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It took me awhile to get into this book but after I did I was hooked.  At first I really didn’t know what was going on.  By page 26 I was definitely interested and after page 63 I was going … Continue reading →

I don’t know why I haven’t kept up with the Michael Stagg legal “thriller” series.  I started out in December 2020 with Lethal Defense, Book 1 and got through Book 3, Blind Conviction, in August of last year (2023). That’s … Continue reading →

Big Oops!   And Wow!   LOL!  The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFaddenRead by Lauryn Allman 9h 46mRating: A / mystery-suspense-thriller-(#3 in The Housemaid series) I made what is probably a common mistake right now and got the brand- new-on-the-market … Continue reading →

“Spell the Month in Books” s is a linkup hosted on Reviews From the Stacks on the first Saturday of each month so I’m a wee bit late. Our month is JUNE!  And history is the theme of the month. So … Continue reading →

After I’d pulled this down from my Audible library I discovered I’d read it some time ago – in 2012, to be exact. That’s more than a decade ago! I guess I wasn’t too thrilled then, because it only got … Continue reading →

Well, this book was much,  MUCH, better than I thought it would be.  Going into it and even up to half way through I had reservations about bothering to finish.  And then at some point there – 1/3 or 1/2 … Continue reading →

I read the first two of this series thinking I was getting the old John Grisham, but after 40 years he’s changed some and I doubt he wants to keep writing the same old thing so he’s branched out some … Continue reading →

This seems like a very gentle story about a young girl who lives on an island off Ireland, but be careful.  Whale Fallby Elizabeth O’Connor Read by Gwyneth Keyworth 3h 50mMay 1, 2024Rating 10 / literary fiction (I should have read this … Continue reading →

When Jack Lee looks into and accepts the case of Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with murdering a prominent couple in their home in rural-ish Freeman, Virginia,  it attracts attention.  The year is 1968.  Local white men beat Jack … Continue reading →

Prologue –  Moscow – 2023:   Ivan Volkov Moscow – receives messages re spying in space and possible war – satellites have become dangerous in Russia’s war in Ukraine.  Ivan has lost his father and his son because Russia is … Continue reading →

I came up with The Boy in the Suitcase by Lena Kaaberbel which is also translated and an award winning mystery by an author I’ve never read.  (Yay!).  The Boy in the Suitcase by Lena Kaaberbøl /Agnete Friis translated from Danish by … Continue reading →

This was my second reading of On Animals –  and it was better than I expected –  HUH? –  Well,  yeah –  I wasn’t terribly impressed the first time ‘round but toward the end on the second I got involved … Continue reading →

I’m not amused.  I read Maisie Hobbs, the first book in this series, many years ago, enjoyed it okay and was curious. But  not enough to continue just then. Now a challenge has come along and I’m to read a … Continue reading →

Close to Death as the title of Horowitz’s 5th book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series series is a pun. The “close” referred to is a short, dead end street somewhat like a cut-de-sac in the US.  In this case … Continue reading →

I’m not a big fan of James Patterson,  but when he co-authors a book with Maxine Paetro I turn into one. So I stay caught up on the Women’s Mystery Club series. until there’s nothing new for me there and … Continue reading →

I’ve been reading this popular mystery series for about 8 years going at the rate of about 1 book per year – lol!  This means I’’m working at catch-up but not really.  I’ve been reading “the next one” more often … Continue reading →

 wasn’t going to do this but I started the third book in the Natchez Burning trilogy the same day I finished The Bone Tree, the second book. The narrative just flows from one to the next without a break although … Continue reading →