book-reviews
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Till about a year ago, my serene life revolved around my wife, tennis, Kindle and the club. Ad/PR/Patrocinado. Many thanks to Shesh for this ebook. If you’ve ever wondered how a retired Singapore CEO would do as an assassin, this is your chance to find out. And if you’ve never wondered about something so oddly…
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For Stacking The Shelves hosted by Reading Reality I’m posting the books I’ve added to my digital library this week, and the blurbs that made me download them in the first place. Murder on the Lamplight Express by Morgan Stang The orders given to Isabeau Agarwal and her partner are simple: ensure the safety of…
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“Things are different here,” sir, said Carrot. “It wasn’t until ten years ago they replaced trial by ordeal with trial by lawyer, and that was only because they found that lawyers were nastier.” Book 24 in the Discworld series, Book 5 in the City Watch subseries. Sam Vimes has been through a lot in his…
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Tonight, Isabeau Agarwal, Huntress, would kill one of ten guests in Spindle Manor. A fabulously weird and wondrous cozy horror novel blending historical fiction, steampunk elements, paranormal mystery and gothic fantasy. Spindle Manor is a remote guesthouse where the huntress Isabeau Agarwal is hoping to apprehend a deadly monster disguising itself as one of a…
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September 15 marks the birthday of the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. The #readchristie2026 pick for September is Endless Night, a book Agatha Christie herself considered one of her best works, and it seems quite appropriate to post about it today. Endless Night is a difficult book to review without spoilers, because a lot of…
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Goodreads Monday/TBR Monday hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog invites you to post about what books are on your Goodreads “to read” lists or TBR lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenges, and any other bookish news! It is time for another update for the Autumn Book Bingo by…
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“Died of fright.” Mrs. Harrington’s voice sounds faraway. “The phantom. The Belgravia Phantom.” Ad/PR. Many thanks to Ellis Blackwood for this ebook. The Belgravia Phantom is a historical mystery set in Victorian London, featuring the Quill siblings lead by the eldest, Kate Quill, who does her best to keep a roof over her siblings’ heads.…
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The day Ritchie moved me into Egret’s Lof, I thought that was it, I was done for. When Madeline Delarouse’s children, Richie and Eliza, convince her to move into Egret’s Loft, a posh Florida retirement community, she is convinced that her life there will be nothing but boredom and monotony. She couldn’t possible have been…
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People’d live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their way to work every day, and then some trivial thing would happen and someone would be having a garden fork removed from their ear. Book 21 in the Discworld series, Book 4 in the City Watch subseries. Sam Vimes has survived…
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Sergeant, you must send a man at once! There’s a burglar in my house, and how he’s dead, because I hit him with my poker! But one can kill burglars, surely? A historical mystery with a Golden Age feel, set in 1935 in London. Spinster artist Felicia Adams surprises a burglar in her home, and…
