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Category Archives: Mysteries/Crime
June in Review
Now that I’m into the third month of the pandemic, my new at-home life just feels like normal life. Virginia is opening up a bit more, but I expect to be working at home indefinitely, and it will be a … Continue reading
Posted in Classics, Fiction, Mysteries/Crime, Nonfiction
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February Reading in Review
I hadn’t intended to read all of the 2020 Tournament of Books contenders, but once I’d read most of them, I couldn’t help myself and ended up finishing the list. Alas the TOB brackets have my favorites (Girl Woman Other, … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary, Fiction, Mysteries/Crime
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What I Read This Summer: June Readings
Instead of attempting to review all the books I read while on my unplanned break, or leaving them entirely unrecorded, I’m going to do a series of posts with mini-reviews of what I read when I wasn’t blogging. If anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, Mysteries/Crime
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Never the Bride
Having lived a (very very) long life, Brenda, the narrator of this novel by Paul Magrs, has settled in Whitby to run her own B&B. Her best friend Effie has a junk shop next door, and the two ladies enjoy … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Mysteries/Crime
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The Secret Place
The Secret Place of Tana French’s fifth novel is a bulletin board at St. Kilda’s School, where girls can leave notes, sharing their secrets anonymously. When Holly Mackey, daughter of Frank Mackey from The Likeness and Faithful Place, finds a note about … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Mysteries/Crime
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The Break
Katherena Vermette’s novel, The Break, is the story of an Indian community and a crime that connects them. It begins with Stella, a Métis woman, who sees a woman being raped in the area by her house that she calls “The … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Mysteries/Crime
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The Four Last Things
As an avid reader of crime fiction, I’m not easily rattled by dark content. I have my limits — I avoid reading about torture when I can, for instance — but I don’t mind violence when it’s intelligently used in … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Mysteries/Crime
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Broken Harbor
I continue to love Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series, and Broken Harbor, the fourth book, may be my favorite yet. It felt a little leaner than previous books, and the murder at its heart is particularly disturbing. Plus, it explores … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Mysteries/Crime
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Faithful Place
Frank Mackey was far from my favorite character in The Likeness. He caused all sorts of trouble for Cassie and Sam, largely because of his own arrogance. So I wasn’t sure that I wanted to spend a whole book with him. … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Mysteries/Crime
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Sunburn
I almost gave up on this contemporary noir novel by Laura Lippman after just a couple of pages because of passages like this, describing one of the main characters: He’s a Ken doll kind of guy, if Ken had a … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Mysteries/Crime
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