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January 2024 Leftovers

The Battle of Hastings: The Fall of the Anglo-Saxons and the Rise of the Normans by Jim Bradbury

Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block

Charlesgate Confidential by Scott von Doviak

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell

The Trouble With Peace by Joe Abercrombie

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

February 4, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

A lot of folks said this month was slow but I thought it flew by… The Battle of Hastings: The Fall of the Anglo-Saxons and the Rise of the Normans *** Bit too stuffy and academic but gave me a great outline as to the importance of the Battle and its outcomes. Time to Murder and Create **** This is the second time I’ve come out of a Matthew Scudder re-read with a better impression than the first time I read it. How it bodes for the […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: #Bernard Cornwell, #fantasy, art theft, Boston, Charlesgate Confidential, England, hard case crime, historical fiction, Jim Bradbury, joe abercrombie, Jorg Ancrath, lawrence block, LGBTQIA, London, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Scudder, Monica Heisey, mystery, New York City, Prince of Thorns, Really Good Actually, royalty, Scott Von Doviak, Sword Song, The Age of Madness, The Battle of Hastings, The Broken Empire, The Last Kingdom, The Trouble with Peace, Time to Murder and Create, Toronto, Uthred, Vermeer, war, William the Conqueror

Jake's CBR16 Review No:13 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: #Bernard Cornwell, #fantasy, art theft, Boston, Charlesgate Confidential, England, hard case crime, historical fiction, Jim Bradbury, joe abercrombie, Jorg Ancrath, lawrence block, LGBTQIA, London, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Scudder, Monica Heisey, mystery, New York City, Prince of Thorns, Really Good Actually, royalty, Scott Von Doviak, Sword Song, The Age of Madness, The Battle of Hastings, The Broken Empire, The Last Kingdom, The Trouble with Peace, Time to Murder and Create, Toronto, Uthred, Vermeer, war, William the Conqueror ·
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Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block

September 2, 2019 by Jake 1 Comment

About ten years ago, I spent a summer working an internship and living with three other people. During the week, I bided time until the weekend, when I could go hang out with my then girlfriend, who lived about an hour away. But until then, there wasn’t much to do where I was at and the four of us were all broke interns. So I killed time reading and doing other stuff. The job I was at had a cart full of random books. One […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: lawrence block, Matthew Scudder, mystery, New York City, Time to Murder and Create

Jake's CBR11 Review No:88 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: lawrence block, Matthew Scudder, mystery, New York City, Time to Murder and Create ·
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