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What is on your bed side table? 2023/2024
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(Honest reviews don't always come easy.)
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Acclaimed Aussie author Michael Robotham's Joe O'Loughlin series is always excellent. The Wreckage takes place between Baghdad, London, and Washington and would be a great read on its own.
My review of The Wreckage
I'm closing out the week with
What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Reckoning: A Mystery Novel by Jana Deleon 5-StarsA little girl goes missing.
My Review
Bad Liar by Tami Hoag 5-StarsTwo missing persons with a past connection.
My Review
Haunted by Kat Martin 4-StarsGhosts, murder, revenge
My Review
Reflections by Nora Roberts 4-StarsLindsay discovers there is more to life than dance.
My Review
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance 🎧 5-StarsInsightful and enlightening view of white poverty in America.
My Review
My review of Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
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I'm kicking off the week with
The Glass Bottom Hoax by Diane Vallere https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have two on the go at the moment: The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie
Is there anyone whose mind John Boyne can't inhabit? In the 3rd book of his Elements Quartet, he gives us Freya, a talented burns specialist doctor, but a vengeful manipulator of the unwary. Fire is ironically chilling.
My review of FIRE
This was just a bit too much for me. ⭐⭐.5 for
High Wire by Candice Fox https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm closing out the month with
Wonton Terror by Vivien Chienhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A lovely family mystery with a little romance and a wonderful dog! ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 for
Aunt Violet's Locket by Kristin Harper https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Candice Fox is known for her thriller novels, but this short audio story, Hunting Game is presented as an entertaining radio play, sound effects and all. Kidnappers have grabbed the young son of a greedy Big Pharma mogul, hated by the entire nation.
My review of The Hunting Game
Just finished the latest full-length thriller from Candice Fox - an outback doozy - High Wire. What a complex, dark imagination she has!
My review of High Wire
Prey by Vanda Symon features sins of the past, but probably not the ones you are expecting . . . ⭐⭐⭐.7 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I'm kicking off October with
Crime and Parchment by Daphne Silverhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My first read for spooky season The Only Good Indians
, quick reread of my favorite book to set the mood
I'm finishing out the week with
A Merry Little Murder Plot by Jenn McKinlay https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A heartwarming and entertaining story set at Christmas
Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel by Rebecca Raisin ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman
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Started the week with a middle grade mystery -
The Sherlock Society by James Ponti.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A light and entertaining cosy-murder mystery -
Death at the Dinner Party by Ellie Alexander ⭐⭐⭐.8 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ending the week with the fun
Send in the Clowns by Julie Mulhern. Turned out to be perfectly timed since the book is set around Halloween.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I recently read The Strange Case of Liza Doolittle by Timothy Miller. I think it was an excellent blend of Holmes/Watson and Doolittle without coming across as gimmicky. I recommend it for readers of Sherlock Holmes and Doolittle, but you need not be a fan of either to enjoy it.
I'm still glad that this year I chose Michael Connelly as an author to read each month. The Narrows is deadly in the desert and absolutely terrifying in a flood.
My review of The Narrows
An Oxford student tries to find The Girl Who Wasn't There in Arvind Ethan David's dramatised story. He'd really liked her when she was - or was she?
My review of The Girl Who Wasn't There
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