Fuzzywuzz's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 06 May 2021 00:20:51 -0700 60 Fuzzywuzz's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4)]]> 47990
A new land has surfaced, and so have old feuds.

And as two armies march, Commander Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch has got just a few hours to deal with a crime so big that there's no law against it. It's called "war."

He's facing unpleasant foes who are out to get him... that's just the people on his side. The enemy might even be worse. And his pocket Dis-organiser says he's got to DIE under "Things To Do Today."

But he'd better not, because the world's cleverest inventor and its most devious politician are on their way to the battlefield with a little package that's guaranteed to stop a battle...

Discworld goes to war, with armies of sardines, warriors, fishermen, squid, and at least one very camp follower.]]> 461 Terry Pratchett 0552154164 Fuzzywuzz 0 4.17 1997 Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4)
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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]]> All the Lonely People 51642969 He just needs to realise it.

In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship and fulfilment.

But Hubert Bird is lying.

The truth is day after day drags by without him seeing a single soul.

Until, that is, he receives some good news - good news that in one way turns out to be the worst news ever, news that will force him out again, into a world he has long since turned his back on.

Now Hubert faces a seemingly impossible task: to make his real life resemble his fake life before the truth comes out.
Along the way Hubert stumbles across a second chance at love, renews a cherished friendship and finds himself roped into an audacious community scheme that seeks to end loneliness once and for all . . .

Life is certainly beginning to happen to Hubert Bird. But with the origin of his earlier isolation always lurking in the shadows will he ever get to live the life he's pretended to have for so long?]]> 430 Mike Gayle 1473687403 Fuzzywuzz 0 4.17 2020 All the Lonely People
author: Mike Gayle
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2021/04/25
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]]> <![CDATA[Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)]]> 58962

It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal.


A rekindled romance with an old girlfriend opens new perspectives on the murder, and he begins to glimpse a shocking triangle of corruption and collusion. Yanked off the case, Harry himself is soon the one being investigated. But only a bullet can stop Harry when he's searching for the truth . . .]]> 448 Michael Connelly 0312941919 Fuzzywuzz 0 4.17 1997 Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)
author: Michael Connelly
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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]]> Home Stretch 55919304 In this “compelling, bighearted, emotionally precise page-turner� (Sunday Times), the New York Times bestselling writer and acclaimed television host explores the aftermath of a tragedy on a small-town to illuminate the shame and longing that can flow through generations—and how the secrets of the heart cannot stay buried forever.

It is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for a wedding. The day before the ceremony, a group of young friends, including the bride and groom, are involved in an accident. Three survive. Three are killed.

The lives of the families are shattered and the rifts between them ripple throughout the small town. Connor survived, but living among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as carrying the shame of having been the driver. He leaves the only place he knows for another life, taking his secrets with him. Travelling first to Liverpool, then London, he eventually makes a home—of sorts—for himself in New York, where he finds shelter and the possibility of forging a new life.

But the secrets—the unspoken longings and regrets that have come to haunt those left behind—will not be silenced. Before long, Connor will have to confront his past.

A powerful and timely novel of emigration and return, Home Stretch demonstrates Norton’s keen understanding of the power of stigma and secrecy—and their devastating effect on ordinary lives.]]> 320 Graham Norton 0063112094 Fuzzywuzz 0 3.92 2020 Home Stretch
author: Graham Norton
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)]]> 38359036 °ŐäłŮ´Ç·Éľ±±đ°ů±đ°ů (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners.

Imprisoned for more than two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism—but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion. Risking his own life, he uses his privileged position to exchange jewels and money from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners alive.

One day in July 1942, Lale, prisoner 32407, comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita, and in that first encounter, Lale vows to somehow survive the camp and marry her.

A vivid, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful re-creation of Lale Sokolov's experiences as the man who tattooed the arms of thousands of prisoners with what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is also a testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions.]]> 272 Heather Morris 006287067X Fuzzywuzz 0 4.32 2018 The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
author: Heather Morris
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at: 2021/03/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit]]> 126584 Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, and the man who ushered in a new age in behavorial science and criminal profiling. Recently retired after twenty-five years of service, John Douglas can finally tell his unique and compelling story.]]> 397 John E. Douglas 0671528904 Fuzzywuzz 0 4.08 1995 Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
author: John E. Douglas
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> The Memory Police 37004370
When a young woman who is struggling to maintain her career as a novelist discovers that her editor is in danger from the Memory Police, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards. As fear and loss close in around them, they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past.

A surreal, provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, The Memory Police is a stunning new work from one of the most exciting contemporary authors writing in any language.]]> 274 YĹŤko Ogawa 1101870605 Fuzzywuzz 0 3.72 1994 The Memory Police
author: YĹŤko Ogawa
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1994
rating: 0
read at: 2021/03/07
date added: 2021/03/08
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]]> The Wych Elm 40958489 For me it all goes back to that night, the dark corroded hinge between before and after, the slipped-in sheet of trick glass that tints everything on one side in its own murky colours and leaves everything on the other luminous and untouchable.

One night changes everything for Toby. A brutal attack leaves him traumatised, unsure even of the person he used to be. He seeks refuge at the family's ancestral home, the Ivy House, filled with cherished memories of wild-strawberry summers and teenage parties with his cousins.

But not long after Toby's arrival, a discovery is made. A skull, tucked neatly inside the old wych elm in the garden.

