[amazon_link id=”0802122345″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Circle of Wives Author : Alice LaPlante Genre : Mystery Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press (Grove Atlantic) Pages: 325 Publish Date : March 4th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.2/5 That title had me going. Circle here is a collective noun, so that […]
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Book Review : A Circle of Wives by Alice LaPlante
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Book Review : The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
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[amazon_link id=”0812995201″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Weight of Blood Author : Laura McHugh Genre : Mystery Publisher : Spiegel & Grau (Random House) Pages: 320 Publish Date : March 11th, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4.5/5 Lucy Dane has grown up in the small rural town of Henbane, in […]
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[amazon_link id=”B008Y5VE3U” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Gone Girl Author : Gillian Flynn Genre : Mystery Narrators : Kirby Heyborne and Julia Whelan Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 19 hrs 11 min Source : Library Rating : 5/5 Nick Dunne and Amy Elliot Dunne have been married five years, when on the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Lake of Tears by Mary Logue (2014)
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[amazon_link id=”1440571503″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Lake of Tears Author : Mary Logue Genre : Mystery Publisher : Tyrus Books Pages: 208 Publish Date : January 1st, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Lake of Tears is the 9th book of the Claire Watkins series. In this, Deputy Sheriff Watkins […]
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[amazon_link id=”0143124544″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I resolved to read at least 30 books in 2013, and I’ve read (or listened to) 39! Yay, Well Done Me, etc. etc. You have probably read my reviews on all of them here, on Goodreads and on my Facebook page 🙂 . In no particular order then, here are […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Impersonator by Mary Miley
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[amazon_link id=”1250028167″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Impersonator Author : Mary Miley Genre : Adventure/Mystery Publisher : Minotaur Books Publish date : September 17, 2013 Pages : 368 Source : Publisher/Netgalley Rating : 4/5 Leah Randall is a stage actress in vaudeville in the early 1900s. When she is mistaken for a heiress by […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Village by Nikita Lalwani
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Posted in 2013, 3_star_rating, books, crime, culture and society, desi, india, literature, netgalley, random_house |
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[amazon_link id=”1400066492″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Village Author : Nikita Lalwani Genre : Contemporary Publisher : Random House Pages : 256 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 This book has an interesting setup. Ray Bhullar is a film director with the BBC, in India to make a documentary about Ashwer, an open […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : A Murder in Passing by Mark de Castrique
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Posted in 2013, 4_star_rating, arc, books, crime, culture and society, mystery, netgalley, poisoned pen press, recommended, review |
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[amazon_link id=”1464201498″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Murder in Passing Author : Mark de Castrique Genre : Mystery Pages : 250 Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 Detectives Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson haven’t had much luck with work; cases aren’t coming their way . To while away this time, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Other Woman’s House by Sophie Hannah
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[amazon_link id=”0143121510″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Other Woman’s House Author : Sophie Hannah Genre : Mystery Publisher : Penguin Pages : 438 Source : Publisher Rating : 3.8/5 Catriona Louise Bowskill (aka Connie) and her husband Christian, or Kit, live in beautiful Melrose Cottage in Little Holling, Silsford. Late one night, when Connie […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Rally Around the Corpse by Hy Conrad
[amazon_link id=”0983735042″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Rally Around the Corpse Author : Hy Conrad Genre : Mystery Pages : 348 Publisher : Seven Realms Publishing Source : Author/Virtual Author Book Tours Rating : 3.5/5 Amy Abel and her tenacious mother Fanny, owners of Abel adventures, run a mystery tour, a travel tour with a […]
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