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4.5 stars for contemporary romance
The Other Bridget by Aussie Author Rachael JohnsMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee is a memoir describing her year as a Judge's Associate in the Queensland district Court, becoming disillusioned with the number of rape and sexual assault cases overwhelming the courts and the very low number resulting in a conviction, as well as her own experience bringing a case of sexual assault against the teenage boy who assaulted her when she was a child. review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kelsey is bubbly when they move into their new (to them) house, but Lauren is freaking out about being watched from The Other Side of the Road. I enjoyed thriller writer Andrea Bartz's suspenseful story and the ending I didn't expect. 
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Cat to the Dogs by Shirley Rousseau Murphy is here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi gives a chilly, creepy twist to the small town secret trope.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ah - a couple of goodies from the #NeverTell short story collection.Both are about women in the desert in very different, life-threatening circumstances. Deserts lend themselves to mystery, I think. One woman is a crook, while one is a tattooist.
This one is the crook:
Scorpions by Rachel Howzell HallMy review of Scorpions
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This one is the tattooist
Jackrabbit Skin by Ivy PochodaMy review of Jackrabbit Skin
Angela Marsons can always be relied on to deliver an interesting theme for her Detective Kim Stone crime series.
Guilty Mothersreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Gone by Aussie Author Glenna ThomsonMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Restaurant in Pelican Crossing by Maggie Christensenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Red Dirt Road by AA S.R. White features an unusual detective investigating a double murder in a tiny outback town. review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I'm glad I chose Michael Connelly's Bosch series as one to read each month this year. Angels Flight is the short funicular railway in L.A. that hauls people up and down a very steep hill. Two murder victims are discovered, spoiling Bosch's childhood memories of riding it with his mother. 
My review of Angels Flight
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A Body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff by Anna Celeste Burke is here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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At the Going Down of the Sun by Mary-Anne O'Connorhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Captive on the Fens by Joy Ellis is another cracking episode in this very enjoyable series.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Murder in Notting Hill by Phillip Strang -- 5★ -- 04/05/2024
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Scrublands by Chris Hammer 4/5 4★
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The Writing Class by Jincy Willett 5/5 3★
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Murder at the Paris Fashion House by Nancy Warrenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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No Trace by Michael Trant is a suspenseful follow up to Wild Dogs, both set in the Australian outbackreview: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
For those reading Michael Robotham's terrific Cyrus Haven series, 
Storm Child will reveal more of Evie's backstory of how she came to the UK.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Behind a Closed Door by J.D. Barker is certainly very different from his previous books, but just as clever and twisty. review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Return to the Irish Boarding House by Sandy Taylorhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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