Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Under Locke in Books
Jan 11, 2021
I'm not a big fan of reading books that centre around MC's but this one is no longer the rule breaking, drug smuggling, beating-people-up club that it used to be and they are actually all pretty decent guys so I actually enjoyed reading about them going straight.
I also have a big thing for tattoo's so them working in a tattoo shop was pretty cool--I still think she should have gone ahead and let Slim or Dex tattoo the rainbow breathing dragon on her.
I cannot wait to read more of Mariana's books.
The Offing
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After all, there are only a few things truly worth fighting for: freedom, of course, and all that it...
Star Wars, Vol. 6: Out Among the Stars
6.3
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Your favorite rebel rabble-rousers run riot across the galaxy! Luke Skywalker finally gets the alone...
Star Wars: Lando's Luck (Flight of the Falcon, #1)
10.0
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An all-new adventure starring Lando Calrissian and L3-37 onboard the Millennium Falcon. When Lando...
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Line Becomes a River in Books
Dec 16, 2017
The book follows author Francisco Cantu while he was a US Border Patrol agent from 2008 to 2012. Working the desert at the remote crossroads of drug routes and smuggling corridors, tracking humans through blistering days and frigid nights across a vast terrain. Hauling in the dead and detaining the exhausted, Cantu is plagued by nightmares, opting in the end to abandon his position. Line Becomes a River is a timely look at this arbitrary landscape, bringing home to us the destruction that US policy inflicts on countless lives, and the violence it wreaks on the humanity of us all.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2099 KP) rated Dangerous to Know (Lillian Frost & Edith Head #2) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
This book plunges us into the world of old Hollywood, and doesn’t let us out. Real and fictional blend seamlessly on the page, all of them coming to wonderful life. The book takes time to lay the foundation of both stories and introduce the characters, but once that happens, it is off and running and hard to put down. Add in a touch of Christmas, and you have a very charming book.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2017/07/book-review-dangerous-to-know-by-renee.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Rache (174 KP) rated Wine and Crime in Podcasts
Dec 13, 2018
With wine reviews, a "background and psychology" section, and at least two crimes per show, these girls discuss a variety of crimes from murders in crazy places, and murders for bizarre reasons, to the smuggling of horse genitals. There really is something for absolutely everyone, although the easily offended should probably exercise caution.
With over 90 episodes, live shows around the US, and their attendance at Crime Con, these three amazing women provide hours upon hours of incredible ear fodder, brain soup, giggle muscle aperitifs and gag-reflex beverages (yeah, maybe stretched that analogy a bit far). Still, the podcast is fascinating, nausea-inducing, hysterically funny, and utterly addictive, and will have you saying "nice pahp" faster than you think.
Ross (3282 KP) rated The Boys Volume 8: Highland Laddie in Books
Oct 29, 2019
It turns out Hughie was something of an amateur detective in his youth, and stopped a minor smuggling ring. He starts to uncover something again in this story, while also being unknowingly mentored over his troubles by a mysterious gentleman.
This story is hilarious, and like a cross between an Irvine Welsh/Chris Brookmyre book and an issue of Oor Wullie/The Beano. The old Scots angle (wee dugs, mince and tatties, everything being braw), combined with more modern Scottish ideas (inventive swearing and heroin) makes for a laugh-out-loud tale. We also see Hughie start to come to terms with the revelation from the previous volume, and consider rejoining The Boys.
Murder at the Inn: A History of Crime in Britain's Pubs and Hotels
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In which pub was the notorious murder that led to the Kray twins becoming Britain's most feared...
A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)
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It is Halloween in King's Lynn, and forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway is attending a strange...