[amazon_link id=”0670023655″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’ve been looking forward to reading Tana French’s “Broken Harbor”, so am pretty excited to be able to offer this book as a giveaway to my readers (courtesy publisher Viking Books)! French is a master of atmospheric mystery and suspense, and author of books like Faithful Place and The Likeness. […]
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Book Giveaway : Tana French’s Broken Harbor
By amodini
Posted in 2012, arc, books, giveaway, mystery, penguin_books, viking_books |
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Book Review : Three Day Town
By amodini
Posted in 2011, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, crime, hachette, mystery, netgalley, recommended, review, series, women |
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[amazon_link id=”0446555789″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Three Day Town Author : Margaret Maron Genre : Mystery Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Pages : 288 Source : NetGalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Given my love for mysteries, I’ve had friends recommend Margaret Maron to me more than once. I’ve read one of her […]
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Yes, my first book challenge ever! This R.I.P VI is hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings. In case you haven’t noticed there is a thriving Book Blogger community on the net, and I got to hear of this challenge via A Room of One’s Own via S.Krishna’s Books. Anyway long story short, I have signed up […]
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Posted in 3_star_rating, books, harpercollins, historical, mystery, review, women |
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[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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Instruments of Darkness
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Posted in 4_star_rating, arc, books, crime, mystery, pamela_dorman_books, penguin_books, recommended, review |
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Title : Instruments of DarknessAuthor : Imogen RobertsonGenre : Historical MysteryPublisher : Pamela Dorman BooksPages : 384Rating : 4/5Source : Publisher ARC I started on Imogen Robertson’s “Instruments of Darkness” having had no prior introduction to her writing or work. The jacket flap promised a dark, intriguing mystery and I’m glad to report that this […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Finding Nouf
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Posted in 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, mystery, recommended, review, women |
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Title : Finding Nouf Author : Zoe Ferraris Genre : Mystery/Suspense/Cultural Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages : 305 Rating : 4/5 Finding Nouf is about the disappearance of a 16 year old girl. Nouf ash-Shrawi, the daughter of a wealthy and influential family, was by all accounts surrounded by comforts and led a happy […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : The Shadow Woman
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Posted in 2011, 3_star_rating, arc, books, mystery, penguin_books, review |
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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 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Faithful Place
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Note : The edited version of this review appears at Womens Web, here. Title : Faithful PlaceAuthor : Tana FrenchGenre : Crime/mysteryPublisher : Viking, Penguin GroupPages : 400Release Date : 13 July 2010 (US)Rating : 4/5Source : Publisher ARC My father once told me that the most important thing every man should know is what […]
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Tana French’s second novel, set in Dublin, Ireland, has a fairly traditional beginning for a murder mystery novel. A murder is committed and the detectives swarm in to investigate the crime. So, “The Likeness” begins when the dead body of a young girl is found. However what is unsettling about this particular murder, is that […]
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