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Just finished A Share in Death, by Deborah Crombie.If this first in the series is representative of all subsequent of her Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James crime novels, I would place it firmly in the middle of the police procedural genre between more serious, darker ones like Elizabeth George or P.D. James books, and the lighter, more predictable cozy mysteries. The two main characters are sympathetic and smart, the violence and gore are kept to a minimum, and the storyline was involving and good. I liked it! An adult-ed class on mysteries that I'm enrolled in is using this book as one of its texts, which indicates to me that it's deemed worthy by others, too.
Linda wrote: "Just finished A Share in Death, by Deborah Crombie.If this first in the series is representative of all subsequent of her Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James crime novels, I would place it f..."
I'm a fan of this series :)
I'm currently reading The Girl in the Spider's Web. It is certainly well written. Started a bit slow for my taste, but around page 200 the action has really picked up. Looking forward to an exciting read until the end!
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This is book 4 in the DS Aector McAvoy police procedural series, set in Hull, England. DS McAvoy is on indefinite sick leave, recovering from an attack by organized crim..."
I'm also starting a book by this author -- his Cruel Mercy.
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Nancy wrote: "Thomas wrote: "Taking PityThis is book 4 in the DS Aector McAvoy police procedural series, set in Hull, England. DS McAvoy is on indefinite sick leave, recovering from an attack by..."
I have Cruel Mercy on my kindle and expect to start it soon.
Nancy wrote: "Outside of crime, I'm currently reading Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders. Actually I'm starting it tonight and I expect that with Larry away all of next week, I should have ..."I'm looking forward to that one.
I was feeling like Agatha Christie, so I re-read The Body in the Library; I've always been more fond of Miss Marple than of Poirot.
Firstly thank you to Justin, the author for a copy for a honest review.
I must mention the new cover is better than the previous cover. Right that's the only negative !
In the year 2026, narcoterrorism wreaks havoc on the world as drug cartels operate as dominating, murderous dictatorships. The powerful Irish Drug Cartel has set up drug manufacturing plants in England, Ireland, and Indonesia and they will kill anyone who gets in their way. Sarah is an ambitious policewoman from an antiterrorist unit. She's also smart, beautiful, and extremely good at her job, which is why she is assigned to an Interpol Incident Response Team, set up to find and stop The Cartel. Alongside colleagues from the United Kingdom's SAS, she must quickly learn new Close Quarters Battle tactics and apply them to a vengeful and threatening battlefield. Sarah's investigation appears to be going well until the fight turns personal. She must now struggle to save her friends, family, and even herself. Spanning the globe with a keen knowledge of special forces tactics and some genuinely shocking twists, this book warns of a bloody, drug-addled future we may soon face.
This book is filled with action, pace, romance, quick wit, great story, lots of twists. And some great that the book is set only ten years in the future, so makes interesting reading as we have King William, an action packed head of Military in Prince Harry , it does make for some great plots.
Full of action as mentioned, and very violent, but criminals are violent. I really enjoyed the two powerful main characters in Sarah and Michael.
At 480 pages a lot of story is fitted into this book, as we travel all over England, Ireland and Indonesia. Full of great characters from SAS to some very nasty criminals.
The author has put together an action packed, rollercoaster of a ride thriller, with action, great knowledge on the military, as far as I know. Full of twists that you do not know where they will take you next.
Sarah is an excellent protagonist, a tough woman who still values family and friendship and who is very cool under fire , Michael is her perfect partner.
There is romance, heartache, death and determination all throughout, and some heartbreaking moments.
Really enjoyed this book. Thanks for the copy. A clear four stars from me.
In fact every review I have seen is 4 or 5 stars, so congratulations.
Just finished The Boston Girl for one of my book groups. A good friend whose opinion I respect hated it, but I really enjoyed it. It's an elderly Jewish woman relating her life story to her adult granddaughter, and I thought it was well done. Anyone else think so?
Just finished listening to
The Narrows by Michael Connelly, in which The Poet, Connelly's best ever villain, makes a reappearance. /review/show...About to start
Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline
William wrote: "I'm currently reading The Girl in the Spider's Web. It is certainly well written. Started a bit slow for my taste, but around page 200 the action has really picked up. Looking forwa..."I really like this series.....and all the movies (Swedish and American). LOL
I finished The Heist
by Daniel SilvaIn this 14th book in the series Gabriel Allon, Israeli spy and art restorer, gets pulled into a case involving a stolen Caravaggio painting. The inquiry morphs into a plan to steal major assets from Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad. Good thriller. 3.5 stars.
My complete review:
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Finished up
, a pick chosen for my club's theme "Love Hurts" over the weekend. With mixed reviews, I actually thought I would hate it, but I did enjoy it just a bit more than I expected to./review/show...
Currently reading Secret Admirer, it's a little slower than I want it to go but I'm only 70 pages in
I've just finished Serenity by Craig A Hart. Enjoyed the way the story unfolded. He knows how to lead you astray.
