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Magic, Mayhem & Murder (Manitoba Tea & Tarot Mysteries, #1)

January Bain

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Charm McCall, armed with a library full of Agatha Christie stories and her unique witchy gifts,...

Psychic Cozy Mystery Romance

Killer Research

Jenn McKinlay

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Spring has sprung in Briar Creek, but it is not all sunshine and roses, in the newest Library...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2464 KP) rated Blood Red in Books

May 19, 2022

Blood Red

Sherri Leigh James | 2019 | Mystery

5.0

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Promise in the Book, but Needed Another Edit

When her husband disappears and their assets are frozen, Cissy has to return to her career as an interior designer to the rich and famous in Los Angeles to pay the bills. Fortunately, it’s a job she loves. Her current client is renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Martin, but when she appears at his mansion for a meeting, she finds him shot to death in the library. Turns out, he wasn’t as rich as he pretended, and now Cissy might not get paid. In order to free up his estate, she starts looking into his murder. Can she solve it?

I picked up this book thinking it was a cozy, but the language in it kept that from being the case. Fortunately, it did lessen (although not go away completely) as the book went along. The plot was decent and came to a logical conclusion, but it needed another edit and a bit more focus. The story really wanders and takes it’s time getting to the solution. It’s a shame because I enjoyed the characters quite a bit. I am curious where a few threads introduced here go, but I doubt I will be back for Cissy’s next adventure.

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Blood Red

Sherri Leigh James

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BLOOD RED is a story of high-spirited women joining together to support each other with humor,...

ClareR (6054 KP) rated The House of Odysseus in Books

Nov 19, 2024

The House of Odysseus

Claire North | 2023 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy

9.0

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Penelope is still fending off her unwanted suitors, thanks to the rules of Greek hospitality. The men are drinking the cellars dry and eating as much as they want, whenever they want, and still expecting Penelope to choose one of them. They all think Odysseus is dead.

Matters are only made more complicated by the arrival of Elektra and her brother Orestes, King of the Mycenae - and he isn’t doing at all well after his mothers murder. Then Menelaus turns up for a ‘visit’.

Really, Penelope is being sorely tested, but she’s canny enough to cope with whatever the fates decide to throw at her.

I enjoyed reading everything from Aphrodite’s point of view - at least you can’t accuse her of favouritism. These gods don’t seem to appreciate that humans have feelings too.

Claire North’s women in this story (Penelope, Elektra and Helen especially) is what makes it special. It’s clear that all three have been through a lot at the hands of men - yet they keep going.

I’m currently the third and final instalment from my local library. I know how it all ends, but I can’t wait to read Claire North’s version (no spoiler: it’s not disappointing me at all so far!).