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Karla Dee (6 KP) rated Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels in Books

Aug 26, 2022  
BC
Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
Paul Pringle | 2022
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
My prima just moved back to the midwest after being in hollywood and wow did I hear some stories about dark hollwood, woah! I can't share that business but I can share what I read in this book about a Doctor who uses his power and money to control heroine and meth addicts in Cali. I love how the author pursues this story even though the whole city and all the magazine editors are in the Doctors pocket. Honestly the city of Pasadena seemed very nice and bougie before Paul Pringle exposed the city hall and the police department in having covered up an overdose where a girl could have died. A good Samaritan working at the hotel tipped off authorities which led to Pringle finding about the case and believing that there is a cover up. Pringle's persistence in getting a well to do university to talk and the police department to write up a report they had ignored at first just shows a little of his badass detective work. Def recommend reading the whole report aka book <3
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2414 KP) rated High Water Hellion (Luanne Fogarty Mysteries, #5) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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High Water Hellion (Luanne Fogarty Mysteries, #5)
Glynn Marsh Alam | 2006
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Luanne agrees to help her police boss Tony find something his aunt was rumored to throw into a lake. But then they find evidence that his aunt was murdered. With a hurricane coming, will they catch the killer? While there was one obvious plot point, the rest of the book was filled with the usual good storytelling, strong characters, and atmospheric writing.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-high-water-hellion-by-glynn.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2414 KP) rated A Night at the Operation (Double Feature Mystery #3) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
AN
A Night at the Operation (Double Feature Mystery #3)
Jeffrey Cohen | 2009
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Comedy theater owner Elliot Freed is upset when his ex-wife goes missing. Then the police start looking for her in a suspicious suicide. What's going on? Yes, this is a comic mystery. And I laughed the entire way through. The climax came a little abruptly and the new characters were a tad flat, but I loved every minute of it.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-night-at-operation-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2414 KP) rated Killer Blonde (A Jaine Austen Mystery, #3) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
KB
Killer Blonde (A Jaine Austen Mystery, #3)
Laura Levine | 2005
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Jaine has taken a job ghost writing a party planning book, but SueEllen, her new boss, turns out to be horrible. But when the police begin focusing on a murdered SueEllen's step-daughter, Jaine steps in to find the killer. While the characters can be a bit shallow, they work in this laugh out loud, over the top, comedic mystery.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-killer-blonde-by-laura.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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MissCagey (2652 KP) rated Patriots Day (2016) in Movies

Mar 30, 2018  
Patriots Day (2016)
Patriots Day (2016)
2016 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
9
7.9 (28 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Harrowing account of the Boston Marathon bombing and aftermath. I really liked that the story was interwoven with actual cctv of the real bombers and their movements leading up to their capture.
I really rate Mark Wahlberg but I didn't find him or his character convincing in this film, he was everywhere, plain clothes, uniform, cctv expert...that bugged me a little but I guess it was easier to tell the story with this "generic" police officer. That's really my only gripe.