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Ya Drink Too Much

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block

October 26, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

My tour through Matthew Scudder’s New York continues. This is another solid entry in the series. I was a little concerned when I saw Matthew drinking at Armstrong’s and other places on the west side. It seemed to negate the ending of Eight Million Ways to Die. Was Block going to retcon everything or just pretend it didn’t happen? However, the reader soon realizes the whole time this is a flashback novel of something Matthew did in 1975, while he was still binge drinking. And while there’s […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: lawrence block, Matthew Scudder, mystery, New York City, When the Sacred Ginmill Closes

Jake's CBR11 Review No:113 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: lawrence block, Matthew Scudder, mystery, New York City, When the Sacred Ginmill Closes ·
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Stars Hollow meets the detective novel

Still Life by Louise Penny

October 24, 2019 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Still Life is the first Inspector Gamache novel in Louise Penny’s series, and for me it’s a backtrack- I started with the second novel, Dead Cold (alternate title: A Fatal Grace), back in February.  Still Life introduces us to all the main characters that show up in the later books, including the town of Three Pines and its close-knit community members.  (For such a quaint and friendly town, I get the feeling there are a lot murderers in Three Pines’ midst, if the length of […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: #detectivefiction, Canada, cbr11bingo, Louise Penny, mystery, pajiba, Still Life

Wanderlustful's CBR11 Review No:47 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: #detectivefiction, Canada, cbr11bingo, Louise Penny, mystery, pajiba, Still Life ·
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Short Stories Featuring Miss Marple Overall Delight

The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

October 24, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

I bought this book in paperback a while ago and though I had started some of the stories, I never got around to finishing it in one good. Not because I didn’t love it or anything, I just got busy with other books. I thought this was an overall great short story collection featuring Miss Marple and some familiar characters like her nephew Raymond West and her close friend Mrs. Dolly Bantry. The overall book is about how a group of people who get together […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: agatha christie, Miss Marple #2, mystery, The Thirteen Problems

Classic's CBR11 Review No:275 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: agatha christie, Miss Marple #2, mystery, The Thirteen Problems ·
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We Are Watchers, All of Us

Watchers by Dean Koontz

October 24, 2019 by Classic 1 Comment

Well damn, a Dean Koontz book made me cry. The last one that made me cry was “Odd Thomas.” This book hits me everywhere. Though I could have done without the whole ssnap guy (Vince) the rest of the book just works perfectly. I loved the characters (Travis and Nora) I fell in love with Einstein and also with everyone along the way who wanted to keep Einstein free. This book hits all the feels and I can see now why after the success of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Dean Koontz, horror, mystery, Watchers

Classic's CBR11 Review No:274 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Dean Koontz, horror, mystery, Watchers ·
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Wow! What A Fantastic Thriller

Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh

October 24, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Since I had to get this back to the library this week, I moved this up and am wrapping up my “Watchers” read as well. I have to say that I could not put this book down last night! It was insanely good and the twists I didn’t see coming well expertly done. I also like how Mackintosh plays with POVs via some of the narrative choices she chose. I thought this worked from beginning to end and I have to go back and read […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Clare Mackintosh, Let Me Lie, mystery, Suspense, thriller

Classic's CBR11 Review No:273 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Clare Mackintosh, Let Me Lie, mystery, Suspense, thriller ·
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British Mysteries

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

October 24, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

As I’ve said several times in these parts, I’m a bigger fan of the “whydunnit” than the “whodunnit.” The big reveal of the killer has never appealed much to me. I like to know what makes one person want to take the life of another. Murder is dismissed as a regular crime in fiction because of the prevalence of mystery novels but being an empathetic person, I need to have some sort of understanding as to the motivations of the players. My love of the […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: #Jackson Brodie, case histories, Kate Atkinson, mystery

Jake's CBR11 Review No:112 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: #Jackson Brodie, case histories, Kate Atkinson, mystery ·
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