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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2478 KP) rated Murder on Devil’s Pond in Books

Jul 11, 2024  
Murder on Devil’s Pond
Murder on Devil’s Pond
Ayla Rose | 2024 | Mystery
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Murder of the Town Recluse
Hannah Solace has returned to her small town in Vermont to help her sister run a B&B. The only person she’s really reconnect with is Ezra Grayson, the town’s eighty-year-old recluse that most people want to see sell the house he’s lived in most of his life. Then Hannah finds his dead body on the pond that borders the B&B. When she finds herself on the suspect list, Hannah begins to investigate. Is his death related to a secret from the past? Or was one of his heirs, who are staying at the B&B, too impatient to inherit?

I’ll admit, it took me a couple of chapters to fully get pulled into this new world, but once it did, I was fully hooked. The mystery is complex with a variety of motives. I figured one thing out early, but the rest, including the killer, kept me guessing. The characters, including the suspects, grew more complex as I read as well. There are some relationships I’m looking forward to seeing explored further as the series goes along. The environmental themes are well done, and the recipe at the end sounds delicious. This book is a little more on the serious side for a cozy mystery, but as long as you know that going in, you’ll be fine. If you are looking for a new series you can dig into, you’ll be glad you picked up this book.
  
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Toxicity in Books

Jun 25, 2024  
T
Toxicity
Max Booth III | 2024
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
124 of 220
Booksirens arc
Toxicity
By Max Booth III
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Oh to be a fly on the wall ...
When Maddox Kane is released from prison, he has no idea what the world has become. His ex-wife’s hooked up with a heroin addict, his daughter’s busy burying dead bodies behind drugstores, and his brother’s being held prisoner by an abusive lot lizard named Jazzy. Plus, apparently, there’s a new drug out on the street called Purple, and it’s going to destroy the world. Or, at least, make you commit unspeakable acts against Zooey Deschanel.

I’m yet to read a book by this author that I don’t like. I think this one was the most “normal” of the ones I’ve read if that’s even possible. It’s certainly a lesson in Don’t do drugs kids! Also this little piggy will never be the same to me 😂 .
Please check trigger warnings as this definitely has them for everything although if you have to have trigger warnings the these books arnt for you.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
  
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Debbiereadsbook (1650 KP) rated Dead In The Shop (Grasmere Cottage Mystery #3) in Books

Oct 26, 2018  
Dead In The Shop (Grasmere Cottage Mystery #3)
Dead In The Shop (Grasmere Cottage Mystery #3)
Dahlia Donovan | 2018 | Contemporary, Crime, LGBTQ+
10
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
a very fitting end!!
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

This is book 3 in the trilogy, and you MUST read book one, Dead In The Garden, and book two, Dead In The Pond, before you read this one. They are NOT stand alone books and need to be read in order!

With Bishan in the hospital, Valor has to dig deep within himself to keep it together. When there is another murder, the police finally decide that they need to draw the murderer out. And Valor finds himself not only fighting for Bish, but for his life.

I have LOVED these three books, I really have! But I think you would get a better enjoyment if you read them back to back, not with several other books between each one, like I did! Just my personal opinion, though!

Again, only Valor has his say and I did miss Bishan and his off-on-tangents thing, so it would have been nice if they both had their say here, but it doesn't affect my rating , I'm just bloody greedy and always want more!

As always, with Ms Donovan's work, lots of giggles among the drama and murders and lots of lovely ways that show that Bishan and Valor really are perfect for each other.

Some surprises too, with that murder being front and centre, but some budding romances within the supporting cast!

The way it all went down with the murderer was a fitting end, and one I didn't see coming, so that's always good, being kept on your toes!

I shall miss these guys, along with all their friends and family, I really shall!

A very fitting . . . .

5 stars!

**same worded review will appear elsewhere**