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Category Archives: detective/mystery
A Gentleman’s Murder ~ by Christopher Huang
This book started out so good – and then there got to be too many characters which, because I thought to take notes, ended up being okay. But then there were so many things happening that between the “too many’s … Continue reading
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The Inner Circle
The Inner Circle by Brad Melzer 2011 / 544 pages read by Scott Brick 14h 15m rating B / political thriller The Inner Circle was first published in 2011 and it takes place in the not too distant future. I bought the book because … Continue reading
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My First Murder
My First Murder by Leena Lehtolainen (Finland – translated) 1993/ 2012 Eng. – 251 pages read by Amy Ruminate 7h 23m rating: B+ / crime – police procedural/”who-done-it” (both read and listened) Although it was chosen by the 4-Mystery Addicts reading … Continue reading
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The Burning Room
The Burning Room by Michael Connelly 2015/ 400 pages read by Titus Welliver 10h 11m rating: B+ / crime (police procedural) #19 featuring Harry Bosch I suspected I wasn’t going to be all that happy with the newest Harry Bosch novel … Continue reading
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Those Who Wish Me Dead
Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta 2014/ 400 pages read by Robert Petkoff – 10h 30m rating: C+ / thriller Can’t really call this a crime novel because this all happens well after the crimes have been committed … Continue reading
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Darned If You Do
Darned If You Do by Monica Ferris 2015/ 308 pages read by Susan Boyce 8h 25m rating A / crime (traditional/cozy) (Needlecraft series #18) As readers here know I have a deep fondness for a couple of rather light-weight crime series. One … Continue reading
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Savage Harvest:
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman 2014 / 323 pages read by Joe Barrett 9h 18m rating: 8 / non-fiction – travel/ true crime (I both read and … Continue reading
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Involuntary Witness
Involuntary Witness by Gianrico Carofiglio (Italian) translated by Patrick Creagh 2002 /290 pages read by Sean Barrett 7h 30m rating: B+ / crime – legal thriller This is the first book in the Guido Guerrieri series – it takes place in … Continue reading
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Faithful Place
Faithful Place by Tara French 2010/ 449 pages read by Tim Gerard / 16h 17m rating – C- Whew! I’m glad that’s done. I have one more “Dublin Murder Squad” story and I’m caught up. There have been 5 – this was … Continue reading
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Baltimore Blues
Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman 1997 / 384 pages read by Deborah Hazlett 9h 55m rating: C- I kept listened for about half of the book then got into another book and came back to this one. I had to re-start … Continue reading
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The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 2015 / 326 pages Read by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher / 10h 59m Rating: A / crime (thriller) Something happened to Rachel but she can’t remember what it was – she was drunk … Continue reading
Posted in "A's" (crime fiction, Audio, British, self-select, Thriller, who-done-it, woman author
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The Hidden Child
The Hidden Child by Camilla Läckberg (Sweden) 2007 (2011 in English) / 400 pages read by Simon Vance / 14h 58m rating: B- / crime (police procedural) I’ve been reading along in this series but Audible doesn’t have the 3rd book … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, historical, police procedural, self-select, Swedish, Thriller, who-done-it
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