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Have you ever met a rich man somebody didn’t want to kill?

Hither, Page: Page and Sommers Book #1 by Cat Sebastian

April 11, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Probably he had the honest man’s instinctive distaste for subverting the course of justice. That was a luxury Leo never had. If only honest men knew how many lives had been saved with a bit of criminal conspiracy, they’d think it one of the cardinal virtues. ― Cat Sebastian, Hither, Page Leo Page and James Sommers end up in the same small English village in the years following WWII. James is a physician and he returned to the small village where he lived with his […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Romance Tagged With: A Village Murder, assassin, Cat Sebastian, english mystery, gay romance, historical fiction, low stakes, murder mystery, ptsd, queer romance, Quirky characters.

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:12 · Genres: Mystery, Romance · Tags: A Village Murder, assassin, Cat Sebastian, english mystery, gay romance, historical fiction, low stakes, murder mystery, ptsd, queer romance, Quirky characters. ·
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Imagine Glasgow, but Make It North America

Aubrey McKee by Alex Pugsley

July 7, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo North America Aubrey is the protagonist in this coming of age tale, set in the early ‘70s.  I was definitely getting Catcher in the Rye vibes, I have to admit.  The timing isn’t all that far off, only about a decade or so later, but the setting is a far grittier port city than New York ever was – Halifax, Nova Scotia. Aubrey and his friends wander through their high school years with probably more drugs and more female members of the pack but […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alex Pugsley, Canadian childhood, coming-of-age, Early '70s, Halifax, History appropriate drug use, Monster storms, Quirky characters.

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alex Pugsley, Canadian childhood, coming-of-age, Early '70s, Halifax, History appropriate drug use, Monster storms, Quirky characters. ·
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