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December 2022 Leftovers

The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

Nineteen Eighty Three by David Peace

Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder by Steve Hodel

And There He Kept Her by Josh Moehling

The Crossing by Michael Connelly

The Nice Guys by Charles Ardai

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 by Daniel Walker Howe

December 30, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Happy Holidays! Here are the books I finished this month that didn’t merit full reviews due to time constraints and/or a lack of 250 words to describe them… The Burning Room**** Usually with Bosch books, I can tell within the first 30 pages if they’re gonna be good or not. This one was different. I didn’t have a sense for it at first and had a little trouble connecting with it but it turned out to be great. I liked Connelly’s integration of Lucia Soto, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #history, American History, And There He Kept Her, Andrew Jackson, Black Dahlia Avenger, Charles Ardai, Daniel Walker Howe, David Peace, Elizabeth Short, England, George Hodel, hard case crime, harry bosch, historical fiction, James K Polk, Josh Moehling, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Mexican War, Michael Connelly, Minnesota, movie novelization, mystery, Nineteen Eighty Three, Red Riding Quartet, Steve Hodel, The Black Dahlia, The Burning Room, The Crossing, The Nice Guys, War of 1812, What Hath God Wrought, yorkshire, yorkshire ripper

Jake's CBR14 Review No:226 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #history, American History, And There He Kept Her, Andrew Jackson, Black Dahlia Avenger, Charles Ardai, Daniel Walker Howe, David Peace, Elizabeth Short, England, George Hodel, hard case crime, harry bosch, historical fiction, James K Polk, Josh Moehling, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Mexican War, Michael Connelly, Minnesota, movie novelization, mystery, Nineteen Eighty Three, Red Riding Quartet, Steve Hodel, The Black Dahlia, The Burning Room, The Crossing, The Nice Guys, War of 1812, What Hath God Wrought, yorkshire, yorkshire ripper ·
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