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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2470 KP) rated The Gun Also Rises in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Hunt for Hemingway Treasure

Sarah Winston has been hired to organize a book sale for Mrs. Belle Winthrop Granville, III, focusing on Belle's massive mystery collection. But sandwiched in between the Trixie Belden, Hardy Boys, Agatha Christie, and Ann Cleeves books, she finds what appears to be the Hemingway manuscripts that went miss from a train in Paris in the 1920's. Belle is just as shocked to see them as Sarah is. But a couple of hours later, Belle has been attacked, the manuscripts are missing, and someone is dead. What has Sarah stumbled into this time?

Once again, we are treated to a fabulous mystery that is more treasure hunt than strict cozy murder mystery. Not that I'm complaining in the slightest. The pace never slows down as we jump from one thing to another as Sarah tries to figure out what happened before her life spins even further out of control. We don't see as much of some of the series regulars, but we do get to see more of others, and I liked how relationships were growing here. Naturally, the book is filled with well-developed new characters. The mentions of various mystery books made me smile. The sub-plots involving the air force base were really well done and once again spotlighted some of the real issues those who sacrifice so much for this country go through, both those serving and their families. This is a strong entry in a series that keeps getting better.

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Haunted House Murder

Barbara Ross, Leslie Meier and Lee Hollis

7.3 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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Tricks and treats keep the Halloween spirit alive in coastal Maine. But this year the haunted house...

Take the Honey and Run

Jennie Marts

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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As a successful mystery author, Bailey Briggs writes about murder, but nothing prepares her for...

Lindsay (1786 KP) rated A Fine Year for Murder in Books

Sep 7, 2017

A Fine Year for Murder

Lauren Carr | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

10.0

(3 Ratings)

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Lauren Carr has brought you another thriller of a story. A Fine Year for Murder is dozy of a mystery and gut wrenching. No has any ideas that Jessica as seen a family be murdered. When Dallas Walker starts talking about a case that sees is investing the case called Pine Creek Massacre.

I loved the story and the way it was laid out. Jessica is dealing with nightmares, and things get more intense when something happens to young girls. What is triggering her nightmares? It a book you can not put down once you start to read it. All of Lauren Carr books are like that. She makes you want more and leaves to read her next book.

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Murder Mystery (2019) in Movies

Jun 14, 2019

Murder Mystery (2019)

2019 | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

7.0

(42 Ratings)

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Ok whodunit comedy

I love a whodunit murder mystery film, serious or comedy. So I was excited when I heard about this Netflix film just a couple of days before it was released. I'm not a big Sandler fan but he has done some funny films. He had good chemistry with Aniston in @Just Go with It (2011) and they work together well in this as well. It was OK especially if you are a fan of the genre. The only down side really most of the best bits are in the trailer. Overall a fun lighthearted comedy with a fair share of funny moments.

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Will (3 KP) rated Happy Death Day (2017) in Movies

Jan 20, 2018

Happy Death Day (2017)

2017 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

6.9

(81 Ratings)

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Other films have tried to do the time loop plot, most successful was if course Groundhogs Day, which gets a pretty cute shout out in this film, but those other films did not have the cleverness of this film. By taking a horror plotline and injecting some dark humor and murder mystery, Happy Death Day becomes a refreshing, darkly comic, at times truly suspenseful horror film. The repeated day is done each new reset with a slightly different visual take, enough differences to keep it from being boring. The reveal of the killer was extremely shocking, at least to this reviewer. If you enjoy dark comedy and horror in the same movie I highly recommend this film

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Erika Kehlet (21 KP) rated All Signs Point to Murder (Zodiac Mystery #2) in Books

Feb 21, 2018

After attending her old friend Genevas wedding, Julia becomes embroiled in a terrible family tragedy. Genevas younger sister is killed the night of the wedding, and her brother-in-law may be to blame. Was it an accident, or something more sinister? Julia is determined to find out before the strain of the situation tears her friends family apart. Julia uses both her brain and her astrological charts to help her track down a killer. Full of suspects and secrets, All Signs Point to Murder is a quick-paced, suspenseful, and entertaining mystery.

NOTE: I was provided with a free copy of this book by Netgalley. All thoughts or opinions expressed are my own.