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Neil Gaiman recommended Lud-in-the-Mist in Books (curated)

 
Lud-in-the-Mist
Lud-in-the-Mist
Hope Mirrlees | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
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Girl in Disguise
Girl in Disguise
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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In Macallister's second novel, she takes on telling the story of Kate Warne, America's (and maybe the world's) first female detective, who walked into the Pinkerton's Detective Agency in 1856 and insisted Pinkerton take her on as an agent. Find out what I thought of this historical fiction novel in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/03/03/becoming-the-first/
  
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Sweetheart (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, #2)
Chelsea Cain | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.2 (5 Ratings)
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Addictive sequel to Cain's "Heartsick" -- featuring serial killer Gretchen Lowell, detective Archie Sheridan, and reporter Susan Ward. Picks up shortly after the end of the first novel, with the intersection of a story Ward is pursuing and the ongoing twisted relationship of Archie and Gretchen. As with the first novel, hard to put down...
  
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Knots And Crosses in Books

Nov 9, 2017 (Updated Nov 9, 2017)  
Knots And Crosses
Knots And Crosses
Ian Rankin | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.0 (4 Ratings)
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Detective Rebus is totally clueless
From the outset it was completely obvious who was responsible for the murders and abductions and yet it took the entire novel for the detective to figure it out. I became rather frustrated with the character's various flaws which stopped him from solving the murder. I was told Ian Rankin has a good reputation for writing thrillers so slightly disappointed overall.