Review: THE POLITICIAN, Tim Sullivan
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 This edition an e-book provided by my local library on Libby #4 in the DS Cross Mystery series  author website Synopsis (publisher) A smashed window. A ransacked room. A dead body. At first glance, it’s a burglary gone wrong. First impressions of a crime scene are crucial… but they aren’t always correct. When DS George Cross – Bristol Crime Unit’s most eccentric and dogged detective – starts investigating the death of former mayor Peggy Frampton, he’s convinced that what looks like a bungled burglary is in fact a case of pre-meditated murder. After her political career ended ..read more
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Review: 17 YEARS LATER, J.P. Pomare
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this edition published by Hachette Australia 2024 ISBN 978 0 7336 4964 6 384 pages Synopsis (publisher) The violent slaughter of the Primrose family while they slept shocked the nation. The family's young live-in chef, Bill Kareama, was swiftly charged with murder and brought to justice. But the brutal crime scarred the idyllic town of Cambridge forever. Seventeen years later, true-crime podcaster Sloane Abbott tracks down prison psychologist TK Phillips. Once a fierce campaigner for an appeal, TK now lives a quiet life with Bill's case firmly in his past. As Sloane lures a reluctant TK ..read more
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Review: SANCTUARY, Garry Disher
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this edition published by Text Publishing 2024 ISBN 9781922790620 363 pages  Synopsis (publisher) Grace is a talented thief ready for a normal life. Lying low after a run-in with an old associate, Grace walks into Erin Mandel’s rural antiques shop and sees a chance for something different. A weekday job. A place to call home. But someone is looking for Erin. And someone’s looking for Grace, too. And they are both, in their own ways, very dangerous men. My Take The Canberra Times calls Garry Disher "Arguably Australia's greatest living crime fiction writer." and they are not wrong. Fo ..read more
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Re-read: THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES, Agatha Christie
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This is edition read as an Amazon e-book on Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C5BSNVN4 Publisher ‏ : ‎ Global Publishers (September 24, 2023) Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 24, 2023 Originally published 1920 Print length ‏ : ‎ 201 pages    Synopsis (Amazon)  The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the first detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, introducing her fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (Joh ..read more
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Review: THE BOOKSHOP DETECTIVES, Gareth and Louise Ward
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This edition an e-book from Amazon on Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D9KZGBLK Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin eBooks (NZ Adult) (23 July 2024) Print length ‏ : ‎ 340 pages Synopsis (Amazon) Two small-town booksellers (and their cowardly dog) solve a decades-old murder-mystery in this witty debut novel, full of literary clues, sparkling dialogue, and comedic insights into the world of bookshops. "When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we'd made a terrible mistake. People warned us that e-readers were taking over. People warned us that we'd never compete with Amazon. The one thing they didn't war ..read more
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Review: THE DARK WIVES, Ann Cleeves
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 this edition, paperback, published Pan Macmillan 2024 ISBN 978-1-5290-7775-9 372 pages Vera Stanhope #11 Synopsis (publisher) A body is found by an early morning dog walker on the common outside Rosebank, a care home for troubled teens. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who never showed up to work. DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate. Her only clue is the disappearance of fourteen-year-old resident Chloe. Vera can’t bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she can’t dismiss the possibility. Vera, Joe and new team member Rosie are ..read more
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A catch-up post
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 I'm home now and here are my recent reads 4.5, A FORGOTTEN SHADOW, H. L. Marsay, 8/1/2025 4.5, TRAITOR'S GATE, Jeffery Archer, 6/1/2025 4.5, A CHRISTMAS SHADOW, H.L. Marsay. 8/1/205 Usual reviews will resume in a day or two ..read more
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Beginning the New Year
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 I am still in the USA and so am still just going to document my reading until I get home  again. 1. OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES, Kelli Hawkins, 4.5, 1/1/2025. An Australian crime fiction writer to watch out for in the future. A story set in Sydney about Katie who suffered the worst loss imaginable.  ..read more
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Happy New Year 2025
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