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Not a single clue to these murders is found in a fjord

Hildur (The Clues in the Fjord) by Satu Rämö

January 5, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Books 2025 Bingo: A book in translation Hildur Rúnarsdóttir is a police investigator on Iceland’s harsh and rather sparsely populated west coast. When she was only a child, her two younger sisters disappeared without a trace, and now she’s the head of the division for missing children in her part of the country. Her only remaining relative is her aunt, who she eats dinner with every Monday. Her aunt raised her after her parents died in a car accident about a year after her […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr17, contemporary fiction, family, Finnish author, Hildur, Iceland, Malin, murder, mystery, Satu Rämö, The Clues in the Fjord, translated fiction

Malin's CBR17 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr17, contemporary fiction, family, Finnish author, Hildur, Iceland, Malin, murder, mystery, Satu Rämö, The Clues in the Fjord, translated fiction ·
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A Masterclass In Gaslighting

I Need You To Read This by Jessa Maxwell

December 22, 2024 by finnyfinfinn Leave a Comment

Kudos to Maxwell for creating such an intensely uneasy atmosphere. Halfway through I was convinced most of the characters were imaginary, maybe the events happening weren’t happening, am I even reading this book? By the time I was about to roar through the last 100 pages I was questioning whether I was imaginary. We begin with the brutal murder of beloved advice columnist Francis Keen. Less than a year later the crime remains unsolved but her position as the beloved ‘Dear Constance’ writer needs to […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: advice columnists, Jessa Maxwell, murder, mystery, thriller

finnyfinfinn's CBR16 Review No:26 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: advice columnists, Jessa Maxwell, murder, mystery, thriller ·
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1960’s noir, an art heist, dark family secrets, vintage cars, and loads of sex

Tenebroso by thesehands

October 26, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Tenebroso by thesehands Ronan was a portent, an omen, a sign that Adam might be in real danger; Declan had sent the most dangerous person he knew to protect him. ― thesehands, Tenebroso As he lay in Adam’s arms, Ronan noted the differences between what he remembered and what he currently felt. Adam was not as bony as he used to be, no longer elongated with the awkward stretch of adolescence. He was warmer than Ronan’s memories, perhaps only because he was real and tangible […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: 1960s America, art heist, bdsm, cbr16bingo, child abuse, family secrets, fanfic, fanfiction, FBI agents, gay romance, kink, lgbtq characters, LGBTQ romance, lost love, Maggie Stiefvater, murder, queer romance, The Raven Cycle, thesehands, torture, vintage cars, Vintage Noir

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:82 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: 1960s America, art heist, bdsm, cbr16bingo, child abuse, family secrets, fanfic, fanfiction, FBI agents, gay romance, kink, lgbtq characters, LGBTQ romance, lost love, Maggie Stiefvater, murder, queer romance, The Raven Cycle, thesehands, torture, vintage cars, Vintage Noir ·
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What can I say that hasn’t already been said?

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

September 27, 2024 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

The Story: the narrator (Richard, although his name is used so rarely that I kept forgetting what it was) leaves an unhappy existence in California to attend the small, private Hampden College in Vermont. There, he decides to study Greek under an enigmatic professor, Julian, alongside a small, elitist group of other Classics students: cold and intellectual Henry, anxious hypochondriac Francis, twins Charles and Camilla (I wish I could find descriptors for these other than “twin,” but unfortunately they’re both very thinly drawn), and Bunny, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Ancient Greece, college life, Donna Tartt, murder, New England, secret history

Ellesfena's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Ancient Greece, college life, Donna Tartt, murder, New England, secret history ·
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Charlotte Holmes is accused of murder

A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas

August 18, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: the latest or last book in a series CBR16 Bingo: fan fiction This is book 8 in the series, and really not a good place to begin. Start with A Study in Scarlet Women. Charlotte Holmes, more used to solving murder mysteries, now finds herself questioned by the police, the main suspect in the murder of Lord Bancroft Ashburton. Inspector Threadles is concerned for her, but needn’t have worried, Ms Holmes isn’t going to let something as tiresome as […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A Ruse of Shadows, audiobook, CBR16, cbr16bingo, fan fiction, historical fiction, Kate Reading, Lady Sherlock, Malin, murder, mystery, romantic, Sherry Thomas, Smart Bitches, Victorian

Malin's CBR16 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A Ruse of Shadows, audiobook, CBR16, cbr16bingo, fan fiction, historical fiction, Kate Reading, Lady Sherlock, Malin, murder, mystery, romantic, Sherry Thomas, Smart Bitches, Victorian ·
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“That was what it meant to have power, wasn’t it? You could simply destroy that which didn’t serve you.”

Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb

July 28, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR16 Bingo: Rage – Roz and her friends rage against the machine, trying to make a change in the very workings of their city-state. In a city-state where there is a sharp class divide between those blessed by the saints and those without magic, ex-lovers Roz and Damian must work together to uncover the identity of a ritual murderer. I don’t read as much fantasy as I used to nowadays – certainly I don’t read much YA fantasy anymore, especially from authors I am unfamiliar […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, cbr16bingo, M.K. Lobb, murder, mystery, NetGalley, Romance

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:80 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, cbr16bingo, M.K. Lobb, murder, mystery, NetGalley, Romance ·
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