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The Title is Slightly Too Accurate

Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk

February 5, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’m in two minds about this one; on the one hand the characters and the mystery are good, but on the other the ending feels rushed and certain important parts of the world feel a little underdeveloped. That said, in general Even Though I Knew the End was a fun, fast read. In a world that resembles  Dashiell Hamnet if he wrote vaguely Christian supernatural detectives, Helen is a former rising start in the magic world, cast out when she tried to summon a demon […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, c.l. polk, Even Though I Knew the End, love story, murder mystery, mystery noir, supernatural mystery

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, c.l. polk, Even Though I Knew the End, love story, murder mystery, mystery noir, supernatural mystery ·
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Magic Murder and a Bunny Scooby Doo

Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

December 30, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

An illusionist from a family of magicians under a generational curse has to come home is disgrace to her family business of building “magic” places, as in hidden staircases and doors, or basically every house or building you’ve ever seen on Scooby Doo. That’s the beginning scenario of Under Lock & Skeleton Key; Tempet Raj has a lot to deal with at the start of the story having to come home to, after an accident may have ruined her Las Vegas stage career, she needs […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: gigi pandian, illusion, magic, murder mystery, Secret Staircase Mystery, Under Lock & Skeleton Key

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:85 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: gigi pandian, illusion, magic, murder mystery, Secret Staircase Mystery, Under Lock & Skeleton Key ·
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Murder and a Fulfilling Retirement

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

December 30, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The Thursday Murder Club has been on my radar off and on for a while; finally, another Cannonballer’s review of a sequel reminded me and coincided with a random bookstore coupon (in-store only), so I went shopping. This is probably what Only Murders in the Building must be like in book form; I don’t have the streaming service required, but I’m not too sad about that anymore. Basically, the premise is a group of residents of a retirement home in rural-ish England get together to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cozy mystery, murder mystery, mystery, Richard Osman, the thursday murder club

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:84 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cozy mystery, murder mystery, mystery, Richard Osman, the thursday murder club ·
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A five-star trilogy. #CBRBINGO – Series

City of Miracles (The Divine Cities, #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett

October 28, 2022 by narfna 4 Comments

“My definition of an adult is someone who lives their life aware they are sharing the world with others. My definition of an adult is someone who knows the world was here before they showed up and that it’ll be here well after they walk away from it. My definition of an adult, in other words, is someone who lives their life with a little fucking perspective.” – – – This series flies so far under the radar, and it deserves much more praise than […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14bingo, city of miracles, epic fantasy, gods, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Divine Cities

narfna's CBR14 Review No:166 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14bingo, city of miracles, epic fantasy, gods, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Divine Cities ·
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Queer Historical Murder Mystery

Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen

October 15, 2022 by LB Leave a Comment

I don’t know how to feel about this book, but also it was utterly compelling and hard to put down. When Andy is caught with his pants down in a gay bar, he feels like his whole life is over – he’s lost his job with the San Francisco police department, lost his housing, and knew the cops who caught him intended to spread his truth so he’d never get a job again. But before he can follow through on ending things, Pearl offers him […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: chosen family, historical, lavender house, Lev A.C. Rosen, Lev AC Rosen, murder mystery, queer

LB's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: chosen family, historical, lavender house, Lev A.C. Rosen, Lev AC Rosen, murder mystery, queer ·
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The Snowman by Jo Nesbø

Do You want to Build a Snowman (I Hope Not)

The Snowman by Jo Nesbø

October 13, 2022 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

I usually like to start a series from the beginning, but I had already seen the movie The Snowman with Michael Fassbender, so decided to just try the novel by Jo Nesbø and see how they compared. It probably would have been better if I had done those two things in reverse order, but that’s how it was. This is the seventh book in Nesbø’s series featuring Norwegian Detective Harry Hole. Harry, like all good, classic detectives, has his issues – he’s an introvert, but […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: crime, Harry Hole, Jo Nesbo, Michael Fassbender, murder mystery, mystery, nordic noir, Norway, The Snowman, thriller

xoxoxoe's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: crime, Harry Hole, Jo Nesbo, Michael Fassbender, murder mystery, mystery, nordic noir, Norway, The Snowman, thriller ·
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