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Cover of A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames

That’s a lotta corpses, bro

A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames

January 12, 2023 by chatelaine Leave a Comment

I liked the other Jonathan Ames books I’ve read, and learned ten seconds ago that he’s the creator of Bored to Death, which, for anyone who doesn’t know, is a show on HBO Max (which I haven’t seen, but which multiple people have told me I’d like). Anyway. A guy named Happy Doll – for real, his parents named him that…seriously? a little much right off the bat – is an ex-cop who’s now a fairly unsuccessful, i.e., not busy,  private detective. A friend comes […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, detective, Fiction, jonathan ames, Noir, police

chatelaine's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, detective, Fiction, jonathan ames, Noir, police ·
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Secrets Typed In Blood: The Third Pentecost & Parker Mystery

Secrets Typed In Blood by Stephen Spotswood

January 4, 2023 by Owlizabeth 6 Comments

Hello howdy and hey y’all, it’s my first post ever! I love detective stories. I’ve got a brain that enjoys puzzles and being right, so it’s fun on top of fun. But I am also super picky and easily distracted or annoyed by most mysteries. I need a challenge but not something so convoluted it’s unsolvable. I don’t want anything too cozy or too grim, nothing with lots of graphic violence/mutilation/torture but a decent amount of action. I prefer women authors and characters, I like […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Homepage, Mystery Tagged With: detective, disabled characters, Female Detective, Fiction, mystery, Noir, queer fiction, Stephen Spotswood

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Homepage, Mystery · Tags: detective, disabled characters, Female Detective, Fiction, mystery, Noir, queer fiction, Stephen Spotswood ·
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Dark Iceland Series

Lost in the Noir of Iceland (And Liking It)

The Dark Iceland Series (1-6) by Ragnar Jónasson

October 13, 2022 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

After reading the Martin Beck novels last year, I decided to continue with Nordic noir. I had heard about a series set in Iceland, specifically the remote area of Siglufjörður, and featuring  a young detective named Ari Thór Arason. I read these novels on Kindle and on Audible, where it helped to hear the correct pronunciations of some of the more challenging (to me) place names. Then author is supposed to be a big fan of Agatha Christie (as am I). He has translated fourteen […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Dark Iceland, detective, Iceland, Icelandic Noir, mystery, nordic noir, Ragnar Jónasson

xoxoxoe's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Dark Iceland, detective, Iceland, Icelandic Noir, mystery, nordic noir, Ragnar Jónasson ·
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New Rural Chinese Mystery Series!

Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg

July 31, 2022 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Thief of Souls is the first book in the Inspector Lu Fei mystery series. I’m not sure how long the series is intended to go, but I know a second book was released earlier this year. In fact, Bookpage’s review of the newest installment is what had me track this one down at my local library. Inspector Lu Fei is a mid-level law enforcement agent for China’s Public Security Bureau (PSB). He lives and works in the rural agricultural town of Raven Valley. The reader […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Brian Klingborg, China, detective, murder

Halbs's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Brian Klingborg, China, detective, murder ·
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Murder near the Nile

DIsappearance of a Scribe by Dana Stabenow

July 24, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 4: New Before I saw Disappearance of a Scribe in the library, I had heard of neither The Eye of Isis series nor its author Dana Stabenow. This is both a new to me series and author; it turns out this is actually book 2 of the series, but it seems pretty stand alone as well. What we’ve got is detective fiction in a historical fiction setting. Due circumstances from the previous book which we mostly don’t need to know, Tetisheri has become the […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: ancient Egypt, cbr14bingo, Cleopatra, Dana Stabenow, detective, Disappearance of a Scribe, Julius Caesar, library of ALexandria, murder mystery, The Eye of Isis

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:56 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: ancient Egypt, cbr14bingo, Cleopatra, Dana Stabenow, detective, Disappearance of a Scribe, Julius Caesar, library of ALexandria, murder mystery, The Eye of Isis ·
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This will be a short review considering the length of the book

Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith

May 15, 2022 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

I started reading this series during the early days of the pandemic, and it’s proven to be satisfying, escapist fun for me. I stumbled upon this latest entry in one of my local Little Free Libraries, so I decided to read it before CBR BINGO hits, because at 927 pages, there’s no way I was going to let it eat up prime BINGO scoring time. That said, I’m going to write this review in list form of likes and dislikes. Dislikes: 927 pages. There is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, detective, KimMiE", mystery, Robert Galbraith

KimMiE"'s CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14, detective, KimMiE", mystery, Robert Galbraith ·
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