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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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Well, at least Lesbian Vampires are Better than an Invisible French Woman

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

August 16, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

“Bury my bones in the midnight soil, plant them shallow and water them deep, and in my place will grow a feral rose, soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth”   1532 Spain: Maria wants more out of life than to be stuck in her small village, and the combination of her great beauty and wily mind may be the ticket to get her out of there. When all it does is throw her into a man’s world of men’s games played by men’s rules, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Boston, England, lesbian vampires, Spain, unreliable female narrators, v.e. schwab

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:106 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Boston, England, lesbian vampires, Spain, unreliable female narrators, v.e. schwab ·
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The Thiefs

Old Black Magic by Ace Atkins

July 19, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: starts with O I have heard from many living old school mystery writers that the modern PI mystery tales in the States can be traced back to Spenser. Having gone out of vogue with the deaths of Chandler and Hammett — and with only Ross Macdonald elevating the genre — the hardboiled PI tale had taken a back seat by the time Robert B. Parker began building his prodigious catalog in the early-70s. Which is why I’ve given more […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ace Atkins, art, art heist, Boston, cbr17bingo, mystery, o, Old Black Magic, Spenser

Jake's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ace Atkins, art, art heist, Boston, cbr17bingo, mystery, o, Old Black Magic, Spenser ·
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Murder Makes for Strange Bedfellows

A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke

December 7, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

When Ruby impulsively moves to Boston, she’s glad to get a fully furnished apartment for a decent rate. She does not even mind that the previous inhabitant committed suicide – though those views may change when she realizes that Cordelia is still hanging around, and keenly interested in the murder of a neighbor. Say ‘an unlikely crime-solving duo’ in application to a cozy mystery, and I will be there in a flash. Also, roommates of all stripes can be tricky, so I was curious how […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: ARC, Boston, cozy mystery, ghosts, mystery, NetGalley, Olivia Blacke, paranormal

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:108 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: ARC, Boston, cozy mystery, ghosts, mystery, NetGalley, Olivia Blacke, paranormal ·
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“Maybe the question shouldn’t be why am I doing this, but why isn’t everyone looking?”

Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner

May 8, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Frankie Elkin is a roving seeker of missing people, and in her latest case she’s come to Boston to discover what happened to Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished almost a year ago. Like she does to the cops and the community, Frankie first struck me as strange and perhaps untrustworthy but like she did with them she grew on me too. She’s a flawed person with no illusions about it, and her steadfast pursuit of the missing won me over during the course […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Boston, crime, Lisa Gardner, mystery, Suspense, thriller

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:63 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Boston, crime, Lisa Gardner, mystery, Suspense, thriller ·
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January 2024 Leftovers

The Battle of Hastings: The Fall of the Anglo-Saxons and the Rise of the Normans by Jim Bradbury

Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block

Charlesgate Confidential by Scott von Doviak

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell

The Trouble With Peace by Joe Abercrombie

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

February 4, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

A lot of folks said this month was slow but I thought it flew by… The Battle of Hastings: The Fall of the Anglo-Saxons and the Rise of the Normans *** Bit too stuffy and academic but gave me a great outline as to the importance of the Battle and its outcomes. Time to Murder and Create **** This is the second time I’ve come out of a Matthew Scudder re-read with a better impression than the first time I read it. How it bodes for the […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: #Bernard Cornwell, #fantasy, art theft, Boston, Charlesgate Confidential, England, hard case crime, historical fiction, Jim Bradbury, joe abercrombie, Jorg Ancrath, lawrence block, LGBTQIA, London, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Scudder, Monica Heisey, mystery, New York City, Prince of Thorns, Really Good Actually, royalty, Scott Von Doviak, Sword Song, The Age of Madness, The Battle of Hastings, The Broken Empire, The Last Kingdom, The Trouble with Peace, Time to Murder and Create, Toronto, Uthred, Vermeer, war, William the Conqueror

Jake's CBR16 Review No:13 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: #Bernard Cornwell, #fantasy, art theft, Boston, Charlesgate Confidential, England, hard case crime, historical fiction, Jim Bradbury, joe abercrombie, Jorg Ancrath, lawrence block, LGBTQIA, London, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Scudder, Monica Heisey, mystery, New York City, Prince of Thorns, Really Good Actually, royalty, Scott Von Doviak, Sword Song, The Age of Madness, The Battle of Hastings, The Broken Empire, The Last Kingdom, The Trouble with Peace, Time to Murder and Create, Toronto, Uthred, Vermeer, war, William the Conqueror ·
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