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“Do geese see God?”

A Line to Kill (Hawthorne and Horowitz, #3) by Anthony Horowitz

July 22, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I didn’t realize how in the mood I was for the vibes this series gives off. I read this book so fast. There’s something so strange yet so compelling about Horowitz’s fictional detective, Hawthorne, who continues to be unlikable, baffling (to us the readers, and to his “biographer,” a fictional version of Horowitz himself), contradictory, and yet he gets the job done, thwarting both reader’s desires and the fictional character Hawthorne in the process. It’s strange, but it works. This third pairing of the duo […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: a line to kill, Anthony Horowitz, meta, mystery, narfna, the author is a character, writing about writing

narfna's CBR14 Review No:111 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: a line to kill, Anthony Horowitz, meta, mystery, narfna, the author is a character, writing about writing ·
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Daughter of the Texas Sun

Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen

July 21, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

This is getting the thinnest of four-star ratings. I’m giving it all the first-time author grace I can. I loved Samantha Jayne Allen’s sense of place. Her Texas is a real one that feels lived in. She’s very good at talking about the struggles of the locals without pandering (unlike, say, Stephen Markley’s Ohio which basically screamed “(Bad thing X happened because the locals were ravaged by the opioid crisis!”on every page). If this series runs long, I could see her building up on it more […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Annie McIntyre, mystery, Pay Dirt Road, Samantha Jayne Allen, Texas

Jake's CBR14 Review No:121 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Annie McIntyre, mystery, Pay Dirt Road, Samantha Jayne Allen, Texas ·
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I’d Pay So Much to See this as a Movie

The Change by Kirsten Miller

July 18, 2022 by Ale 2 Comments

When picking up the actual book I ordered at the library, I was lured in by their “new releases” display. The book jacket of The Change promised some menopause-induced magic, a murder mystery, and three bada** women taking down some powerful men on the backdrop of a coastal New  York town. So of course I picked it up, and it was an absolutely delightful ride. Harriet, Nessa, and Jo are three women in their 50s going through a rough time. Harriet’s husband leaves her for a […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: aging, cbr14bingo, Kirsten Miller, menopause, murder, mystery, shadow, speculative, women

Ale's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Mystery, Speculative Fiction · Tags: aging, cbr14bingo, Kirsten Miller, menopause, murder, mystery, shadow, speculative, women ·
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Fires being stoked, both literal and figurative.

The Fatal Flame (Timothy Wilde, #3) by Lyndsay Faye

July 18, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I had this book out from the library so long they charged me for a replacement, and then I ended up buying a used copy anyway (I did return the library book, which was an Interlibrary Loan, whoops). Should have just done that from the beginning! Oh, well. I would have bought it eventually anyway, because this is a really good series and I will be revisiting it some time in the future, and also I have to complete my Lyndsay Faye book collection (gotta […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: historical fiction, historical mystery, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, The Fatal Flame, timothy wilde

narfna's CBR14 Review No:109 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: historical fiction, historical mystery, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, The Fatal Flame, timothy wilde ·
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It’s been two months, and I’m still thinking about this one.

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

July 17, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It has not affected the content of my review. I requested this on a whim last week after I happened to see it on NetGalley, and only the day before a YouTuber I just started watching had gotten a physical ARC. It sounded interesting, and I’ve been (weirdly and uncharacteristically) gravitating towards creepy and horror-type books in the last six months. This hit the spot for me. I was a bit nervous because the early reviews […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: ARCs, audiobooks, Hidden Pictures, horror, Jason Rekulak, mystery, narfna, suzy jackson, thriller

narfna's CBR14 Review No:108 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: ARCs, audiobooks, Hidden Pictures, horror, Jason Rekulak, mystery, narfna, suzy jackson, thriller ·
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Not quite my cup of tea this time around

An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Raybourn

July 4, 2022 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars First of all, this is book 7 in an ongoing series. I would not recommend that a new reader start here. The first book in the series is A Curious Beginning. Now for the official book description, because my memory is like a sieve: London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau Stoker are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. He has a personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. After years of traveling the world, her […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: An Impossible Impostor, cbr14, Deanna Raybourn, historical fiction, Malin, mystery, Romance, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian

Malin's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: An Impossible Impostor, cbr14, Deanna Raybourn, historical fiction, Malin, mystery, Romance, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian ·
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