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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2652 KP) rated Murder Past Due (Cat in the Stacks, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

When Charlie's high school rival, successful novelist Godfrey Priest, comes to down, Charlie isn't too thrilled. Godfrey was always an ego driven jerk, and time and success hasn't changed any of that. But when Godfrey is killed and Charlie finds the body, he starts poking around trying to figure out who did it.

This series debut had lots of twists to the plot, even in the first 100 pages. The characters were real and fresh right out of the gate as well. I truly felt for them. I can't wait to visit them with the next book in the series.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/02/book-review-murder-past-due-by-miranda.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2652 KP) rated Death of a Crabby Cook (Food Festival Mystery #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Darcy has taken a job helping her aunt in her San Francisco food truck. On her first day, Aunt Abby gets into an argument with the chef at a nearby restaurant who wants the food trucks, which he views as competition, gone. When he is murdered that night, Abby becomes the chief suspect.

This was a wonderful debut. The characters were real and fun to spend time with. I absolutely love how the romance is already progressing. The plot is strong with plenty of twists and turns that kept me guessing right until the very end. I'm already hungry for the sequel.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/08/book-review-death-of-crabby-cook-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Force of Nature in Books

Mar 17, 2018

Force of Nature

Jane Harper | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Thriller

7.0

(4 Ratings)

Book Rating

Slow burner, slightly disappointing

As a fan of Jane Harper's debut novel @The Dry, this definitely felt like a sub-par sequel. Detective Aaron Falks returns with another case in the Australian wilderness, this time following the disappearance of a woman who went on a work retreat in the outback but never came back.

Four of the women who went with her all have motives to want to see her gone, so Falks attempts to understand what secrets she may have had about them.

The story, as described, felt underwhelming even though I appreciate the straightforward simplicity of Harper's writing. There is no massive conspiracy similar to the first but it may have lacked too much in this instance.

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Milleen (47 KP) rated Holding in Books

Nov 14, 2018

Holding

Graham Norton | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

8.0

(5 Ratings)

Book Rating

This is a fine debut novel from the TV host. A body is unearthed in a small Irish village and PJ Collins, the local policeman, must dig through the characters’ past to find the killer. This is an exciting plot set against the humdrum of village life. The characters are believable in their mundanity, the tone of their conversation, peppered with occasional profanity, secrets and gossip, is a joy to read. The story is told with observational wit and flair but doesn’t rely too much on overplaying the Irish accent when reading. If you’re a fan of the author, I highly recommend listening to the audio version that’s available as Norton’s narration brings the characters to life, full of lilt and accent.