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The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

The scream that brought them together

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

December 28, 2025 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I’m completing my quarter cannonball with The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill. The novel is a book within a book. Hannah is writing a mystery focused on Freddie, an Australian woman on a writing fellowship in Boston. She meets three strangers in the Boston library reading room: Cain, a fellow writer and handsome, Walt, a rich law student with no work ethic, and Marigold, a goth-esque psychology student. They hear a blood-curdling scream like someone being murdered…but no body is found. That is, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: book within a book, Boston, mystery, romantic suspense, Sulari Gentill, suspense/thriller, Writers

teresaelectro's CBR17 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: book within a book, Boston, mystery, romantic suspense, Sulari Gentill, suspense/thriller, Writers ·
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Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates

Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates

December 28, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

I can’t recall the last time I was this annoyed. Oh yeah, The Rose Field. Anyway. This book was slow, meandering, and ultimately made my brain mad because I knew within a few percentage of my e-Reader, I knew who was the killer, I just didn’t know why. And when you get to the why I tossed my hands up and said for real? And I just don’t know. No spoilers and all, but the whole thing was so unhinged and I feel like the […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Darcy Coates, Dead of Winter

Classic's CBR17 Review No:181 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Darcy Coates, Dead of Winter ·
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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

December 27, 2025 by Classic 4 Comments

I know this series is popular, but it dragged terribly for me. I started this way back in October and finally finished it the other day. I think the issue is for me is that I watched the Netflix movie first. I just couldn’t get into the book since I kept comparing the movie to the book and I found myself liking the movie better (yes I am hanging my head in shame). I think it’s just because there were too many shifting POVs (and […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Richard Osman, the thursday murder club, Thursday Murder Club #1

Classic's CBR17 Review No:177 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Richard Osman, the thursday murder club, Thursday Murder Club #1 ·
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Aristocratic Intrigue

A Very English Murder by Verity Bright

December 26, 2025 by ASKReviews 1 Comment

Best for: Fans of lighthearted mysteries. In a nutshell: It is 1920, and Lady Eleanor Swift has just inherited an estate, left to her by her deceased uncle. On her first night in town, she witnesses a murder, but no one believes her. Except the butler… Worth quoting: “I’m not really one for running to the first uniform around … Give a man a badge and an official title and he thinks he’s the sole decider of right and wrong. Why I chose it: As […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Verity Bright

ASKReviews's CBR17 Review No:51 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Verity Bright ·
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The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth

The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

December 25, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

When a scientist is murdered in the last outpost of humanity left in the world, the villagers must seek justice or all face death. I read Turton’s debut The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle several years ago, and while I enjoyed piecing together the mystery and the science fiction underpinnings of the story, I though the solution got too convoluted in the end. This book has a similar problem, but as the focus for much of the story is the science fiction setting and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, ARC, dystopia, mystery, NetGalley, Stuart Turton, thriller

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:84 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, ARC, dystopia, mystery, NetGalley, Stuart Turton, thriller ·
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Fairly Dramatic Twist

Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick

December 25, 2025 by ASKReviews 1 Comment

Best for: Those who enjoy a little bit of wry humor with their cozy mystery. In a nutshell: Inspector Grasby has been sent to a village to help investigate some thefts, but while there, at least one body is discovered. Worth quoting: (Shows the style of humor in the book) “Let me tell you, being assailed at gunpoint is by no means my favourite way to spend time.” Why I chose it: I got sucked in by the display at Waterstones. Review: This was a […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Denzil Meyrick

ASKReviews's CBR17 Review No:49 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Denzil Meyrick ·
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