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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Buy the book. Again and again. Clue meets Groundhog Day in this mind-bending mystery. “We are never more ourselves than when we think people aren’t watching.” ― Stuart Turton, The 7½ Deaths read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary, Mystery

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

  Dive in and buy the book on Amazon. A sea-faring tale filled with mystery and superstition. “You know what men are when there’s nobody ordering them to be better.” read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary, Mystery

All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson

Find out about the lies – buy the book. Lies beautiful people tell. I read and enjoyed Peter Swanson’s 2021 title, Eight Perfect Murders. The threads from classic murder mystery read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery

The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura

Follow the Woman in the Purple Skirt A subtle and haunting scenario about living a shadow of an existence. “The person she most reminds me of is Mei-shan, a friend read more

Posted in Asian-related, Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary, Novella

The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett

  Be knotty. Buy the book. Miss Marple meets HRH, Queen Elizabeth “It pays to maintain an open mind.”  ~SJ Bennett. The Windsor Knot When one of the guests at read more

Posted in Book Reviews, British-related, Fiction, Mystery

We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida

Buy this book on Amazon The tides of turbulence in teens “She has this air about her like she knows she’s special, and maybe it’s because she resembles famous literary read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary

Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown

Buy this book on Amazon       Far from the modern wife . . .  or is it? “ . . . the hardest question we have to ask read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Chick-lit, Fiction

The Magnolia Sisters by Michelle Major

        Finding Family and Romance in a Quaint Town Avery Keller is a woman scorned by love and a father she never knew, shows up in the read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Chick-lit, Fiction

The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun

    Bury the hatchet and buy the book. Digging yourself into a hole for life. “Life itself was merely an accumulation of failures, and those failures never made life read more

Posted in Asian-related, Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary, Novella

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

    Buy this book on Amazon.com Head games in a hotel that was once an Alpine sanatorium. “Digging up the past, especially with this place, you’ll send yourself mad. read more

Posted in Book Reviews, European-related, Fiction, Mystery
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