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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Murder With Peacocks (Meg Langslow, #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Meg's summer as maid of honor in three weddings for three different demanding brides is complicated enough before a dead body shows up. And there's the attractive man in town for the summer as well.... This is a fun, enjoyable series debut with plenty of humor. However, the mystery gets side tracked by all the antics of the characters at time. Still, this does start a series I love to this day.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/02/book-review-murder-with-peacocks-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/02/book-review-murder-with-peacocks-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Run Afoul (Wiki Coffin Mysteries #3) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Wiki Coffin gets caught up in a murder just before the Exploration Expedition docks in Brazil in 1838. And once in the harbor, the expedition runs into his father, literally. This book got so bogged down in the history and historical detail that it forgot all about the mystery, which was actually pretty easy to solve. It's the third in a series, and disappointing after the first two.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-run-afoul-by-joan-druett.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-run-afoul-by-joan-druett.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Cinnamon Roll Murder (Hannah Swensen, #15) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
When the piano player of a jazz band is killed, Hannah springs into action to find his killer. Meanwhile, she's also looking for a way to stop Hannah from marrying Dr. Bev. The characters were great as always, and the mystery was fun. But the Norman/Dr. Bev story was unrealistic. I'm hoping, however, that it is leading to the end of the Hannah/Norman/Mike love triangle.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-cinnamon-roll-murder-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-cinnamon-roll-murder-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Down the Rabbit Hole (Echo Falls, #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
13-year-old Ingrid solves the murder of the crazy lady in her town after realizing she is the last one to see the victim alive. Aimed at teens, and they will probably enjoy it more then I did. I found the characters real but the plot very slow. What really bothered me was all the sneaking around and law breaking Ingrid did to solve the mystery.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-down-rabbit-hole-by-peter.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-down-rabbit-hole-by-peter.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Erika Kehlet (21 KP) rated Cat Got Your Diamonds (Kitty Couture Mystery #1) in Books
Feb 21, 2018
Cat Got Your Diamonds is an excellent start to the new Kitty Couture Mystery series. Lacy is funny, clever heroine, and I really enjoyed reading about her exploits. After encountering an intruder in her shop after hours, Lacy goes to get the police only to return with them and find the intruder dead. Finding herself suspected of murder, Lacy does just what we would expect of her. She decides to investigate.
With a great sense of humor and an interesting supporting cast, animal lovers, cozy lovers, and just about anyone else should love this book.
With a great sense of humor and an interesting supporting cast, animal lovers, cozy lovers, and just about anyone else should love this book.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated A Case of Hometown Blues in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Mitch Malone has returned to his hometown to teach a seminar on investigative reporting. But that also means facing the ghosts of his past, including several tragic deaths. The murder of his high school crush forces him into facing things he's been running from for a long time. I enjoyed the mystery, which was very fast moving. I felt like the characters outside of Mitch could have used more development.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-case-of-hometown-blues-by-w.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-case-of-hometown-blues-by-w.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Katie Niles (20 KP) rated The Silent Wife in Books
Jun 18, 2018
What I expected to be a riveting, exciting, thriller novel turned out to be a very slow, predictable, murder mystery of a scorned woman and wife. It was an alright read but it was hard to get through it and force myself to get to the end because it hardly kept my interest. Would I recommend it to a friend? Very doubtful. Would I read again? Negative. I do plan on giving the author another go around and I do plan on reading another book of the authors.
Jemma Walsh (81 KP) rated Not Dead Enough (Roy Grace, #3) in Books
Sep 15, 2018
Addicted
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I’m slowly starting to get addicted to these books, I enjoyed Roy’s trip to Munich, I feel like after this trip he’s finally made up his mind about sandy and Cleo atlast!
Cannot wait to read the one that reveals what’s happened to sandy, the anticipation is killing me ha!
Love this murder mystery how can someone be in the same place twice... Roy and his copper nose will work it out
The characters are building up more and more as the books go one, it’s nice to understand Cleo and Glenn more.
Cannot wait to read the one that reveals what’s happened to sandy, the anticipation is killing me ha!
Love this murder mystery how can someone be in the same place twice... Roy and his copper nose will work it out
The characters are building up more and more as the books go one, it’s nice to understand Cleo and Glenn more.
Erika (17789 KP) rated Cocaine Nights in Books
Jun 22, 2019
I'm a huge Ballard fan, but this novel was hard to get through. The first part indicates that it's going to be a murder-mystery, with Charles Prentice, our main character, trying to prove that his brother didn't burn 5 people to death in a house.
Around 100 pages in, it peters out into another version of @High-Rise , only not as good. Though, while this was the case, the last 3 pages were strong, and when I reached the end, I almost wanted it to go on.
Around 100 pages in, it peters out into another version of @High-Rise , only not as good. Though, while this was the case, the last 3 pages were strong, and when I reached the end, I almost wanted it to go on.
Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated Murder from Scratch in Books
Dec 30, 2019
I received a copy of Murder From Scratch from Netgalley and the publisher.
I really enjoyed this book. My main issue is that all the food talk made me so hungry and as "issues" go that's not bad at all!
I really appreciate the writing of Evelyn. She's actually written as an adult with interests and not as a tall child who brings light to able-bodied folx.
I liked the mystery a lot. The way it was set up as an "obvious" suicide but a family member knows what's up? Definitely my thing!
I really enjoyed this book. My main issue is that all the food talk made me so hungry and as "issues" go that's not bad at all!
I really appreciate the writing of Evelyn. She's actually written as an adult with interests and not as a tall child who brings light to able-bodied folx.
I liked the mystery a lot. The way it was set up as an "obvious" suicide but a family member knows what's up? Definitely my thing!