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Book Review : The Cut

[amazon_link id=”0316078425″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Author : George Pelecanos Genre : Mystery/Crime/Thriller Publisher : Little, Brown and Company Rating : 3/5 Source : NetGalley Publisher ARC “The Cut” is a police procedural style novel, in which it’s Iraqi war vet protagonist Spero Lucas does investigative work for a price; his finding fee is 40%. Lucas […]

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Book Review : And only to deceive

[amazon_link id=”B002PJ4IIO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : And only to decieve Author : Tasha Alexander Publisher : William Morrow Genre : Historical fiction, Mystery Rating : 3/5 Lady Emily Ashton is newly widowed. Having been married to her husband wealthy Lord Philip Ashton only a short while before his death in Africa, she knows very […]

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Book Review : Fadeaway Girl

Title : Fadeaway GirlAuthor : Martha GrimesPublisher : Viking AdultGenre : Mystery Pages : 336Rating : 3.5/5Source : Publisher ARC “The Fadeaway Girl” is a the 4th book of the Emma Graham Series. I haven’t read the first three so this was my first introduction to our 12 year old protagonist. In this book Emma […]

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Book Review : The Shadow Woman

Title : The Shadow WomanAuthor : Ake EdwardsonGenre : Crime / ThrillerPublisher : PenguinPages : 352Rating 6.5/10Source : Publisher ARC What with the success of Steig Larsson’s trilogy, translated Swedish thrillers seem to be coming out in full force. Ake Edwardson’s “The Shadow Woman” is one such book, translated by Per Carlson. This novel is […]

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