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Just finished #12 in my favourite urban fantasy series,
Changes by Jim Butcher 5★review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Storytelling at its best - a new favourite! Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield is mysterious and magic.
5★ Link to my review
My review of
Angels Flight by Michael Connelly - 5 ★
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Have just posted my review for *chick lit/romance*
The Cafe by the Bridge by Aussie Author Lily Malone - 4.5 stars, very enjoyable read :)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for
Brownie Points for Murder by Nicole Ellis (cover art by Katie W. Stewart)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brownie Points for Murder by Nicole Ellis (cover art by Katie W. Stewart)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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My Daughter's Secret by Aussie Author Nicole Trope is a compelling family drama and mystery as a mother tries to find out why her daughter killed herself.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another excellent installment in C.S. Harris's St Cyr series set in Regency London, Where the Dead Lie
5★review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for
Dark Past, a police procedural by Aussie author Catherine Lee 3.5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club by Duncan Whitehead
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Gripping 70s Glaswegian crime thriller and a fantastic follow up to the first in the series - February's Son by Alan Parks
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I really enjoyed both of these! This clever Czech detective has an appetite and wardrobe and disregard for protocol like Mick Herron's Jackson Lamb without the farts. Loved and understood (!) the Eastern European intrigue.Graham Brack,s first two in the series:
Lying and Dying
4.5★ My review of Lying and DyingSlaughter and Forgetting: Murder and intrigue on the streets of Prague...
4.5★ My review of Slaughter and Forgetting
My review for
Never Tell by Lisa Gardner 5★, the tenth instalment in her excellent D.D. Warren series.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finally jumped on the bandwagon and read
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. *Young Adult/Contemporary*I found it very absorbing and powerful - 5 star read for me.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for: The Cottage at Rosella Cove by Sandie Docker
5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of All That is Lost Between Us by Sara Foster
5★'shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is number four in an excellent cosy series.
My review of A Picture of Murder by T E Kinsey
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My review of A Picture of Murder by T E Kinsey
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Just finished Now We Are Dead by Stuart MacBride. Logan McRae makes brief appearances by phone, text and once in person, but this 10.5 in the series is predominantly about Roberta.At one point, I nearly gave up on this series because for 2 or 3 books in a row, it was too grim, too dark, too gory. But then the series lightened up a bit - the crimes are still grim and dark, but dialled back on the gore, and ramped up on the dark humour. But with this book, the humour at times went to broad farce - a little too much so for me. But overall, I still enjoyed it, and gave
★★★★ (although I nearly rounded down half a star...)
Kerri_M wrote: "Just finished Now We Are Dead by Stuart MacBride. Logan McRae makes brief appearances by phone, text and once in person, but this 10.5 in the series is predominantly..."
I've quit this series for the same reason Kerri. Not sure if I'll continue - I own quite a few though...
I've quit this series for the same reason Kerri. Not sure if I'll continue - I own quite a few though...
Brenda wrote: "Kerri_M wrote: "Just finished Now We Are Dead by Stuart MacBride. Logan McRae makes brief appearances by phone, text and once in person, but this 10.5 in the series ..."I just looked back Brenda and saw that 4,5,6 were the ones that nearly made me give up - lightens up a bit after that, so maybe give those ones a miss!
Kerri_M wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Kerri_M wrote: "Just finished Now We Are Dead by Stuart MacBride. Logan McRae makes brief appearances by phone, text and once in person, but this 10.5..."
I loved #1 - gave it 5 stars. Gave #2 and #3 only 3 stars and couldn't bring myself to read more. I own up to and including #9!! Thanks - I'll take your advice and read another further along the list :)
I loved #1 - gave it 5 stars. Gave #2 and #3 only 3 stars and couldn't bring myself to read more. I own up to and including #9!! Thanks - I'll take your advice and read another further along the list :)
Finished my True Crime Selection for the Summer Challenge,
Gun Alley by Aussie Author Kevin Morgan, a horrifying tale of a botched police investigation and trial by media in 1922 Melbourne, leading to the hanging of an innocent man.review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Actually, it could probably have been better organised and written a bit more concisely, but was a fascinating story.
My review for: The Woman in the Green Dress by Tea Cooper
5★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Brenda wrote: "Kerri_M wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Kerri_M wrote: "Just finished Now We Are Dead by Stuart MacBride. Logan McRae makes brief appearances by phone, text and once in perso..."
I must not be a very nice person! I enjoyed all of them very much:)
I must not be a very nice person! I enjoyed all of them very much:)
I hadn't tried this author before but I will be looking for her books now!!!
My review of The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
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My review of The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished A Narrow Escape AKA Murder on the Oxford Canal by Faith Martin1st in a series and a new to me author. Didn't suck me all the way in, but good enough for a 1st in series that I will give the next one a go.
★★★☆
A murder mystery in an exotic location, here's my review of Food of Ghosts by Marianne Wheelaghan
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Kerri_M wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Kerri_M wrote: "Just finished Now We Are Dead by Stuart MacBride. Logan McRae makes brief appearances by phone, text an..."
LOL!
LOL!
Phrynne wrote: "I hadn't tried this author before but I will be looking for her books now!!!
My review of The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths [bookcover:The Stranger Diaries|407..."
I'm looking forward to reading this one much more now after reading your review!
My review of The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths [bookcover:The Stranger Diaries|407..."
I'm looking forward to reading this one much more now after reading your review!
My review for
The Ex Who Glowed In The Dark by Sally Berneathy
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Ex Who Glowed In The Dark by Sally Berneathyhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Kerri_M wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Kerri_M wrote: "I must not be a very nice person! I enjoyed all of them very much:)
ha ha Phrynne, maybe you just have a stronger stomach :)
I really enjoyed this debut *chicklit/humour/contemporary* novel -
How to Be Second Best by Aussie Author Jessica Dettmann - 4.5 stars from me :)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review for
The Stars in the Night by Aussie author Clare Rhoden
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Stars in the Night by Aussie author Clare Rhodenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of
Greenlight, the debut thriller of Australian writer Benjamin Stevenson 4★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished Dark in Death by J.D. Robb which I managed to squeeze into 6 different challenges! #46 in the series - a bit quieter perhaps than some of the others in terms of action, but a good weekends reading for me.
★★★★(2 more books to read before end of Feb, can I do it? Watch this space.)
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