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I loved this new entry in #Deathtober's reviews.Trouble in Queenstown
by Delia Pitts. My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm closing out this week with the fabulous
Til Death, the tenth Zoe Chambers Mystery from Annette Dashofy.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz is a very entertaining addition to his Horowitz and Hawthorne mystery series.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Cavern of the Damned
3 stars
Short novella.
atmospheric horror with supernatural elements and unseen creatures.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Double, Double, Toil and Truffle by H.Y. Hanna
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Killer’s Wife
is a fun legal thriller which only occassionally strolls into OTT territory. My 3.5 star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Jewish Voices: Inspiring & Empowering Quotes from Global Thought Leaders by Dana RubinAuthor Dana Rubin has compiled quotes from Jewish men and women about a variety of topics; the book is gorgeously illustrated by three Jewish artists and would make a nice gift. 5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Morning All,I've just finished Ink Ribbon Red
by Alex Pavesi due to be published on 7th November 2024I struggled to get into it but I'm glad I stuck with it as it's a very inventive book.
Here's my 3.5 star review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Reunion Dinner by Jesse Q. Sutanto is the second "busybody" story in Amazon's collection of six. They are short, quirky mysteries that I read as an entertaining break between books.
My review of The Reunion Dinner
On a more serious note, I'm glad I decided to give Orbital by Samantha Harvey a try. It's on the Booker Prize short list, and I'm happy to say I can see why they chose it. 
My review of Orbital
I read Devils Island by Midge Raymond It is set on a fictional island off the coast of Tasmania, Australia. The authors are American. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Thomas wrote: "I read Beartooth by Callan Wink It is a wilderness crime book, set near Yellowstone National Park. My 3.5 star rounded down review. https://www.goodreads.com/revi..."Thank you, very much, for the trigger warning, Thomas.
I finished my 93rd book
The Dark Wives
by Ann CleevesIn this Vera Stanhope mystery, the detective and her team investigate the murder of a university student and the disappearance of a teenage girl.
Clever thriller. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Christine wrote: "I finished my 92nd book"Nice going Christine. 😊
Legends and lattes it was okay 👍🏽 3.5 stars but I had to give it 3 since we have no half system. I have the second book not sure if I will read it though. Both will be donated to the free library 📚 happy reading to all and to all a good read! 📖📚🍂
⭐⭐⭐.5 for #3 in the Scottish Isle Mysteries series
Death at a Scottish Christmas by Lucy Connelly https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Whisper
3 stars
Expected publication December 1, 2024
Read as a review copy
gripping psychological thriller
Drugs and the dark side of power
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#
I reviewed three Frédéric Dard noir novels from Pushkin Vertigo: Crush
here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Wicked Go to Hell here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
–and–
Bird in a Cage
here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Good stuff for one-afternoon #Deathtober reading. A trip into 1950s France, only not at all glamourous. More in Simenon's vein than Delacorta's.
Donne wrote: "Thomas wrote: "I read Beartooth by Callan Wink It is a wilderness crime book, set near Yellowstone National Park. My 3.5 star rounded down review. https://www.goo..."You're Welcome
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here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I enjoyed Dard's books. Very nicely done.
I read Robert B. Parker's Buzz Kill by Alison Gaylin It is book 12 in the Sunny Randall series, started by the late Robert B. Parker and now written by a series of successor authors, authorized by the Parker estate. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nancy wrote: "I enjoyed Dard's books. Very nicely done."Thank you. Nancy!
Act of Revenge
by Robert TanenbaumButch Karp #11. A double murder in Chinatown involves Lucy and soon the whole family as well as the cops and the Feds. Mob hits, Asian assassins, Tong wars and murderous ex-husbands. This one has all this and more. Very exciting, I liked it a lot. 4 stars.
Would You Like to Choose the Race? is the thought-provoking question suggested by Arvind Ethan David in his clever 'Earworm' series dramatisation. 
My review of Would You Like to Choose the Race?
George Saunders is one of the very best short story writers. He reveres the Russian masters. I, on the other hand, prefer his work, like the moving, inventive, bizarre stories in Tenth of December. What an imagination! 
My review of Tenth of December
The Quiet Damage
tackles the mystery of why 25% of Americans believe in QAnon and those beliefs. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Note
is decent, but forgettable, entertainment. My 3.5 star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished The Starlight Heir and started Luck by Chris Coppel, also reading Shatter Me.
Now starting NIGHT OVER WATER by Ken Follett, one of his WWII thriller novels published back in 1991.I enjoyed both of his previous novels set during World War II: EYE OF THE NEEDLE (1978) and THE KEY TO REBECCA (1980). But I didn't care much for his non-WWII novel THE MAN FROM ST. PETERSBURG (1982), so I am going back to sample his WWII themed stuff.
The skies of the Scottish Hebrides in Peter May's Lewis Trilogy mysteries are often as dark as the covers suggest, but the people's stories are fascinating. The Chessmen was the last, but a new fourth one just came out that I'm looking forward to. A trilogy+1?
My review of The Chessmen
just finished "The Racketeer " by John Grisham
Schroeder
Published October 15, 20244 stars
A dark exploration of human psyche from the POV of a Serial killer. Obsession redefined.
Please check my review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Blood Ties by Jo Nesbo
An incredible book of course, and one of the highlights for me was the description of a concert. I could practically hear the music!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
The Venetian Legacy by Philip Gwynne JonesPhilip Gwynne Jones - Great thriller series set in Venice 5*https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin DunneIn this memoir, Hollywood celebrity Griffin Dunne (son of Dominick Dunne) writes about himself, his family, and the murder of his sister, actress Dominique Dunne.
Engaging memoir. 4 stars
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson starts off with her unconventional PI Jackson Brodie investigating an art theft and ends in a Christie-esque type scenario with a group of strangers snow bound in a crumbling mansion. Loved it!review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished: A passage to India. I struggled with it. It failed to capture my interest. I know it's hailed as a great but, not for me.
Post Office by Charles Bukowski. Bukowski’s semi-autobiographical, irreverent anecdotes from working a dead-end job, getting drunk and chasing women. I loved it.
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished a couple a good holiday reads that were nice reads, with the first one being a hot and steamy Hallmark romcom. 
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Afternoon all, I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced review copy of James Patterson latest Alex Cross book, The House of Cross
which is out today (24th October).Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Origin of Violet: Violet's Tales Novella
3 stars
Published October 13, 2024
Read as a review copy.
Novella. Prequel. Female underage protagonist. Hours reading.
Abuse depicted.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I'm not home at the moment so I haven't posted about it yet. But I definitely will, since I finally finished it. The good news is that I moved on to an
awesome book, which I haven't put down all day called The Cracked Mirror, by Chris Brookmyre. So good! I had to buy it from Blackwell's in the UK, but I really wanted to read it. Makes up for the dull read before that.