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A Pretender’s Murder by Christopher Huang

Buy this book on Amazon   “Some people invite confessions. Others perform to an audience. More rare are those who do neither, but shine like a flame amid the fluttering read more

Posted in Asian-related, Book Club Tidbits, Book Reviews, British-related, Mystery

Yellowface by R.F Kuang

Buy this book on Amazon   “I’d hate to live in a world where we tell people what they should and shouldn’t write based on the color of their skin.” read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Books about books, Fiction, Mystery, Uncategorized

Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang

Buy this book on Amazon “There was nothing outside the tower room that mattered, and nothing inside but [the children], their laughter, and the worlds their words conjured”.  Huang spins read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, George's Gems, History, Literary, Mystery

The Maid by Nita Prose

Buy the Book on Amazon What happens in the hotel room, stays with housekeeping. “Isn’t it interesting how one seismic event can change your memory of what occurred?” ~ The read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Literary, Mystery, Uncategorized

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Read

Buy this book on Amazon A beguiling and bewitching read. “Be wary of men with something to prove.” ~ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Evelyn Hugo is a huge read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Books about books, Fiction, LGBTQ, Literary, Mystery

The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman

Buy this book on Amazon What We Think We Can Live Without “Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t disappear” ~ The Disappearing Act British actress Mia read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

Buy this book on Amazon A gothic mystery to haunt your heart. “I doubt if the woman in black can have any animosity towards me.” The Woman in Black by read more

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

How Lucky by Will Leitch

    How lucky we could be if we could see those around us.     Buy the book on Amazon “People are the real people they are when they read more

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Literary, Mystery

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
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