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I finished The Wrong Woman by P.J. Pomare
Enjoyed this one! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Share in Death
was a decent police procedural but nothing special. My three star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished reading Katherine Blessan’s interesting new novel 'T for Tolerance'. 'It is a troubling hour in the United Kingdom as the clouds of a dark zeitgeist roll over the face of sun. This dystopian YA novel is set in 2040, after section 44, new laws making it illegal to ‘express a thought that could be deemed offensive to another group’, have been enacted...'
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished One Last Kill
, due to be published Oct 3, which will be here before we know it!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Wedding Bells Brew Murder by Carolyn Arnold It is a cozy mystery with flaws. My review, 2.5 stars rounded up https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently read Jhumpa Lahiri's Pulitzer Prize winner, Interpreter of Maladies, a collection of short stories that mix and stir Indian cultures with others. No matter who people are or where they live, couples are couples, parents are parents, and everyone has customs they can't always explain.
My review of Interpreter of Maladies
The Hunger Games
⭐⭐⭐ Stars
Young adult book and a dystopian adventure with a tough story, a competition, action, violence and death involving teens.
2008 book
2012 movie starring Jennifer lawrence, Josh Hutcherson & Woody Harrelson
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
James Penney's New Identity / Guy Walks Into a Bar
Lee Child
Two Jack Reacher short stories back to back occurring before Reacher 13 Gone Tomorrow
New Identity being the longer and the stronger of the two.
Nice crisp stories.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just Out of Jupiter's Reach by Nnedi Okorafor is another intriguing sci-fi story from Amazon's The Far Reaches collection. The astronaut and space ship share DNA, which must be a first!
My review of Just Out of Jupiter's Reach
The River We Remember
by William Kent KruegerThe premise of the book is as follows: in 1958, a rich landowner is killed in rural Minnesota, and the leery racist townsfolk want to blame a Native American farmer. However, there's a LOT more going on in this novel.
Excellent book from a fine storyteller. 4.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
TheGirl in the Eagle’s Talons
is the latest in the Lizbeth Salander series but has nothing to recommend it. My 2.5 star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently finished
The Chasm by Bronwyn Hall another fine stand alone thriller set in the Victorian mountains of AustraliaMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Now starting SLEEPLESS CITY by Reed Farrel Coleman, the first novel in his new Nick Ryan series.
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just started, Far Below and Other Weird Stories by Robert Barbour Johnson because sometimes I just need pulp in my reading diet.
Murder at St. Anne’s
was a well done police procedural with a bit of religion thrown in. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Bitter Past
by Bruce BorgosThe murder of a former FBI agent in Nevada has connections to a Russian spy who infiltrated the Nevada Proving Grounds (atomic bomb tests) in the 1950s.
Good police procedural/espionage thriller 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Man Without Breath
by Philip KerrBernie Gunther #9, probably best to read series in order. In March of 1943 Bernie is tasked to investigate reports of a mass grave in the USSR (Russia) near Smolensk. In fact what he finds are multiple mass graves in and around the Katyn forest. The graves, we know now, contain the bodies of over 20,000 Polish officers and other prisoners of war who were murdered by the Russians in 1941. So the book details Bernie's attempts to figure out what has happened there. I have read and enjoyed several books of this series and this one is by far the slowest and dullest. Lots of confusing names -- Russian and German-- and way too much detail of conversation after conversation. It's not a mystery, it's not a thriller -- it's historical fiction; extremely well researched and written but not really up to Kerr's normal high standards. 2 stars -- just OK.
Randy wrote: "Just finished The Between by Tananarive Due, 4-star review here,https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just started, [book:Far Below and Other Weird Storie..."
Loved Tananarive Due's The Good House
Just finished The Horoscope Writer by Ash Bishop
Fast and funny: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sandy how are 2 of your books going?
Jim how are 2 of your books going?
The Last Remains
by Elly GriffithsAuthor Elly Griffiths has announced that this 15th book in the 'Ruth Galloway' mysteries is the last in the series. In this novel, Ruth (who's an archaeologist) helps the police investigate the cold case murder of a college co-ed.
Nice finish to the series. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Read to Death at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
John Scalzi's short sci-fi story, Slow Time Between the Stars, is more than a little worrying, as he imagines what Artificial Intelligence could do by itself when we turn it loose. 
My review of Slow Time Between the Stars
The thriller, The Chalk Man, was a much-hyped debut by C.J. Tudor when it came out a few years ago, and today I needed a horror for a challenge. Yes, there's some creepy stuff.
My review of The Chalk Man
Strange Sally Diamond
just landed in my best-of-2023 list. My five star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Power of Shazam! Book 1: In the Beginning
⭐⭐⭐ Stars
Graphic novel
Shazam aka Captain Marvel
A rollicking adventure featuring the big red cheese.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently finished
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan, the first in the Cormac Reilly series.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Golden Gate
was almost perfect right up until the very end. My four star. Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ok, so not really a mystery, but OMG Tom Lake
is so damn good. Five big stars. My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Anarchy and Old Dogs by Colin Cotterill It is set in 1977 Laos and has humorous asides. while Dr. Siri Paiboun solves several mysteries. The author, born in England, lived for several years in Laos. My 4-star review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I recently finished
The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty, a rare 5* review from me (but then, I'm a fan of the Sean Duffy series).My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Damo wrote: "I recently finished The Detective Up Late by Adrian McKinty, a rare 5* review from me (but then, I'm a fan of the Sean Du..."I'm looking forward to that one
Black Vault: A Short Story
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars
Short Story
Releases 8th August 23
Great spy story with the human element.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Further Adventures Of Red Sonja Vol. 1
⭐⭐⭐ Stars
Graphic novel
creation of Robert E Howard (Conan)
Rollicking adventure
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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