Mystery
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None could go against the King and Queen of England, least of all Catrin. Not overtly, anyway. Book 1 in The Welsh Guard Mysteries series. Wales was a perilous place in 1284. Defeated and taken over by the English, the Welsh were forced to work for their conquerors if they wanted a chance to feed…
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In memory of John Keel, a man who in a few short days changed the lives of many and, perhaps, saved some sanity in a mad world. Book 29 in the Discworld series, Book 6 in the City Watch subseries. Sam Vimes has never had more to lose. He is Commander of the Watch, an…
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Thirty minutes to steal a book and to escape. Book 1 in The Invisible Library series. A vampire book collector, a sinister and alluring Fae, a famous detective, dangerous steampunk contraptions, a glamorous cat burglar and a surprise assignment to tutor a distractingly handsome new apprentice. If this doesn’t sound like the perfect recipe for…
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This week I’m joining the #oldskoolchallengeclub with #DateWithABook by @hook.me.a.book, with a chat about a bookish date, using book titles to answer these questions: Who was your date with?Where did you meet?What time was the rendezvous?What did you wear?What did you talk about?Will there be a second date? Books used for this challenge:– The Book…
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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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This week I’m joining the #oldskoolchallengeclub with the Cluedo challenge by @chapter1.page1, finding book titles to answer the questions Who was the murderer? Where did the crime occur? With what was the murder committed? “Where” in Cluedo refers to a room in a house, but I don’t have any book titles in my collection that…
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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…
