Reviews by Kathleen C. (Cockeysville, MD)

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The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant
by Liza Tully
Fun multi-generational mystery (3/5/2025)
Oliva is a young mystery reader who is eager to prove herself to her new boss, an older & successful detective. Olivia soon learns that reading mysteries doesn't necessarily translate into skills for the job but she does have enthusiasm and a very focused attitude. Thismore
Raising Hare: A Memoir
by Chloe Dalton
Who knew how much I would love the story of a hare? (1/20/2025)
An engrossing and beautifully written account of a young hare (a leveret) found while the author was on a country walk. Chloe Dalton is conflicted as to whether to 'assist' the leveret but after allowing a number of hours pass and returning to find the leveret in the samemore
Beast of the North Woods: Monster Hunter Mysteries #3
by Annelise Ryan
Murder and the search for mythical creatures (11/29/2024)
A fun and not too cozy mystery series featuring Morgan Carter as a cryptozoologist who owns a specialty book & oddities shop. She frequently becomes in involved in solving mysteries involving the possibility of mythical creatures. This third installment involves Rita,more
Pony Confidential
by Christina Lynch
Humor and a Pony (6/13/2024)
Thanks to NetGalley, BookBrowse, and Berkley Publishers for a copy of Pony Confidential in exchange for an honest review.

Pony Confidential is a thoughtful, touching, suspenseful murder mystery which uses laugh out loud humor in describing fantastical animal adventures, andmore
The Funeral Cryer: A Novel
by Wenyan Lu
Quiet character study in rural china (2/19/2024)
Thanks to BookBrowse and NetGalley for the advanced reader's copy of this book.

The Funeral Cryer is a quiet, contemplative character study of a woman in her forties living in rural China. She has been raised with traditional expectations of her life and is accepting of hermore
The Day Tripper: A Novel
by James Goodhand
Time Travel and Hope (12/7/2023)
The Day Tripper is a time travel novel. Alex Dean, age 20, suffers a serious injury and begins to experience waking up each day to a seemingly random day in his future. His circumstances are not what he had hoped for his life or for those he cares about. Can good decisions,more
Wild and Distant Seas: A Novel
by Tara Karr Roberts
In Search of Family (10/20/2023)
Beautifully written story of four generations of women which begins in Nantucket and travels across continents to come full circle. Each woman has a unique gift of interacting with the world while pursuing the memories and connections of her family in a search for identity.

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The Witches at the End of the World
by Chelsea Iversen
Sisters and witchcraft (7/29/2023)
A wonderfully immersive story of two sisters, Kaija and Minna, who cope with childhood trauma and a legacy of witchcraft in a world not always kind to those who are different. The sisters will experience the repercussions of actions done in anger. Tragedy occurs as well asmore
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