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> Genre: Mystery

Playing for keeps

Trigger by N. Griffin

May 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Trigger is a disturbing look at child abuse and the toxicity of one family, and how the one person who is supposed to help you can be the one person who you fear the most. The life of our narrator is set up so that when an answer is given, three more questions occur. And yes, there are literally trigger warnings due to the language, violence, and implications some scenes present.  And the scary part is some of what N. Griffin writes about is pulled […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Health, Mystery, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: abused children/teens, chess, fathers and daughters, mental illness, N. Griffin, Physical & Emotional Abuse, psychological, running

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:257 · Genres: Fiction, Health, Mystery, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: abused children/teens, chess, fathers and daughters, mental illness, N. Griffin, Physical & Emotional Abuse, psychological, running ·
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“And that very same evening—that very same evening—Lord Edgware dies. Good title that, by the way. Lord Edgware Dies. Look well on a book stall.”

Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9) by Agatha Christie

May 26, 2022 by narfna 6 Comments

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 12/30 The ending has made this one of my favorite Christies. You’d think eventually I’d stop being stymied by this woman’s writing, a woman who started writing mysteries a hundred years ago at this point, but it has yet to happen. Maybe I am just terrible at figuring out mysteries, but it’s probably that Christie was just that good. (Or both.) This one started out pretty standard for me. Poirot is called to do something a little […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: agatha christie, audiobooks, British mystery, Hercule Poirot, hugh fraser, lord edgware dies, mystery, whodunnit

narfna's CBR14 Review No:80 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: agatha christie, audiobooks, British mystery, Hercule Poirot, hugh fraser, lord edgware dies, mystery, whodunnit ·
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In this life, you just never know what’s around the bend, be it a dead man or your next date.

The Maid by Nita Prose

May 26, 2022 by Leedock 2 Comments

A lot of folks raved about this book. Not trying to sound all contrary, but I do not understand what the appeal is here. I am vexed. The plot is pretty easily summarized. Molly, a neuroatypical woman, was abandoned by her mother who suffered from drug addiction. She is raised by her grandmother and follows in her footsteps, when she graduates from high school, and becomes a maid. Extremely disciplined and focused on cleanliness, Molly is perfectly cut out for her occupation at a high […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr14, Fiction, mystery, Nita Prose

Leedock's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr14, Fiction, mystery, Nita Prose ·
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Poirot

The Queen of Mystery indeed :)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Big Four by Agatha Christie

The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

Lord Edgeware Dies by Agatha Christie

Murder of the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie

Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

May 25, 2022 by postcardsandbooks 2 Comments

So a few years ago I got my hands of the complete works of Sherlock Holmes narrated by Stephen Fry and got really excited, because I’ve always enjoyed mysteries. It then took me about 3 years to wade my way through it after the first book because disappointingly enough, though not necessarily surprisingly, Arthur Conan Doyle is a bit racist, xenophobic, and maybe just a product of his time, but a tad misogynistic too. Every time he had more than a couple of pages he […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: agatha christie, Hercule Poirot, poirot

postcardsandbooks's CBR14 Review No:23 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: agatha christie, Hercule Poirot, poirot ·
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Love, Ghosts and Werewolves

Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham

May 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I found a way to read Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham online. Now, I will tell you, buy the book in July instead of doing this. I mean, I read the book that way and still plan on purchasing a copy. Not only do you support an author/illustrator this way, but you will also want to read this book wherever you are. And if you have no service for phone or tablet or whatever kids read on these days, well old school is […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: family, friendship, glbtq, Illness, Jeannette Arroyo, Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham, paranormal, parents, Ren Graham, werewolves

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:250 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: family, friendship, glbtq, Illness, Jeannette Arroyo, Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham, paranormal, parents, Ren Graham, werewolves ·
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A Master of Color and Crime

Killer Come Back to Me by Ray Bradbury

May 22, 2022 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

Ray Bradbury can do it all: science fiction, horror, crime, fantasy, mystery. One of his most famous books is Fahrenheit 451, but he’s written tons of short stories. The collection Killer Come Back to Me is a compilation of Bradbury’s crime stories. Bradbury’s way with language makes common things new again. From one story: “Mr. Willis tonked a laugh out like cleaning your pipe on a flat stone”; “Peter [he shouted], show him, but it was all underwater. Blood pounded around on big red boots.” […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense Tagged With: Ray Bradbury

esmemoria's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense · Tags: Ray Bradbury ·
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  • esmemoria on What Else Would You Look With?I wonder if the audio brings out the best in the novel. The last part of the book was pretty great, but I had so...
  • narfna on What Else Would You Look With?Sad you didn't really like this one. I absolutely loved it. Not sure when I will be able to wrap my head around reviewing it....
  • narfna on And now, jump back hundreds and hundreds of years…#BlameMalin on this one for me, too, because she literally sent me a copy.
  • narfna on “And that very same evening—that very same evening—Lord Edgware dies. Good title that, by the way. Lord Edgware Dies. Look well on a book stall.”That's gotta be the new headcanon.
  • drmllz on “And that very same evening—that very same evening—Lord Edgware dies. Good title that, by the way. Lord Edgware Dies. Look well on a book stall.”I like to think the wife packs Hastings off to England to hang out with Poirot and enjoys having a whole ranch to herself...
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