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  • Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year

    Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions Henry Thornton is a wealthy railroad magnate and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/26/22 Edition

    When Jaryk learns that his father has been killed under mysterious circumstances in India, he travels

  • Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year

    for my full review of The Last Green Valley. 03 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson Atkinson's newest mystery in vivid Roaring Twenties London as Nellie Coker struggles to hold on to her empire of clubs while mysterious by the intersection of Gwendolyn and Ma Coker's golden child, her eldest son Niven--along with the mystery

  • January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Similarly, when he stumbles onto a truth about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult mystery

  • Review of The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

    In town, she'll always be known as The Girl Who Solved a Murder Mystery by Talking to Ghosts, with all

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's historical fiction mystery, based on real-life double agents broken up by and bound together by tragedy; Quantum Girl Theory, Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction-mystery-speculative Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is Revival of Opal & Nev. 06 Quantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan In Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction mystery

  • Review of The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson

    The mystery isn't over--Truly Devious led to the disappearance of Alice Ellingham decades ago, and now And the mysterious deaths of people connected to Ellingham Academy aren't over. #series, #youngadult, #mysterysuspense, #threestarbookreview

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/14/22 Edition

    Frankie and Zeke come up with an enigmatic phrase and attention-getting artwork, and they spread the mysterious

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/15/24 Edition

    In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide decides to open her mysterious

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads

    Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'. Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time. 08 Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Angie Kim's sophomore novel is a mystery Kim's missing-person novel is a mystery and is structured around the discovery and exploration of what

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/28/21 Edition

    I mentioned my love for Hart's book The Last Child in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries mix: young adult space science fiction story, dystopian fantasy series prequel, and character-driven mystery

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition

    I loved last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made In Razorblade Tears, two men are coping with the tragic, violent, mysterious deaths of their married

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    through two timelines; the final book in a darkly playful young adult fantasy series; a quirky, campy mystery There are mysterious forces and machinations, many of which remain unclear to the reader until late in a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical mystery After a series of almost slapstick misunderstandings, Finlay is left a mysterious note implying that Cosimano's mystery has a wonderfully quirky setup and campy tone.

  • Review of The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh

    For more mysteries and thrillers I've reviewed that you might like, click here.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/23/23 Edition

    Billy's witnessing of the mysterious crash aftermath seems bound to bring him trouble.

  • Review of the Cormoran Strike series books 1-4 by Robert Galbraith

    These are generally deep dives into mysterious, often creepy situations. Strike and Robin was hinted at but not consummated. 03 Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith In the third mystery

  • Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

    Ava's inexperience is essential to her storyline, and her limited perspective creates a mystery regarding

  • Review of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

    Despite the mysterious disappearances of children that are at the heart of the story, this primarily watching police shows), his youthful belief that he and a ragtag group of friends can quickly resolve the mystery #mysterysuspense, #india

  • Six Novels I Loved Reading Last Year

    Similarly, when he stumbles onto a truth about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had

  • Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year

    I recently posted about Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year, Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year, Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/20/21 Edition

    and turns, set in Victorian England; and I'm reading Jane Harper's newest character-driven Australian mystery Her mysteries are set in Australia, and she makes me care about her characters while keeping me guessing

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/23/23 Edition

    She's been cobbling together enough to get by, but when a mysterious draw to the spooky Starling House

  • Review of A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti

    When Jaryk learns that his like-a-brother friend Misha from his childhood orphanage has died under mysterious

  • Review of Half Wild: Stories by Robin MacArthur

    MacArthur is also the author of the mystery Heart Spring Mountain.

  • Review of The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

    Behind a door without a key--a door that is sometimes locked and other times mysteriously not--a "silent Mysterious noises, inexplicable goings-on, the appearance of additional silent companions, haunting stories

  • Review of Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) by Emiko Jean

    But she quickly realized that being a princess involved responsibility, political maneuvering, and mysterious

  • Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

    and she lives in uncertain status, without citizenship or security aside from her employment for the mysterious But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking

  • Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

    making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master Brave Female Spies, Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II, and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries

  • April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master Eason In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together Eason's science fiction mystery Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, a templar, Iari, and a spy, Gaer, have And I was wholly charmed by the rievs (former battle robots) who mysteriously show sentience and surprising

  • Review of Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker

    My book club likes to tackle a mystery read as one of our summer books, and this was our most recent

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/27/23 Edition

    Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, disturbing undercurrent at the Kinsellas'.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/21 Edition

    a beautiful modern classic from a bestselling author who writes about faith and life; and a recent mystery is Alexandra Andrews's first book, and so far the mystery's twists and turns are fantastic.

  • Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might

  • April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    of essays about joy and wonder; The Survivors, Jane Harper's newest Australia-set, character-driven mystery Her mysteries are set in Australia, and she makes me care about her characters while keeping me guessing When a fresh tragedy occurs, it brings the pain and terrible mystery of years past swirling back to wreak The connection between Marianne and Connell is the beautiful, haunting, swirling source of misery, heartache incredible genetic cloning advancements--but people have noticed that her husband has recently been mysteriously

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/17/22 Edition

    In town, she'll always be known as The Girl Who Solved a Murder Mystery by Talking to Ghosts, with all

  • September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    newest gorgeousness, a dystopian gem, and yet another of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell Victorian mystery past, and Raybourn offers a number of explanations for some of the previous book's alluded-to personal mysteries

  • Review of Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot #6) by Martha Wells

    In Fugitive Telemetry, Murderbot attempts to solve the mystery of a murder--while generally annoyed and

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads

    In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious Are Here . 10 The God of the Woods by Liz Moore I loved this summer-camp setting, the slow build of mystery I was intrigued by the mysteries and their layers, which are continually revealed, and while I usually

  • Review of The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash

    Ballad with my book club, and this week I reviewed When Ghosts Come Home, Wiley Cash's character-driven mystery

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/21 Edition

    a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical mystery potentially heartbreaking and heartwarming book about unlikely friendship and a young man's bravery; a mystery

  • Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/12/20 Edition

    on the tone of this one yet; Connor is a little snarky, but I believe the plot is going to include mystery #LGBTQ, #youngadult, #mysterysuspense 02 A Very Punchable Face ​ Has Colin Jost lived long enough to Concurrently reading a young adult LGBTQ mystery, a comedian's memoir, and a historical fiction story

  • Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West

    including: Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West, Six Historical Fiction Mysteries

  • Review of The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young

    the suspicious circumstances surrounding Bryn's parents' long-ago deaths, and an extended family with mysterious

  • Review of Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes #1) by Elizabeth Lim

    Meanwhile there are odd creatures doling out questionable advice, a mysterious stepmother, a land struggling

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/1/22 Edition

    her future, shares her reliance on alcohol and her experience with depression, lists her long-term, mysterious

  • Review of Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

    lifesaving Black neighbors--who share resources, offer advice, and otherwise keep to themselves--and their mysterious

  • Review of Beneath a Starless Sky by Tessa Harris

    Thomas Silkstone series and the Constance Piper Mystery series as well as The Light We Left Behind.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/10/20 Edition

    For my full review, see One to Watch.) 03 Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery by Nev March It's 1892 in British-controlled He becomes obsessed with an unsolved mystery he keeps reading about in the newspaper: two young ladies Nev March won the Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award for her debut title.

  • January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide's mysterious trunk opens connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge--and her growing wonder at the mysteries

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/12/22 Edition

    siblings Bellatine and Isaac, a woodworker and a con artist and street performer, are reunited to claim a mysterious

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