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Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell WoodsMy review 4 stars:
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After the Fall by Kirsten AlexanderMy review 3.5 stars:
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The Peacock and the Sparrow
takes on the Arab Spring protests in Bahrain. I enjoyed it but was conflicted about the ending. My 3.5 star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto it is a hilarious book about a disastrous blind date. My 4.5 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read this back in January, but it’s finally “live” on Amazon, so now I can post my review. New series by one of my favorite authors (ok, I’m biased; I’ve been beta reading for her for a few years now, but I think she’s great).The Titan's Debt: A Mirielle Laurant Thriller
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The Titan's Debt: A Mirielle Laurant ThrillerHN Wake sent me her book just before it was published. Usually I get to beta read for her, but not this time.
is the first in a new series, and like her other 2 series, it is well written and riveting!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
HN wake sent me her new book not long before it was published. THANK YOU! As usual, it is well written and riveting! It’s the first in a new series: The Titan's Debt: A Mirielle Laurant Thriller
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Here is my 4.23 rounded to 4 stars review of Not Who We Expected by Lisa Black:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Crime Thriller
4th book in the Locard Institute Thriller series
Overall, this was a fascinating and captivating novel with great characterization and worldbuilding! There is the right amount of mystery, tension, and apprehensiveness to keep readers engrossed and wondering what will happen next.
I was recently tickled to discover how entertaining A Man With One of Those Faces is. It's the first book in Caimh McDonnell's Dublin Trilogy, which is now 8 books long! I'd heard it was fun, but I'd feared it was just hype.
My review of A Man With One of Those Faces
Thomas wrote: "I read Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto it is a hilarious book about a disastrous blind date. My 4.5 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"I loved it and the follow up!!
Kirsten wrote: "Thomas wrote: "I read Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto it is a hilarious book about a disastrous blind date. My 4.5 star review https://www.goodreads.com/rev..."Thanks
I read The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan It is a police procedural set in Canada. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...There are extensive references to the Balkan wars in the 90s.
I finished Perfect Kill by Helen Sarah Fields
Gruesome but honest.
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I finished The Gift by Sebtastian Fitzek
Clever, fast-paced but not for the faint-hearted.
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The Stolen Queen
was a disappointment as it relied on coincidences and OTT plot lines to wrap up its ending. My three star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here are reviews of 2 recent books that I have finished:I Died for Beauty by Amanda Flower - 4.16 rounded to 4 stars
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Historical Mystery
3rd book in the Emily Dickinson mystery series (final book)
Great characterization and world-building combined with mysteries
Mixes real-life people with fictional characters
This novel brings to life the conflicting sentiments that existed in America at the time.
Set in Amherst, MA in January 1857
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Blood on the Vine by J.T. Falco
4.32 rounded to 4 stars
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Crime Thriller / FBI investigation
Set in Napa Valley, CA
Fast-paced, intriguing, and suspenseful with great characterization an plenty of action and danger
I hope this becomes a series.
A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni #11 in his Tracy Crosswhite series takes us back to the start of the series to the event that drove her to become a detective. Perhaps not the best book of the series, having a slower build up, but an important addition to Tracy's ongoing story which fans of the series will enjoy.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Fortune Favors the Dead combines a classic crime novel feel with a twist. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Saltwater by Katy Hays It is set on the island of Capri, Italy. There is a major surprise at the end. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my 4.1 rounded to 4 stars review of Ward D by Freida McFadden:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Psychological Thriller
Compelling and Suspenseful
Flashbacks to eight years ago
Good characterization and great atmosphere
Kate Atkinson is a favourite author and I love her Jackson Brodie series. In the latest, Death at the Sign of the Rook, I was surprised the focus was mainly on the strange, gathered assemblage, with much less on Jackson and Reggie (yes, she's back!) whom I really wanted to read about.
My review of Death at the Sign of the Rook
The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey is a cracking debut mystery set on a small Scottish island with a close knit superstitious community.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My latest review is for a rom-com with ghosts!
Haunted Ever After by Jen Delucahttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
May The Wolf Die
is a fast paced, strong debut thriller. My five star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my 4.05 rounded to 4 stars review of Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mystery / Thriller
Mature Women Assassins (60+)
Overall, this is an engaging, fascinating, fast-paced, and well-plotted mystery that is entertaining and unique.
Contains explicit depictions of violence and murder
Here is my 4.37 rounded to 4 stars review of Mr. Whisper by Andrew Mayne:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mystery / Investigation
Ist book in the Specialists series
Has protagonists from multiple series
Entertaining, engaging, great characterization
Thought-Provoking premise
Intriguing Mystery
I read Sovereign by C.J. SansomIt is set in Tudor England during the reign of Henry VIII. I recommend this book and the series. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Regency England is often depicted as romantically glamorous, but Viscount Sebastian St Cyr's investigation of shadowy murders and his wife Hero's research into the abject poverty of the time, show a very different picture. C.S. Harris writes THE best historical mysteries. Who Speaks for the Damned is terrific.
My review of Who Speaks for the Damned
I was caught offguard by this surprising little short story, The Curfew Tolls by Stephen Vincent Benét. It's available free online, and I've included the link in my review. It's a quick read - give it a go. 😊
My review of The Curfew Tolls
I finished Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh
The first book I've read by this author but it won't be the last: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read A Lesson In Dying by Ann Cleeves It is a police procedural set in northern England. I recommend it to fans of the author. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
⭐⭐⭐.8 for #11 in the Irish Village Mystery series -
Murder in an Irish Garden by Carlene O'Connor https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
⭐⭐⭐.8 for the first in a new series -
The Widows’ Guide to Murder by Amanda Ashby. An easy fun read and I have #2 lined up, ready to go. 💖📚
I finished You Killed Me First by John Marrs
Five stars, of course!
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Here is my 4.34 rounded to 4 stars review of The Vanishing Kind by Alice Henderson:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Crime Thriller
Fourth book in the Dr. Alex Carter series
Combines Mystery, Nature, the Environment, Action Adventure, Survival, and Endangered Species
Entertaining, compelling
I learned a lot about jaguars
I read Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man by Jesse Q. SutantoIt is a hilarious book and #2 in the series, but works as a stand alone.
My 5 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Slash of Emerald by Patrice McDonough, third in an enjoyable Victorian mystery series featuring a female doctor and a Scotland Yard Inspector, this time investigating the disappearance of artists models.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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