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And Then There Were Bun by Vivien Chien

And Then There Were Bun by Vivien Chien

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not impact the rating or review. I am going to start off that this is going to go a little ranty. And it’s because this cozy mystery decided to downplay some real world things going on and it set me off. And it has to do with the police. Fans of this series knows that the lead, Lana Lee, has been dating her boyfriend Adam Trudeau who is a detective with the local police […]

“But afterwards you went on remembering.”

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

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Confession time: this is the first Agatha Christie novel I have read. I know, I’m surprised too. When thinking about where I wanted to jump in one of her standalone novels felt like the right choice, and since I had watched the adaptation of Why Didn’t They Ask Evans and remembered the plot I figured going into one without any preconceived notions was probably for the best. As it was the end of October one with spooky vibes (a group of strangers invited to an […]

I was on a “And Then There Were None” kick with mixed results

One by One by Freida McFadden

One by One by Ruth Ware

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Ok I read the original Agatha Christie version of this story, “And then there were none” a while ago, and then I apparently went on a bender. I know I’ve read at least one or two other versions before this one too. Here is Freida’s version, because it was apparently a summer of Freida for me. I thoroughly enjoy the premise of these “and then there were none” stories, because it’s usually a group of seemingly innocent but secretly kinda crappy people who one by […]

“If you’re on the list, someone wants you dead”

Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

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I can count on Peter Swanson for a solid mystery and Nine Lives, his latest book, is no exception.  The premise is borrowed from Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, which is mentioned several times in the book.  (Including the alternate titles the Christie story had, one which is considered offensive) Nine people receive a list of nine names in the mail, including their own.  They don’t know each other and nobody is sure what the link is between these nine lives. Then, like […]

Locked island mystery

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

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Another Agatha Christie! Clearly I like a detective novel and given the stress of pandemic wedding planning and the ‘spooky’ month of October, another Agatha Christie just felt right. And Then There Were None is Christie’s 1939 book, previously published as Ten Little Indians and before that by another even more offensive title. The name of the book comes from children’s nursery rhyme that forms the basis for the multiple murders in the book. Set on an island off the south coast of England, the […]

Christie, Two Takes

The Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

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The Murder on the Links and The Murder on the Orient Express and The Secret Adversary and And Then There Were None Agatha Christie has always been one of my go-to re-reads. It’s my literary comfort food. I’ve read and re-read most of what I have in my library, but didn’t feel like cracking the cover of an old favorite once again. My to-read pile didn’t look appealing, either, so what to do? I had a bunch of Audible credits and found a bunch of (free) […]



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