Cannonball Read 18

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Girl, Forgotten

Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter

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For some time now, I have been recommended Karin Slaughter as an author whose work I would thoroughly enjoy. Known for her slow burn thrillers, one of her most recent works, Pieces of Her, was adapted into a limited Netflix series. I didn’t know this when I picked up Girl, Forgotten, and thankfully it wasn’t necessary to have read the previous book as this book is only tangentially related to Pieces. The novel follows Andrea Oliver, a newly graduated US Marshal and daughter of Laura […]

A Rose by Any Other Name

Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent

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As a big Modesty Blaise fan, I’ve always enjoyed Peter O’Donnell’s writing ability and reread his 15 Modesty books every couple of years. Imagine my surprise from his obituary to discover that he wrote gothic historic romances under the name “Madeleine Brent.” Merlin’s Keep (named after the birds and not the wizard) won the Romantic Novel of the Year for 1978. While I’ve probably never read a gothic historic romance in my life, I ordered several of his romances and started with Merlin’s Keep (because […]



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