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by David RosenfeltReluctant defense attorney Andy Carpenter has his girlfriend as a client.
Fun light mystery. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Paul CleaveA delusional serial killer awaiting trial agrees to help the police find the body of one of his victims. (Have you ever read a book where this turns out well. LOL).
Good psychological thriller. 4 stars
My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Jeffery DeaverKathryn Dance, an FBI kinesics expert, investigates deaths stemming from bullying on social media.
Good mystery. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Suzanne O'SullivanAward-winning author Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan travels around the world to observe communities with mysterious psychosomatic illnesses.
Interesting and informative. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Fannie FlaggThe story of a Missouri farm town and its quirky, loving, loyal, sometimes shiftless - or even greedy and amoral - inhabitants.
Entertaining but a little crowded with so many characters. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Clare WhitfieldA newlywed nurse in Victorian London comes to suspect her husband might be Jack the Ripper.
Good atmospheric thriller about the Ripper legend. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Alexander McCall SmithIn this addition to the 'No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency' series, Mma Ramotswe runs for public office.
Fun book as always. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A few minutes ago, I finished reading "Tiger Trap: America's Secret Spy War with China" by David Wise. In a word, WOW!
In "Tiger Trap" (the book's title comes from an FBI code name for a case it was investigating during the early 1990s that was centered on Gwo-bao Min, an engineer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, one of the top laboratories responsible for designing nuclear weapons, who was suspected of betraying critical nuclear secrets to China), the author explains to the reader Beijing's approach to conducting espionage in the U.S. and its methods of encouraging and grooming people to spy for China.
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This looks very interesting!
Barbara wrote: "The Psychology of Time Travel 
by Kate MascarenhasIn this science fiction-mystery, people move back and forth i..."
This looks great! I'm going to have to give it a try.
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by Kate MascarenhasIn this science fiction-mystery, people move ..."
This looks great! I'm going to have to give it a try.
It's well worth reading Evelyn. 😃
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by David RosenfeltIn this addition to the amusing 'Andy Carpenter' series, set during the holiday season, the defense attorney represents a man accused of killing the mayor of Paterson, New Jersey.
Entertaining as always. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Linda CastilloIn this addition to the series, Kate Burkholder' - the Chief of Police of Painter's Mill, Ohio - is searching for a killer and a kidnapped child.
The plot has holes but it's a pretty good mystery. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Compsons, a formerly prominent and important family of the Old South, has a hard time when their fortunes decline.
Very memorable characters. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Maya AngelouThis first book of Angelou's seven-part autobiography covers her childhood and adolescence, up to the age of seventeen.
Very good. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Never Tell by Lisa GardnerIn this addition to the series, Detective D.D. Warren looks into the death of a traveling salesman.
Interesting characters. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Joanna SchaffhausenPolice detective Ellery Hathaway confronts the serial killer she escaped from years before.
Plenty of suspense and surprises. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by David MorrellThomas De Quincey, the opium eater/detective is on the trail of a murderer who's threatened the Queen.
Interesting for the historical aspects. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Louisa HallTrinity is historical fiction that provides glimpses of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 'the father of the atomic bomb', from the perspective of some of his contemporaries.
I found the book interesting and imaginative (but it's not very enlightening about Robert Oppenheimer). 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Anthony HorowitzSherlockian-type detective DI Daniel Hawthorne investigates the murder of a lawyer.
Nice homage to Sherlock Holmes. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Ian McEwanAn day trader gets an inheritance and buys an advanced artificial intelligence robot. Things don't work out as he plans.
You can always expect something different from McEwan. Imaginative story. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Eudora WeltyTownsfolk and family member mourn the death of an important man in a southern town.
Interesting characters. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Still Lives by Maria HummelA cutting-edge feminist artist is murdered and a museum curator gets caught up in the investigation.
Interesting twist on the detective genre. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by David RosenfeltIn this addition to the Andy Carpenter' series, the defense lawyer's client may have been framed by mobsters.
It's always fun to visit with Andy and his cohorts. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Will ThomasIn this historical mystery, a Polish Jew is murdered and inquiry agent Barker to look into the matter.