As detectives begin to close in, Toby is forced to examine everything he thought he knew about his family, his past, and himself.

A spellbinding standalone from a literary writer who turns the crime genre inside out, The Wych Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, if we no longer know who we are.

]]> 517 Tana French Fuzzywuzz 0 3.58 2018 The Wych Elm
author: Tana French
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) 762806 Arkady Renko, o investigador chefe da brigada de homicídios, encarregado do caso, é brilhante, sensível, íntegro e cínico acerca de tudo, excepto no que à sua profissão diz respeito. E enfrenta agora o maior desafio da sua carreira: descobrir a verdade sobre um crime que ninguém parece interessado em desvendar, o que o força a desafiar o KGB, o FBI, a polícia nova-iorquina� e as poucas probabilidades de sair com vida de uma situação que ultrapassa o âmbito criminal.

Obra emblemática da literatura policial produzida durante a Guerra Fria, Parque Gorki é, antes de mais, um retrato fiel das idiossincrasias de uma União Soviética decadente, a braços com uma elite corrupta.
O romance foi adaptado ao cinema, em 1983, por Michael Apted, tendo William Hurt como protagonista.]]> 433 Martin Cruz Smith 0345298349 Fuzzywuzz 0 4.05 1981 Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
author: Martin Cruz Smith
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1981
rating: 0
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]]> If It Bleeds 46015758 If it Bleeds is a collection of four new novellas �Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds� each pulling readers into intriguing and frightening places.

A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider.

News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin.

Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realizes there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. So begins 'If It Bleeds' , a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case.

Dancing alongside are three more long stories - 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Rat' .

The novella is a form King has returned to over and over again in the course of his amazing career, and many have been made into iconic films, If It Bleeds is a uniquely satisfying collection of longer short fiction by an incomparably gifted writer.]]> 438 Stephen King Fuzzywuzz 0 3.99 2020 If It Bleeds
author: Stephen King
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)]]> 46000520
But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late?

Alternate cover edition can be found here .]]> 382 Richard Osman Fuzzywuzz 0 3.86 2020 The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
author: Richard Osman
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2021/02/01
date added: 2021/02/18
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]]> The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Fuzzywuzz 0 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
author: Matt Haig
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2021/01/20
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]]> <![CDATA[The Motion of the Body Through Space]]> 52514450 In Lionel Shriver’s entertaining send-up of today’s cult of exercise—which not only encourages better health, but now like all religions also seems to promise meaning, social superiority, and eternal life—an aging husband’s sudden obsession with extreme sport makes him unbearable.

After an ignominious early retirement, Remington announces to his wife Serenata that he’s decided to run a marathon. This from a sedentary man in his sixties who’s never done a lick of exercise in his life. His wife can’t help but observe that his ambition is “hopelessly trite.� A loner, Serenata disdains mass group activities of any sort. Besides, his timing is cruel. Serenata has long been the couple’s exercise freak, but by age sixty, her private fitness regimes have destroyed her knees, and she’ll soon face debilitating surgery. Yes, becoming more active would be good for Remington’s heart, but then why not just go for a walk? Without several thousand of your closest friends?

As Remington joins the cult of fitness that increasingly consumes the Western world, her once-modest husband burgeons into an unbearable narcissist. Ignoring all his other obligations, he engages a saucy, sexy personal trainer named Bambi, who treats Serenata with contempt. When Remington sets his sights on the legendarily grueling triathlon, MettleMan, Serenata is sure he’ll end up injured or dead. And even if he does survive, their marriage may not.

The Motion of the Body Through Space is vintage Lionel Shriver written with psychological insight, a rich cast of characters, lots of verve and petulance, an astute reading of contemporary culture, and an emotionally resonant ending.]]> 352 Lionel Shriver 0062328255 Fuzzywuzz 0 3.66 2020 The Motion of the Body Through Space
author: Lionel Shriver
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2021/01/18
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]]> The Psychology of Time Travel 41035725
Fifty years later, time travel is a big business. Twenty-something Ruby Rebello knows her beloved grandmother, Granny Bee, was one of the pioneers, though no one will tell her more. But when Bee receives a mysterious newspaper clipping from the future reporting the murder of an unidentified woman, Ruby becomes obsessed: could it be Bee? Who would want her dead? And most importantly of all: can her murder be stopped?

Traversing the decades and told from alternating perspectives, The Psychology of Time Travel introduces a fabulous new voice in fiction and a new must-read for fans of speculative fiction and women’s fiction alike.]]> 336 Kate Mascarenhas 1683319443 Fuzzywuzz 0 3.66 2018 The Psychology of Time Travel
author: Kate Mascarenhas
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at: 2021/01/14
date added: 2021/02/18
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]]> <![CDATA[The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)]]> 49350
I en by preget av Rodney King-saken og opptøyene som fulgte, er det mannens enke som har rettens sympati.

Men Harry er overbevist om at mannen han skjøt fire år tidligere, er identisk med Dukkemakeren. Mannen som myrdet elleve prostituerte og sminket likene. Rettssaken har nettopp begynt da liket av en ukjent kvinne blir funnet ...]]> 484 Michael Connelly 044661758X Fuzzywuzz 0 4.16 1994 The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)
author: Michael Connelly
name: Fuzzywuzz
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1994
rating: 0
read at: 2021/01/05
date added: 2021/02/18
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