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Malice (Detective Kyoichiro Kaga, #1) by Keigo Higashino

September 26, 2022 by narfna 10 Comments

Well, this was a ride. Malice was one of the most interesting and compelling mysteries I’ve ever read. I love it when authors play with the format of a genre, and that seems to be something Higashino does well. I really can’t say too much about this one without completely spoiling it, but this book’s plot covers the murder and murder investigation of the famous Japanese novelist, Kunihiko Hidaka. The book is told in alternating POVs from Hidaka’s childhood friend, Osamu—who is writing a chronicle of […]

The death of a reality TV star.

Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett

September 1, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I can see how this might not be for everyone, particularly people who like their thrillers to have lots of twists and over the top stuff happening, but I thought this was a solid book. While the thriller/mystery plot had some holes in it, I very much appreciated that the character arcs were fully realized, and that our main character actually had an arc. She also had one of the strangest sidekicks I’ve ever read in a novel, and I appreciate that. Our main character […]

Bodies? Bodies!

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

August 29, 2022 by Jake 2 Comments

Read this as part of CBR14 Bingo: Bodies. Because it has “bodies” in the title and involves a lot of bodies, some alive, some dead. You was by far one of the best books I read this year. Which surprised me given that I don’t care for books about serial killers; finding them monotonous and often gratuitously violent. Everyone is trying to rip off Hannibal Lecter these days (and has been for the last thirty years). But Caroline Kepnes has crafted a you-niquely (see what I did there? […]

Holiday Reads: Alsatian Edition

Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus #6) by Ian Rankin

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

Perfect Silence (DI Callanach #4) by Helen Fields

August 17, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Vacationing with young children is hard work, people, even if you’re on a campsite that has not one, but two trampolines (“mum, see what I can do!”). Nevertheless I managed to sneak in a couple of books as I hung about in the (beautiful and very hot) Alsatian countryside, so here goes. Mortal Causes (Ian Rankin) *** Mortal Causes is Inspector Rebus book no. 6 and though I’ve read the previous five, I had to look that up. I also forgot what it was about […]

Snoozefest

Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham

August 1, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

A serial killer stalks the streets of London. He approaches women, out alone at night, charms them and plies them with champagne laced with sedatives; when they’re out, he applies a technique to induce a stroke. Most women do not survive, but the ones that do are trapped in a nightmare: their brains are fully functional, but they cannot move. Inspector Tom Thorne is tasked with finding the killer. He has his own idea about who is behind the grisly attacks, but his superiors beg […]

Prairie Dress on top, Miniskirt at the bottom

What's Done in Darkness by Laura McHugh

July 15, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Eighteen year old Sarabeth lives with her parents on a remote Arkansas farm. Her family has joined a Christian cult not too long before and Sarabeth, who misses her old life, rebels against the strict rules imposed upon her. After her parents try to arrange for her to be married to an older man, she contemplates running away. Fate intervenes, though; while selling produce, a stranger takes her away and locks her in his basement. A week later, she is found by the roadside with […]

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