It’s that time of year again, when I decide to check in on Lt. Eve Dallas and her unbelievably wealthy and gorgeous husband Roarke. Just like a long-running TV show with characters and a setting I enjoy, these books are perfect vacation reading for me. Salvation in Death – 3.5 stars – A Catholic priest is poisoned with sacramental wine during the funeral of one of the communities best-loved senior citizens. There are tons of witnesses and initially, it seems impossible that anyone could have anything […]
Though virtue is not a word I’d apply to this situation
Guys. This book was super depressing. I read it fairly quickly, but it was gloomy and I was already feeling sort of gloomy so I’m not sure I really enjoyed it. It was, however, that it was well-written and engaging. I just don’t know that I’ll read more. The world is bleak enough without spending my leisure time depressing the hell out of myself. This novel is a compelling murder mystery with great characters, and I found myself growing more and more invested in solving […]
Pretty 1%ers doing terrible things in gorgeous villas
A house party turns a millionaire’s hacienda hideaway into a crime scene in this classic detective novel from an Edgar Award–winning Grand Master. If actual wealthy people died at the rate that they do in murder mystery novels, we would be down to one Kardashian. My bet is on the short scrappy one. Ellery is a writer maybe? Gentleman playboy? Private Eye? Not sure, don’t care. It’s summer in New York and Queen and his buddy, retired Judge McClain (I kept picturing Bruce Willis from […]
Babes in the Wood
I put off reading this book for months and months. I’d heard it was absolutely terrifying, and I’m a fraidy-cat. It wasn’t terrifying. It also wasn’t worth the wait. The narrator, a woman named Leonora (Nora), is a writer living alone in London. Like every young, single female protagonist in every mystery that’s been published in the past 10 years or so, Nora’s hiding a dark secret from her past, something that will be slowly revealed throughout the course of the novel. She heads to […]
Hades Hath No Fury
This is the second Hilary Tamar mystery I’ve read. Just like the last one, this one was endlessly entertaining and charming. The Hilary Tamar mysteries revolve around a group of five young barristers in London and their mentor, Professor Tamar. In this one, all five barristers are involved in a probate hearing for a large, wealthy family. The mystery happens when a member of that family is found dead, having either fallen off a roof, jumped, or been pushed. When another family member is lost […]
The worst road trip since Crossroads
We all know the story. Boy meets girl, boy falls for girl based on no discernible criteria, girl isn’t interested, boy knocks girl out, stuffs her in a suitcase and holds her captive on a deranged road trip. Teo Alevar lives in Rio de Janiero with his disabled mother and her dog. A med student, his best and only friend is a cadaver named Gertrude. He’s not interested in other people, and doesn’t think he’s capable of love until he meets Clarice. And thus begins […]
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