Cannonball Read 15

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search This Site

| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Twitter
  3. Follow us on Instagram
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • About
    • Getting Started
    • Rules of Respect
    • CBR15 Passport Book Challenge
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Sign Up
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media
> FAQ Home
> Tag: private detective

Lord save me from a sad sack narrator.

Magic For Liars by Sarah Gailey

May 18, 2021 by narfna 6 Comments

The premise here is: What if your sibling went to magic school and you’re a muggle? And what if you’re a private detective hired to solve a murder at a magic school? Both of these are intriguing separately. Together, I could not resist this book. Unfortunately, I did not like it nearly as much as I wanted to. Parts of it were stellar, and parts of it absolutely did not work for me. Our narrator is Ivy Gamble, a struggling private detective whose twin sister […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, contemporary fantasy, Magic for Liars, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, private detective, Sarah Gailey, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR13 Review No:43 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, contemporary fantasy, Magic for Liars, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, private detective, Sarah Gailey, Urban Fantasy ·
Rating:
· 6 Comments

Love triangles, magic, and murder

Grave Visions by Kalayna Price

Grave Ransom by Kalayna Price

December 30, 2019 by teresaelectro 3 Comments

It’s official. I’m totally hooked on Kalayna Price’s Alex Craft series. This was a given after I reviewed books 1-3. The follow-ups, Grave Visions, and Grave Ransom did not disappoint. Alex Craft is a grave witch. Her magic skill allows her to interact with the plane of the dead. She can see talk to ghosts and shades, which are manifestations of a dead person’s memory. Talking to the dead is quite handy if they’ve been murdered. Alex opens a private detective firm with her best friend […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alex Craft, book five, book four, fae, Faerie, ghosts, grave ransom, grave visions, Grave Witch, Kalayna Price, kidnapping, magic, paranormal romance, private detective, Series, supernatural detective, Urban Fantasy, witches

teresaelectro's CBR11 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alex Craft, book five, book four, fae, Faerie, ghosts, grave ransom, grave visions, Grave Witch, Kalayna Price, kidnapping, magic, paranormal romance, private detective, Series, supernatural detective, Urban Fantasy, witches ·
Rating:
· 3 Comments

The Game’s Afoot (Bingo)

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

August 3, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars #CBR11 Book Club: Classics Spoiler Warning! There WILL be mild spoilers for the plot of this story (which is from 1887, so you know, if you wanted to know the details, you’ve had enough time to look them up or just read the damn story). This is also the Cannonball Book Club selection for August, so I’m going to assume that most people who are interested in participating will read the book before then. If, however, you have NOT read the book yet, maybe […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: 19th century, A study in scarlet, adapted into TV and film, cannonball book club reads classics, cbr11, cbr11bingo, classics, historical fiction, Malin, mystery, private detective, sir arthur conan doyle

Malin's CBR11 Review No:59 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: 19th century, A study in scarlet, adapted into TV and film, cannonball book club reads classics, cbr11, cbr11bingo, classics, historical fiction, Malin, mystery, private detective, sir arthur conan doyle ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Alex Craft, Witch Detective

Grave Witch by Kalayna Price

Grave Dance by Kalayna Price

Grave Memory by Kalayna Price

June 24, 2019 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

As soon as I saw Grave Witch by Kalayna Price in The Ripped Bodice bookstore, I knew I’d probably love it. The series is about Alex Craft, a grave witch who consults with the Nekros police. Her grave magic allows her to raise shades. Not to be confused with ghosts, shades take the form of the body just before it died and contain the soul’s memory. This is a pretty handy skill to have the victim’s shade testify in their own murder case. Grieving relatives hire […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: CBR 11, fae, Grave Dance, grave magic, Grave Memory, Grave Witch, Kalayna Price, magic, paranormal romance, private detective, supernatural creatures, Urban Fantasy, witches

teresaelectro's CBR11 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: CBR 11, fae, Grave Dance, grave magic, Grave Memory, Grave Witch, Kalayna Price, magic, paranormal romance, private detective, supernatural creatures, Urban Fantasy, witches ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

A fun, but forgettable detective romp

What the Lady Wants by Jennifer Crusie

June 20, 2019 by Malin 2 Comments

From Goodreads: Mitch Peabody was learning pretty fast that the life of a private detective was nothing like the movies. He’d envisioned a world of tough-talking detectives and smart-mouthed, stunning dames. Instead he saw case after case of cheating husbands, suspicious wives and unsuspecting mistresses until she walked through the door. Right down to her stilettos, Mae Sullivan was a knockout with a lethal body–and a lethal family to go with it.  There was something not quite on the up-and-up about her, but she came […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr11, Contemporary Romance, jennifer crusie, Malin, mystery, private detective, What the Lady Wants

Malin's CBR11 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr11, Contemporary Romance, jennifer crusie, Malin, mystery, private detective, What the Lady Wants ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

#CBR10Bingo: Award Winner – Malin reads another book she’s owned for many years (Bingo #8)

November 23, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR10Bingo: Award Winner (LA Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller 2013 and an Anthony Award for Best Audio Book in 2014) Supermodel Lula Landry topples from her third floor balcony and cracks her head open on the snow-covered pavement far below. Strangely, the paparazzi that were surrounding her apartment building earlier in the evening were nowhere to be seen when it happened. After careful investigation, the police rule the death a suicide, although the tabloids have all manner of conspiracy theories, the most popular being that she […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #CBR10, adapted into TV, Award Winner, cbr10bingo, cormoran strike, J.K. Rowling, Malin, mystery, private detective, Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling

Malin's CBR10 Review No:100 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #CBR10, adapted into TV, Award Winner, cbr10bingo, cormoran strike, J.K. Rowling, Malin, mystery, private detective, Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments
  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • Mrs. Julien on Trigger warning. Also, spoilers.What a magnificent review! Wow.
  • Malin on Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? Sexy, sexy, snakes!Love the title of your review! The rest of the review is also entertaining, but your title actually made me snigger out loud.
  • ingres77 on Trigger warning. Also, spoilers.You're welcome! Glad it's worked for you so far.
  • Charlotte on Dragon snifflesThanks so much for reviewing Roar-Choo! Glad you enjoyed the story and I completely agree that Dan Santat did a wonderful job. If you'd like...
  • MsWas on Nancy wins!Glad you liked it, Nancy Drew rules!
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2023 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in