4� For Darkside by Belinda Bauer now reading second life by S.J Watson
Just read The Brother about - wait for it - suspected SWEDISH JIHADISTS! Good story, but if this is what prompted Donald Trump to "warn" Americans not to follow Sweden into the terrorist abyss, he obviously didn't read the end!My review
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Finished William Saroyan's The Human Comedy last night. Enjoyed it a lot. Ended up being much deeper than it first appeared. Yes, a good one for teenagers, although it's a bit dated.
Jean wrote: "Just finished Love You More
. Unputdownable./review/show..."
I've read that one too and found it to be suspenseful and entertaining.
Yesterday, I finished The Hummingbird. Liked the main character, Anna, and the Finnish setting, but by the end I was ready for it to be over. Author included a plotline about a Kurdish immigrant family that didn't really fit in, making the book longer than it should've been. Definitely want to read the sequel.
Just finished Murder Offstage - there was seemingly everything but the kitchen sink in it. Including a cat-stroking master villain.
Just finished
Skin Privilege by Karin Slaughter. Not an easy read. Gut wrenching in fact. But soooooooo good! WOW! I feel like I have been hit by a freight train - that's how fast paced this book was. But it was good - really good./review/show...
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When her diplomat father is kidnapped and the U.S. Government is unable to help, 17 year-old Gwendolyn Bloom sets off across the sordid underbelly of Europe to rescue him.
Following the only lead she has—the name of a Palestinian informer living in France—she plunges into a brutal world of arms smuggling and human trafficking. As she journeys from the slums of Paris, to the nightclubs of Berlin, to the heart of the most feared crime family in Prague, Gwendolyn discovers that to survive in this new world she must become every bit as cruel as the men she’s hunting.
The story starts off very slow for 2-3 chapters, and nearly gave up.
She travels to Paris and she meets and works with Yael, the best character in the book.
With the story travelling from New York City, to Europe and through cities like, Paris, Berlin and Prague, seeing the underground areas of these cities.
The book travels through at a reasonable pace, some quite far fetched action scenes, not really much tension, twists or gripping story.
To me just an average pace okay book, nothing special. Not much more you can say. Over hyped about !
Three Stars !
I have just finished The Keeper of Lost Causes Jussi Adler-Olsen is a new author to me. I really enjoyed this book and looking forward to reading more in this series
JF....just finished "Shoot" by Loren Estleman, new addition to the Valentino series. He's a film historian/detective. Light and fun, especially if you like old movies.
Have just finished my first book by author Maggie James His Kidnapper's Shoes
. I will be reading more by this author. /review/show...
JF....just finished "Shoot" new by Loren Estleman. His Valentino series, a film historian/detective. Easy read, always fun especially for old movie buffs.NR....now reading "Kingdom of Shadows"
by Alan Furst. Paris, 1938, the Nazis are coming.
An Obvious Fact: A Longmire Mystery by Craig Johnson
I finished Ink and Bone
by Lisa Unger.A girl is kidnapped from The Hollows and her desperate mother hires PI Jones Cooper. Cooper is assisted by 20-year-old psychic Finley Montgomery....and they discover some shocking things. Not one of Lisa Unger's best books.
2.5 stars
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First, Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood, which is based on a real 19th-century murder, and second, Lincoln in the Bardo, which has nothing to do with crime but is set around the death of Abraham Lincoln's son Willie.
Currently reading The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau, by Graeme Macrae Burnet, which is a crime novel.
Just finished Gray Mountain, by John Grisham. Definitely not one of Grisham's most riveting novels, but not bad, just a bit disappointing. The villain this time is the Appalachian coal mining industry in toto, and the protagonist is a young NYC lawyer, Samantha Kofer, who is biding her time interning at a rural Virginia legal clinic while waiting to be rehired by her previous firm back home, and who gets mixed up with some anti-strip-mining crusaders. Several sad pro bono cases are presented to illustrate how horrible Big Coal is, but the character development just never clicked for me like it usually does in other Grisham stories, nor did the overall suspense in the final showdown.
Finished second life by S.J Watson it was ridiculously far fetched 2 �, read my goodreads win From a poison pen volume 2 by B.P Smythe I enjoyed that one 4� now reading Strangers by Paul Finch now
Just finished Michael Wood's second DCI Matilda Darke police procedural, Outside Looking In
. Shouldn't be read as a standalone, but his first, For Reasons Unknown, is excellent. /review/show...
Just finished listening to
Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline which I enjoyed rather more than I thought I was going to. /review/show...
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In this addition to the series Harry Bosch investigates two cases: an octogenarian billionaire is searching for a possible heir and a serial rapist is targeting young women. Half-brother Mickey Haller helps with some legal issues....and it's fun to see them working together. Good mystery. 3.5 stars.
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