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A Company of Laughing Faces is a curious and moving short story by South African Nadine Gordimer, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. In this, she captures the mixed feelings of a 17-year-old girl being pushed by her mother into the company of other young people.
5★ My review of A Company of Laughing Faces
Aussie author Kerry Greenwood's popular Phryne Fisher murder mystery series continues with #6, Blood and Circuses, which sees Phryne disguised as a circus trick rider. A lady of many talents! Who knew?
3.5★ My review of Blood and Circuses
The House Guest by Hank Phillippi Ryan ⭐⭐⭐.2 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector by Amit KatwalaAmit Katwala traces the invention of the polygraph machine, the men who were instrumental in its development, and some true crime cases where it was used.
Interesting book. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Blackhouse
is very good, but not a traditional mystery. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My 5 star review is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Memory Man
by David BaldacciThriller about an ex-cop ex-football player with eidetic memory solving the murder of his family and others. I liked it, it's good story but it didn't need to be 400 pages. 3 stars.
4/5 stars
Coming out 6/6/23
The Victorian practice of floriography may hold the key to solving these murders.
Please read my review linked below:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Pigeon Tony's Last Stand by Lisa Scottoline It was an Amazon prime short story that can be read in 1 sitting. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector by [author:Am..."We watched an American Experience episode (PBS) called "The Lie Detector" that you might be interested in. Very well done.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...
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Currently reading Pyre by Perumal Murugan (India), although it's not exactly floating my boat at the moment. It's still early days, so hopefully it will get better for me shortly.
Nancy wrote: "Barbara wrote: "[book:Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector|6199380..."We watched an American Experience episode (PBS) called "The Lie Detector" that you might be interested in. Very well done.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe..
Thank you Nancy. 🙂
Now starting GARDEN OF BEASTS by Jeffery Deaver, one of his early thriller novels set in Berlin just before the start of the 1936 Olympic Games.
Good Dog, Bad Cop
by David RosenfeltThe private detectives that call themselves the K Team investigate the murder of a police officer and an alleged murder-suicide.
Humorous cozy-ish mystery. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mothered by Zoje Stage ⭐⭐.5https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Murder on the Vine
didn’t quite work for me. My three star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide by Mae Bunseng TaingIt is an inspiring story of survival during the Cambodian genocide by the Khmer rouge. My 5 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
currently reading Speak for the dead. by Paul Levine
A World of Curiosities
by Louise PennyChief Inspector Armand Gamache faces off against an old foe in this thriller, which is filled with assaults, murders, and corrupt cops.
Good addition to the series. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished my second 5-star read of the year, the middle book in Don Winslow's Cartel trilogy: 
The Cartel by Don Winslow
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and I started reading the deliciously trashy 50s pulp novel:
Tiger by the Tail by James Hadley Chase
The Girl in the Ice, by Robert Bryndza, is the first book in his popular Detective Erika Foster series. It's hard to believe it was the author's debut novel. Great read, with six more to follow. 
4★ My review of The Girl in the Ice
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni ⭐⭐.5 https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Big Bundle
by Max Allan CollinsNathan Heller #21, in which Heller is called in to help the authorities in an actual kidnapping in Kansas City in 1953. The 6-year-old son of a wealthy auto dealer is kidnapped and the ransom is set at the then-record sum of $600,000. The case ends up involving Robert Kennedy, Jimmy Hoffa, and most of the important mobsters and criminals of the area. The kidnapping , of course, actually happened (Bobby Greenlease) and Collins does his usual bang-up job of relating and "solving" this old mystery. I'm a big fan of the series and this book and the series is highly recommended.
I read Robert B. Parker's Kickback by Ace Atkins I enjoyed it and recommend it to mystery fans and Parker fans. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Loving the weirdness and the full on action of the Blanco County series. Here's my review of Flat Crazy by Ben Rehderhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Christine wrote: "I finished my 22nd book"Nice going Christine. 👍
Not a mystery, but you'll like it if you're a foodie.
Justice Is Served: A Tale of Scallops, the Law, and Cooking for Rbg by Leslie KarstLawyer and food enthusiast Leslie Karst gets to cook dinner for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in this entertaining memoir.
Plenty of food and wine talk....and recipes. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Mistress Next Door by Lesley Sanderson ⭐⭐.9 https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Body in the Castle Well The Body in the Castle Well is a great addition to the series. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Naomi's Gift by Martha Hall Kelly It is historical fiction and I recommend it to fans of the author and historical fiction. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry, is the mysterious story of the most beautiful girl in Sligo, Ireland, who has been in a mental institution for decades and is now 100. No wonder Barry was Ireland's Laureate for Irish Fiction. It's terrific.
5★ My review of A Secret Scripture
I recommend Swamp Story
when you need some crazy fun. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Never Street by Loren D. Estleman is the 11th book in the Detroit-set Amos Walker series, a hard-boiled PI series with this one delving into the classic cinema noir genrehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I Will Find You
by Harlan CobenA man breaks out of prison to find the young son he was convicted of killing.
Good escapist literature. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Indridason book took some effort but it was still a four star book: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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