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Broken Promise
Broken Promise: A Thriller
by Linwood Barclay
A thrilling few days (7/3/2015)
Linwood Barclay's "Broken Promise" is a murder-mystery thriller that takes place over just a few days. The book is set at such a fast pace, that I read it in just a few days as well (and I usually like to read at a leisurely pace to soak in all the details), in fact with …more
The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride
by Yangsze Choo
Supernatural, history, and mystery come together (5/21/2015)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I'm glad I read it before the airline disasters that made the island that this book takes place on (though in a different time period) a household name. The protagonist is a true heroine, she rises above her culture and its constraints, …more
What Doesn't Kill Her
What Doesn't Kill Her: A Reeve LeClaire Series Novel
by Carla Norton
Fast Paced Action (5/7/2015)
This book was a very quick, easy, suspenseful, and fun read. The only regret I have is that I had not read the "prequel" or previous book about the same protagonist, by the same author ("The Edge of Normal"), so I knew there were things I was missing out on, such as an …more
The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell
The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell
by William Klaber
The Ruin of Joseph Lobdell (12/28/2014)
Although I enjoyed this book, and appreciate the research that went into it, I felt from the first page that Lucy Ann Lobdell was destined for a bad end, so I always had a sense of doom or worry hanging over me when I read it. It was enlightening to read how she first …more
Five
Five
by Ursula Archer
A geochache nightmare (10/21/2014)
I must love the macabre because I could not put this book down. I read it in the bathtub, I read it while I blow-dried my hair, I read it until I fell asleep. It inspired me to look at geochaching sites in my own neighborhood (maybe I will try a few). Before reading "Five" …more
The Lion Seeker
The Lion Seeker
by Kenneth Bonert
The Lion Seeker (7/16/2014)
I could not put this book down. I thoroughly enjoyed it from the first page to the ending. I loved how the author weaved very difficult time periods of history together, to unveil truths and half-truths that shaped not only the protagonist and her family and her children, …more
The Romanov Sisters
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
by Helen Rappaport
A very fine, is slightly dry, history of the Romanov's (6/11/2014)
I have to admit I had a hard time getting into this book, because it started far before the "Romonav" sisters - it started with the upbringing of their mother (and I accidently thought the prolougue, which was kind of dry was part of the actual book and that took me a …more
The Weight of Blood
The Weight of Blood
by Laura McHugh
A Study of the Ozarks (2/14/2014)
Laura McHugh paints a realistic view of the Ozarks, from the perspective of a young woman, of some privilege who has grown up in a particularly unwelcoming, scary town, but who is protected from its cruelties due to her family's stance. The young woman loves the beauty of …more
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