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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper in Books

Jul 12, 2025 (Updated Jul 12, 2025)  
The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper
The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper
Sally Carpenter | 2014 | Mystery
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Sandy’s Cruising Toward Another Murder
Sandy’s agent has booked his next job on the comeback trail. He’s joined by his sister and a band, and his job is to provide two shows a night on a week-long Caribbean cruise. It should be easy enough, right? Complicating things is the dead body that Sandy finds in his dressing room the first night of the cruise. The victim was part of another show on board the ship. Sandy doesn’t feel like the cruise ship’s security is taking the murder seriously, especially if they consider him a suspect. Can he figure out what really happened before the cruise ends?

This is another fun mystery with Sandy. The mystery could have kicked off sooner, but the setup was still entertaining and did set up some subplots. Once it did get going, we had some nice twists before the logical solution. I did figure part of it out a little early, but not too much before the big reveal. I enjoyed watching Sandy develop more here, especially in his relationship with his sister. And I liked how her blindness came into play in the story. There was one reference to something that happened after the book is set, but it’s a minor issue. I’m glad I finally started this series. If you are looking for a new cozy series, you’ll be glad you picked it up as well.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated The Gun Also Rises in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
The Gun Also Rises
The Gun Also Rises
Sherry Harris | 2019 | Mystery
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
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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Lindsay (1779 KP) rated A Fine Year for Murder in Books

Sep 7, 2017  
A Fine Year for Murder
A Fine Year for Murder
Lauren Carr | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
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)
Murder Mystery (2019)
2019 | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
7
7.0 (42 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
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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)
Happy Death Day (2017)
2017 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
10
6.9 (81 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
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  
All Signs Point to Murder (Zodiac Mystery #2)
All Signs Point to Murder (Zodiac Mystery #2)
Connie di Marco | 2017 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Mystery
8
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
After attending her old friend Geneva’s wedding, Julia becomes embroiled in a terrible family tragedy. Geneva’s 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 friend’s 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.