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The bonds of war are powerful and deadly

Bonded in Death by J. D. Robb

July 2, 2025 by booklovingchica 1 Comment

The latest book in J.D. Robb’s futuristic In Death series, Bonded in Death, centers on a dapper Italian man whose story began decades earlier during the Urban War. Giovanni Rossi is found poisoned to death in the back of a limo. He is clutching Eve Dallas’ business card which has a cryptic note on the back.  Eve Dallas soon discovers that the message references The Twelve, a secret group of freedom fighters who were instrumental in ending the Urban War in Europe.  The threat ties […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #mystery, future, J.D. Robb, thriller

booklovingchica's CBR17 Review No:2 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #mystery, future, J.D. Robb, thriller ·
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When Fiction Gets A Little Too Real

Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry

September 26, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

Good Girls Don’t Die follows three characters—Celia, Allie, and Maggie—who find themselves in strange situations that seem to be the sort of scenarios you would find in novels that the characters happen to be fans of.  Some background around what the characters read is provided at the start of each chapter, via message board-looking posts where book genres are discussed.  The book is split into four parts, with the first three sections following one of the women as she tries to figure out what is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: #mystery, Christina Henry, Fiction, Good Girls Don't Die, horror, three genres in one, what is going on?

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: #mystery, Christina Henry, Fiction, Good Girls Don't Die, horror, three genres in one, what is going on? ·
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My Murder: spoilers at the end of review

My Murder by Katie Williams

January 21, 2024 by donttrustthe_bea 4 Comments

mood music: invasion – Eisley My Murder is a fast-paced, science fiction mystery that immediatley drew me in. I was not familiar with the author, Katie Williams, before picking this up but I will continue to read her work as I enjoyed this novel with the exception of the ending. And the ending wasn’t necessarily bad, I just think it could have been better. I will be including spoilers at the end of this review, but the majority of this will be a brief synopsis and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #mystery, #Science Fiction, female lead, female-centric thrillers, Katie Williams

donttrustthe_bea's CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #mystery, #Science Fiction, female lead, female-centric thrillers, Katie Williams ·
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Crocodile on the Sandbank, by Elizabeth Peters

Death (and other Nonsense) on the Nile

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

December 8, 2022 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

My mom and I shared a love of Ancient Egypt, mythology and archaeology. She was a big fan of Elizabeth Peters mysteries, and I have had a few of the paperbacks from her mystery novel collection buried in my to-read piles for years. I finally decided to dig them out and give Peters a try. The first novel in the series, Crocodile on the Sandbank, introduces readers to her Victorian-era heroine, Amelia Peabody. Amelia is a no-nonsense, feisty woman who has also inherited an interest […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: #cozymystery, #mystery, ancient Egypt, Egyptology, elizabeth peters, Victorian era

xoxoxoe's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: #cozymystery, #mystery, ancient Egypt, Egyptology, elizabeth peters, Victorian era ·
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A Whole Cast of Jessica Fletchers

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

October 13, 2022 by xoxoxoe 3 Comments

In The Thursday Murder Club a group of retirees gather weekly to solve puzzles and mysteries – courtesy of a friend who has retired from the police force and who has a pile of unsolved cold cases to amuse and intrigue them. The story is told from more than one viewpoint and the reader is given the choice to read between the lines of some accounts, or to consider the reliability of the narrator. The Club soon evolves from being armchair detectives to the real thing […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #britishmystery, #murdermystery, #mystery, cosy mystery, Richard Osman, the thursday murder club

xoxoxoe's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #britishmystery, #murdermystery, #mystery, cosy mystery, Richard Osman, the thursday murder club ·
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The Girl on the Train saw the Woman in the Window was the Last House Guest

The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda

March 8, 2022 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

I picked up this book at my favorite thrift and was excited to read it as I had read another Megan Miranda book, All the Missing Girls, and I really enjoyed it. But when I started reading through the first couple chapters of Last House Guest, I realized Miranda has a particular style of writing that she uses in in her books. I immediately recognized the plot beats, the similar use of flashback, the breadcrumbs left at the end of each chapter. I was left […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: #mystery, Fiction, Megan Miranda, thriller

donttrustthe_bea's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: #mystery, Fiction, Megan Miranda, thriller ·
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