Book review
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for this ARC, book 2 in The Justice Belstrang Mysteries series, publication date today, July 25, 2026. It began with the tragic death of a young maiden who was found drowned, only four miles south of Thirldon. The year is 1617, and the penalty for witchcraft is…
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It is said that the gods play games with the lives of men. But what games, and why, and the identities of the actual pawns, and what the game is, and what the rules are – who knows? Book 8 in the Discworld universe, book 1 in the City Watch subseries. This is the story…
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Everything about Maggie suggested that she had missed her calling. She’d have made a great detective. Book 1 in The Fish and Chip Shop Detective Agency series. Maggie Tyson loves puzzles and mysteries. Ryan Stepney has just been abandoned by his girlfriend. The two of them meet in the only fish and chip shop in…
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Parkerville Press and NetGalley for this ebook. Book 1 in the Lady Diviner series. Diamonds or cream tea? Miss Elinor Avely contemplated this difficult choice in the abstract as she stood in her new sitting room, holding two invitations in her hands. Miss Elinor Avely is a jewel diviner who can…
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“A clown climbs up the skeleton tree; A curse on you, a plague on me.” Ad/PR. Many thanks to Christopher Seto for this ebook. Theo Chan is a Ph.D. student in criminology and Agatha Christie fan who takes a summer job as an assistant in a private investigator’s office and gets his first taste of…
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You would be well advised not to write Theo Harvey’s biography Book 1 in the Chiltern Hills Mysteries series. Rona Parish is a journalist and biographer who is working on a biography of the famous writer Theo Harvey who died under suspicious circumstances. As Rona begins to dig into Theo Harvey’s life and death, it…
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Ad/PR. Many thanks to Micah Castle for sending me this ebook. How do we decide as mortals to take the life of another? What criteria constitutes a life worth living, and who created the criteria? Dana Cauldwell has just transferred to a new job closer to her mom, leaving behind a messy work situation involving…
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Two cozy mystery novellas featuring a group of sleuths. In Memories and Mementos four female amateur sleuths investigate the local retirement home, in An Invitation to Mystery a collection of amateur and professional sleuths take on a decades old cold case. Memories and Mementos Book 1 in the Button Club series. “For a group of…
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This book is for Florence Nightingale Shore and all war nurses, then and now, around the world. Book 1 in the Mitford Murders Series. Inspired by the real, unsolved murder of war nurse Florence Nightingale Shore and the real Mitford family, The Mitford Murders is a fictional historical mystery featuring the fictional character of Louisa…
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It was a crazy idea, lacking all business sense and even common sense for that matter. I’d never driven a boat, never been to the swamp or laid eyes on a bayou. But I was ready for a change. Book 1 in the The Lettering Detective Series. When Mila Breaux’s rent check bounces and she…
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