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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2672 KP) rated The Sudoku Puzzle Murders (Puzzle Lady #9) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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The Sudoku Puzzle Murders (Puzzle Lady #9)
Parnell Hall | 2008
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Now the murder victims in Bakerhaven are appearing with Sudoku and Crossword puzzles on them. Can Cora solve the latest case? The book was still fun, but I am getting very tired of the stories involving the main character's personal lives. It's been the same for several books now. Really time to move on.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/02/book-review-sudoku-puzzle-murders-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Emma (229 KP) rated Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) in Books

Apr 24, 2021  
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
Patricia Cornwell | 2003 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
6
7.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
I enjoyed this book, it's a pretty average detective novel. I enjoyed the pace of it, although not many murders happen in it. And I like the character Kay Scarpetta.
My only criticism would be for the best part of the middle if the story she seemed to focus too much on the science behind the evidence. There wasn't enough action.
Still an enjoyable read and I will read others by her
  
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BookwormLea (3034 KP) rated Insanity (Insanity, #1) in Books

Aug 18, 2019  
Insanity (Insanity, #1)
Insanity (Insanity, #1)
Cameron Jace | 2014 | Crime, Humor & Comedy, Young Adult (YA)
10
8.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
One of my favourite Alice in Wonderland telling.
Contains spoilers, click to show
I love the concept of this series. When I first read it, I had just watched Tim Burtons adaptation and in the same way, I was enthralled! Jace creates such a fantastical world where, despite the horrific murders, I want to be there along with the characters! Just take my word for it, the rest of the series just gets better and better too!
  
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    After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown...

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JT (287 KP) rated The Oxford Murders (2010) in Movies

Mar 10, 2020  
The Oxford Murders (2010)
The Oxford Murders (2010)
2010 | International, Drama, Horror
4
4.8 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
From the first couple of scenes you’d half expect to see Inspector Morse and Lewis step out from behind one of the great pillars that surround Oxford University – sadly that is not going to be the case here. The story itself could have been taken right out of an Agatha Christie novel but the subsequent plot gets mixed up like the mathematical equation it is trying to lay out.

John Hurt plays Arthur Seldom a university professor whose life revolves around mathematical equations and whether or not we can prove truth and probability. Martin (Elijah Wood) is a graduate over from America looking at using Seldom to help him with his thesis.

The pair get mixed up in an altogether different set of circumstances when they must work together to solve a series of murders based around mathematical symbols. The Oxford Murders falls some way short of delivering on any tension or drama, which is a real shame. The script is over complicated and there is no real time to develop the characters before we are thrown head first into the first murder.

All in all it seemed rushed together. More strangely was the choice of director; Spanish born Álex de la Iglesia who also wrote the screenplay. A background largely based around foreign film I find it odd that he should have any idea about the true reflections of historic Oxford. Maybe that is where amongst other things The Oxford Murders falls down. In the hands of a more traditional English director we may have had a better outcome.