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“My father told me once that the most important thing every man should know is what he would die for.”

Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #3) by Tana French

December 30, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was even better the second time. I think this might actually be the most balanced of all the books, in terms of tragedy vs. hope. In the Woods is just tragic all around, as is Broken Harbour, and The Likeness is still too full of Cassie’s grief over her partnership/friendship with Rob, and with what happens in the actual book, for it to feel much like a win when she gets proposed to by Sam. But here, devastating things happen to Frank (happened to Frank 22 years before), […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Detective Fiction, dublin murder squad, faithful place, mystery, narfna, re-read, Tana French

narfna's CBR11 Review No:158 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Detective Fiction, dublin murder squad, faithful place, mystery, narfna, re-read, Tana French ·
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The second book in this metafictional British detective series.

The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne, #2) by Anthony Horowitz

December 30, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

Overall thoughts: *I read this really fast, and it was a fun read, what with “Anthony” being so frustrated at being behind Hawthorne in figuring out what was going on, and in his capacity as a real-life writer where we get fun glimpses into the behind the scenes life of someone who makes art and rubs shoulders with famous people but isn’t really all that famous himself. *I am still puzzled by Horowitz’s fictional but supposedly real detective. What is his deal? By that I […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Anthony Horowitz, British, Detective Fiction, hawthorne, meta, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, The Sentence is Death

narfna's CBR11 Review No:155 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Anthony Horowitz, British, Detective Fiction, hawthorne, meta, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, The Sentence is Death ·
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So. Much. Drowning.

Into The Water by Paula Hawkins

December 30, 2019 by kella Leave a Comment

I felt just ok about Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train, so I expected similar results from this book. I think my low expectations helped me enjoy this more than I thought I would (not MUCH more, but still, every little bit counts?). Into The Water is set in a small town in England that is home to the Drowning Pool, a section of river that has seen the deaths of many women over the years – some by murder, some by suicide. The story […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Fiction, into the water, murder, mystery, Paula Hawkins

kella's CBR11 Review No:55 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Fiction, into the water, murder, mystery, Paula Hawkins ·
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“Breakfast with the Borgias.”

A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple, #7) by Agatha Christie

December 30, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

This one was really good! I think it might be my favorite of the Miss Marple books I’ve read so far, which is about half of them. (Until now I liked A Murder is Announced the best, because it had so much of Miss Marple in it, but this one barely features her at all, and it was quite good, so who knows what my standards even are anymore.) This is one of her infamous nursery rhyme mysteries (I think she did three or four […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: a pocketful of rye, agatha christie, British, miss marple, mystery, narfna, richard e. grant

narfna's CBR11 Review No:144 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: a pocketful of rye, agatha christie, British, miss marple, mystery, narfna, richard e. grant ·
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Do You Wanna Know?

The Silent Scream by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)

December 28, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

Making my way through the Dan Fortune series and while I’m not sure “Dennis Lynds” (Michael Collins’ pen name for these books) is going to improve these like I initially hoped he would after greatly enjoying book one, he’s at least showing signs that he can grow. This is thematically similar to the other Dan Fortune novels I’ve read, and the Lew Archer ones the series inspired: the private eye gets involved in the nefarious deeds of a well-off family and has to untangle them. […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Dan Fortune, Dennis Lynds, Michael Collins, mystery, The Silent Scream

Jake's CBR11 Review No:139 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Dan Fortune, Dennis Lynds, Michael Collins, mystery, The Silent Scream ·
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“Mors irrumat omnia. Death fucks us all.”

Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo

December 28, 2019 by narfna 2 Comments

I don’t know, I kind of feel like my brain has been hit by a tornado. This book was a lot. In a good way. But still, a lot. I’m not quite sure I’ve finished processing, but I definitely enjoyed the ride. This is just going to be one of those books that will sit in my brain and sort of gel there, and then eventually I’ll read it again and everything will just click. I’ll probably up my rating to five stars; I usually […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, alex stern, horror, Leigh Bardugo, mystery, narfna, ninth house

narfna's CBR11 Review No:140 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, alex stern, horror, Leigh Bardugo, mystery, narfna, ninth house ·
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