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Entertaining enough, but disappointing

Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz

January 18, 2020 by KimMiE" 2 Comments

 Warning: While I try to avoid any outright spoilers, you might want to skip this review if you are planning on reading this novel. Summary: I found Moriarty entertaining enough, but compared to the fabulous House of Silk, it’s downright disappointing. Kind of like how Cars would be a decent enough animated movie from any other studio, but from the studio that created Toy Story, WALL-E, and The Incredibles, you’re like “Lame, Pixar.” Now, the review: I’m sitting in a little Japanese restaurant eating my lunch, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #remix, Anthony Horowitz, cbr12, classic retelling, KimMiE", mystery, Sherlock Holmes

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #remix, Anthony Horowitz, cbr12, classic retelling, KimMiE", mystery, Sherlock Holmes ·
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When reading replaces all of your plans for the weekend

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

January 18, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

I picked up The Family Upstairs one morning intending to read a few pages to see what it was like. I put it back down again 200 pages later only to go to sleep, and the carried on in the same fashion the next day. Libby has just turned 25 and has inherited a house in Chelsea from the family she never knew – as a baby she’d been found in a crib with the bodies of her birth parents and another adult apparently dead […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: family business, Fiction, Lisa Jewell, mystery

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: family business, Fiction, Lisa Jewell, mystery ·
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“Men are everywhere. If I ran away from here, there would be more men all over the world.”

Dead Girls by Abigail Tarttelin

January 15, 2020 by narfna 5 Comments

Wow. I tell you what, wow. That’s a reference to the 1997 animated film Anastasia that I am pulling out now as a special occasion, because this book deserves it. I mean, wow. So before I get to why I’m wowing all over this review, the plot: It’s spring 1999 in a small English countryside village. Eleven year-old Thera and Billie have been best friends (“best, true, forever friends”) since before they were even born. Thera and Billy are imaginative, playful, and clever, and right […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: 1999, abigail tarttelin, dead girls, horror, mystery, narfna, Suspense

narfna's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: 1999, abigail tarttelin, dead girls, horror, mystery, narfna, Suspense ·
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Eastern Promises

The Blood-Red Dream by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)

January 15, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

A reminder that lost classics are usually “lost” for a reason. When I read Act of Fear a few months ago, I was so excited to discover a new series. A character heavily inspired by Ross Macdonald’s Lew Archer but set in New York City. I never expected these books to rise to the level of Macdonald’s work but I thought they would scratch the itch. They do not. Instead, I’m reminded of why I don’t often read a full series of books, especially mysteries. While Macdonald […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Dan Fortune, Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds), mystery, The Blood-Red Dream, Ukraine

Jake's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Dan Fortune, Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds), mystery, The Blood-Red Dream, Ukraine ·
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Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White

January 15, 2020 by Melina Leave a Comment

        Such a Perfect Wife is about the abduction and murder of Shannon Blaine…and then it isn’t…at all. True Crime writer Bailey Weggins comes to Lake George to write about the unfolding mystery of the disappearance and possible death of Shannon Blaine, 34, gorgeous, wife, mother, and physically fit runner. She disappears while running, which is why I don’t run. I kid, I kid. I don’t run because I ran so much in high school sports my knees are shot. And no, […]

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr12, kate white, Melina, mystery, such a perfect wife

Melina's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr12, kate white, Melina, mystery, such a perfect wife ·
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Sis Boom Bah

Dare Me by Megan Abbott

January 13, 2020 by Jake 1 Comment

I wanted to read this one in advance of watching the new show, which I’ll now make every available effort to do because the book itself would make for a good translation to visual media. And it helped me understand why I like Megan Abbott so much. I’ve been going through Abbott’s catalogue for most of the last few years but it wasn’t until I read Dare Me that I realized why I like her so much. Abbott is a very sensual writer. She’s good at filling […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Cheerleading, Dare Me, megan abbott, mystery, Suspense

Jake's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Cheerleading, Dare Me, megan abbott, mystery, Suspense ·
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