by H.G. WellsIn 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...
Nancy wrote: "Lansing's book is outstanding. Enjoy."Thank you Nancy, I've been wanting to read it for a while.
The Lady From Zagreb
by Philip KerrBernie 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.
The Red, Red Snow by Caro Ramsay is next to read. Only a middling 2.5 stars from me for
Her Perfect Life by Rebecca Taylor. https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just left John Straley book Cold Storage, Alaska as unfinished. I really enjoyed his Cecil Younger mystery series, but just couldn't get into this one. Maybe I'll have to reread The Woman Who Married a Bear
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Prequel to this popular series.
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