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Why Kings Confess4 stars for book 9 in an excellent historical fiction/mystery series.
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Justin wrote: "Currently reading The Lodger. So far it's dragging but I imagine it'll pick up and get good."
I love that book.
I love that book.
I just finished listening to The Retreat
Great entertainment! Here’s a link to my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished The Wife Upstairs
Just three stars in my book. Here’s a link to my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Creole Belle by James Lee Burke. One of my favorite crime series but 19 entries in, it is showing its age. Rating - 3/5
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Troubled Blood
by Robert Galbraith/J.K. RowlingCormoran Strike #5. Strike and Robin are hired to solve a 40 year-old murder. It takes them 927 pages to do it. I like this series a great deal but more than 900 pages? Ridiculous.
Now starting THE SHADOWS WE HIDE by Allen Eskens, the fifth novel he published and the second to feature college student & cub reporter Joe Talbert (set in Minnesota).
Started
The Apparition Phase by Will MacleanFinished 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
The Professionals
by Owen LaukkanenFour college graduates - Pender, Marie, Sawyer, and Mouse - are unable to secure good-paying jobs and form a kidnapping ring.
Interesting premise. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Not really mystery/crime but I finished:
Books of Blood, Volume Two by Clive Barker
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading:
Books of Blood: Volume Three by Clive Barker
Starting
Deadly Cry by Angela MarsonsFinished the ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 atmospheric gothic thriller
The Apparition Phase by Will Maclean https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
RJ from the LBC wrote: "Not really mystery/crime but I finished:

Books of Blood, Volume Two by Clive Barker
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www...."
I'm reading a "not really mystery/crime" book too --The Nightfarers by Mark Valentine (Tartarus Press). So far all is fantastic, as I expect from this author.

Books of Blood, Volume Two by Clive Barker
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www...."
I'm reading a "not really mystery/crime" book too --The Nightfarers by Mark Valentine (Tartarus Press). So far all is fantastic, as I expect from this author.
I'm reading The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, the first book of the Millennium trilogy written by best-seller writer Stieg Larsson. I'm loving it so far! :)The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo
Twisted Twenty-Six which was pretty oodand
Therapy = also good
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The Third Sister written by a Danish author but set in Racine, Wisconsin with a female protagonist from Denmark. Interesting take on the funeral business in the US vs Denmark. Note: this is the last book in the trilogy. I like Sara Blaedel's books but you have to be careful as some of them have different names in the UK vs the US.
The Kill Artist
by Daniel SilvaIt's a spy thriller, not a mystery. Nothing very original or exciting here, 2 stars.
Araych wrote: "The Kill Artist
by Daniel SilvaIt's a spy thriller, not a mystery. Nothing very original or exciting here, 2 stars."
That's too bad. I usually like Silva's books, but I haven't read this one.
I just finished listening to Nothing More Dangerous
One of my favorites for the year. Here’s a link to my five star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished the latest book by author Peter Swanson - Rules for Perfect Murders
Don't know how he does it but he always gets me hooked - this is the fifth in a row of his that I have awarded 5 stars! My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Starting
Three Women and a Boat by Anne YoungsonFinished the thrilling and gripping ⭐⭐⭐⭐.8
Deadly Cry by Angela Marsons. An excellent addition to this series. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Daylight by David Baldacci
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I also finished The Great Escape from the Woodlands Nursing Home by
Here is my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Saints of the Shadow Bible
by Ian RankinIn this 19th book in the 'Inspector Rebus' series, Rebus investigates a suspicious car accident and comes under investigation for 'police misconduct' that occurred three decades ago. The book can be read as a standalone, but familiarity with the characters is a bonus.
Good mystery. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Caffeine & Nicotine Thriller, good female protag, lots of intrigue and decent writing. Like it so far.
Finished and enjoyed The Lost Ones
by Anita Frank My Review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3626289134
I just finished listening to The Talented Miss Farwell
Here’s a link to my three star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nothing Good Happens After Midnight: A Suspense Magazine Anthology collated by Jeffery DeaverFinished 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...
Bending the Paw
by Diane KellyIn this 9th 'Paw Enforcement' mystery, Forth Worth police officer Megan Luz and her German shepherd K-9 partner Brigit help investigate a grisly crime. The book works fine as a standalone.
Good police procedural. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished Bone Canyon
Here’s a link to my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished the first published book by Nevil Shute today, that being Marazan. Most entertaining. (3.5 stars) My review is belowhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another early Shute book next, Lonely Road (1932)
My 4 star review of A Single Swallowafter I wished for it, Amazon offered it to me as a Prime free book. Subsequent to that, my wish was granted.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Not mystery, but literary fiction.
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A lonely empty nester meets a young mother who has the same name as herself, and befriends her. Not the best idea.
Good suspenseful story. 4 stars
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