3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished reading a few minutes ago, "THE BLUE MAX AIRMEN - German Airmen Awarded the Pour le Mérite, Volume 17: Loewenhardt & Göring" by Lance J. Bronnenkant, PhD.
Anyone with an interest in aviation will love this book. It has lots of rare photos and illustrations.
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The Light Streamed Beneath It: A Memoir of Grief and Celebration by Shawn HitchinsCanadian comic and author Shawn Hitchins takes a different direction with this book, which is a journal of his grief and recovery after the death of two loved ones.
Moving and sad with light moments. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Carol BurnettComedian Carol Burnett writes about her life and career.
Interesting and entertaining. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Recursion by Blake CrouchA scientist's research leads to the ability to go back in time....but it's a tricky proposition. Very twisty and intriguing.
Good speculative science fiction. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Karin SlaughterWomen cops in 1974 Atlanta - who get little respect from male colleagues - hunt a cop killer.
Good thriller. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Bark of Night by David RosenfeltDefense attorney Andy Carpenter defends a documentary filmmaker.
Fun mystery. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Per My Last Email: Witty, Wicked, and Wonderfully Weird Workplace Words and Phrases by Stephanie K. WrightAre you tired of using the same old words week after week? Do you want to put some verve in your vocabulary? Are you itching to improve your emails? Then this is the book for you.
Plenty of fun 'new' (little used) words and expressions aimed at the workplace....but good for everyone. 4 stars
My review;
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by J.A. JanceIn this addition to the series, Detective J.P. Beaumont investigates the death of a prickly journalist.
Enjoyable mystery. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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They Must Be Monsters: A Modern-Day Witch Hunt - The Untold Story behind the McMartin phenomenon: the longest, most expensive case in U.S. history by Matthew LeroyThe authors write about the McMartin Preschool scandal, during which owners and teachers across Manhattan Beach, California were accused of bizarre acts of child abuse.
Fascinating look at this incidence of mass hysteria. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Dana Stabenowin this addition to the series, Alaskan private investigator Kate Shugak helps her State Trooper boyfriend investigate two murders.
Enjoyable atmospheric mystery. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by William KuhnQueen Elizabeth needs a respite from her royal duties so she puts on a hoodie and goes walkabout in Great Britain.
Interesting and a bit fun. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by William DameronIn this memoir, Dameron shares the experience of coming out as a married father of two, a man who was devoted to his family, but unable to go on living a lie.
Inspirational story. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A few days ago, I finished reading "The Blue Max Airmen: German Airmen Awarded the Pour le Mérite: Volume 6" by Lance J. Bronnenkant
Volume 6 tells the story of 3 men (2 of them non-aviators who played a crucial role in making the Imperial German Air Service into a modern and effective fighting force between 1916 and 1918) who were awarded Imperial Germany's highest award for valor during World War I.
I've just discovered Clare Chase. I'm not usually wild about cozy mysteries, but this is so good I just have to share it with you. Mystery at the Abbey Hotel is a cut above the average, in the category of Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie. Historical, beautifully written. Just darn good!
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I always like a good cozy mystery. I'll have to give this a try. Thanks Esther. 👍😃
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by Louise PennyChief Inspector Armand Gamache provides security for a controversial visiting lecturer, and someone is eventually murdered.
Not a wholly successful addition to the series, but it's always a pleasure to visit Three Pines. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by David BaldacciDetective Amos Decker re-investigates a multiple murder that occurred 13 years ago.
Good mystery with interesting characters. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Hollywood Homicide by Kellye GarrettIn this humorous mystery series, former actress Dayna Anderson is on the trail of a hit-and-run driver for the reward.
Fun book. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Alan CummingActor Alan Cumming writes about growing up with a father, Alex Cumming, who was physically, psychologically, and emotionally abusive.
Enlightening, entertaining, and uplifting. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Damage Control by J.A. JanceSheriff Joanna Brady has a new baby at home and a tough caseload at work.
Enjoyable mystery. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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by Richard RhodesFun and informative biography of the great biologist and naturalist E.O. Wilson. Wilson was a precocious young scientist as a little boy studying ants and is still going strong in his nineties.
Highly recommended. 4 stars.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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