Tag: Mystery

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Review: A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell #5) by Deanna Raybourn

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Deanna Raybourn is one of my go to authors when I am looking for a solid historical murder mystery. I fell in love with the Veronica Speedwell books form the very beginning and have loved watching this series evolve.

I actually read this one way back in November when my ARC arrived. Like the day after it arrived. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it and start reading.

I have heard that the author has signed on to do another three I believe and I actually kind of wondered if the author found this out in the middle of writing this one because it felt a little like a bridge book. Continue reading “Review: A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell #5) by Deanna Raybourn” →

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Special Feature: The Keeper by Jessica Moor

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With the rise of the Me Too movement, violence against women is on the forefront of news, the entertainment industry, and of course social media right now which is why this book caught my attention!

This is Jessica Moor’s debut novel and it comes at such a prime time and will surly get the audiences attention. I am thrilled to share more information with you guys about this one and about such an important issue!

In this thrilling book, a woman’s body is pulled from a popular suicide spot and while the cops are willing to write it off as a suicide, it becomes clear that domestic violence and murder are a more likely culprit. Be sure to check out all the info below because you guys don’t want to miss this one! Continue reading “Special Feature: The Keeper by Jessica Moor” →

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Review: You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

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The first book I read by this team was their debut, The Wife Between Us, and I loved it. I thought it was a wild ride full of twists and turns and I couldn’t wait to read more by them.

I missed their second book, An Anonymous Girl, but I had no plans to miss this one if I could help it so you can imagine how thrilled I was to check this one out!

The hype for this book is real right now. It’s everywhere and everyone seems to be talking about it so of course there was a part of me that worried about all the hype it as getting, but I also know that this team writes twisty novels so I was hopeful that I would really enjoy it! Continue reading “Review: You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen” →

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Take Two Review: Who Slays the Wicked (Sebastian St. Cyr #14) by C.S. Harris

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Last year in April, I read this installment of the Sebastian St Cyr series and I while I thought it was good, it was only my fourth book of the series I had read so naturally I was missing a substantial amount of the character nuances.

This series as a whole, can be read as a stand alones for the most part, but there are a couple of books where the mysteries overlap and this being one of them. There are many characters from an earlier book, Where the Dead Lie, which was the first Sebastian book that I had read. The first time I read this installment, I felt as though I understood some of the back story.

But now that I have gone back and re-read the entire series beginning to end so that I can better understand the characters and such, I felt as though I enjoyed this one much better this time around given the scope of the character arcs and backstories. Continue reading “Take Two Review: Who Slays the Wicked (Sebastian St. Cyr #14) by C.S. Harris” →

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Review: Blame the Dead by Ed Ruggero

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One of the main reasons that I decided to read this book was because the author was a former military officer. I am really into military history, especially Civil War and WWI/WWII. My dad was also in the military and I grew up with military history.

I thought this one sounded like it would bring a lot of history to life mixed into a historical mystery. I also like that this book was going to be sent it Italy during the war instead of the traditional France or England.

This book ended up being quite a different read than I was expecting. So many historical mysteries lean toward the fluffy side, but this one was decidedly more gritty. Continue reading “Review: Blame the Dead by Ed Ruggero” →