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You'll easily pass 100 by the end of the year Christine. 😊


In this 18th book in the 'V.I. Warshawski' series, the Chicago private detective heads for Kansas to look for two missing persons. The book can be read as a standalone.
Lots going on in this story. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Read in one sitting (in between naps. No reflection on this wonderful read. Am home sick, and just keep nodding off) this wonderful Australian family drama/romance

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Rating : 4🌟"
I used to love the Kay Scarpetta books but they started to get too outlandish after a while.


When a bug exterminator is mistaken for an assassin, all kinds of comical shenanigans ensue.
Good for some laughs. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Here’s a link to my five star review:
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Rating : 4🌟"
I used to love the Kay Scarpetta books but they started to get too outlandish af..."
I agree. I cannot seem to remember one of her later ones which I had dnfed.

Rating : 4🌟"
I used to love the Kay Scarpetta books but they started to get t..."
This one is 3 book of the series...so still readable.


A tale of espionage, told in the form of a semi-diary by Andre Szara, taking place in 1937 in Moscow, Paris, Berlin, Prague and elsewhere. Szara is a Russian journalist co-opted into the spy game and this is his story. I am a big fan of Furst's novels but I think this one is not his best because it is so long and so complicated, with a list of names like a Russian novel, which it sort of is. I love the way Furst writes, the language is very evocative and gives a great feel for time and place but this one only gets 3 stars. Good, but not great.

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Starting my next new series, the 1st Gideon Fell mystery, Hag's Nook: A Gideon Fell Mystery by John Dickson Carr

Rating: 2.75🌟 its a little disappointing. I wanted to so like it.
Review is here.
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Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas of Suspense
by: Joyce Carol Oates
Four novellas from a master of the form. My full review:
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I enjoyed it. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


This is the first book in the Cajun Country Mystery series, featuring amateur sleuth Maggie Crozat. She investigates when a murder occurs at the B&B owned by her parents.
Good beginning to the cozy mystery series. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



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Blueburied Muffins by Lyndsey Cole
Rating : 🌟🌟
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In this 8th book in the 'Abe Lieberman' series the detective has a lot going on in his professional and personal life, including negotiating with gangs and planning a grandson's Bar Mitzvah.
The book can be read as a standalone, but knowledge of the characters is a bonus.
Good story. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



It’s a fun, suspenseful spy thriller. Here’s my four star review:
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In this 2nd book in the 'Jake Brigance' series, the attorney gets involved in a monumental fight over a will. The novel works fine as a standalone.
Good suspenseful story. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Charlie Parker #5. I read this one out of order and it was a mistake. Recommend the series be read in order -- people die. That aside, this wasn't one of Connolly's best. Some outstanding scenes and descriptions though. 3 stars.


White Ivy
by: Susie Yang
Impressive and gripping debut. My full review:
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Historical fiction in 10th century England. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Finished a disappointing read

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a fast read and ok plot and characters.
and i'm currently reading Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

i hope it's good!
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