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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2291 KP) rated Sowing Malice in Books

Jul 15, 2020

Sowing Malice

Wendy Tyson | 2020 | Mystery

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Reaping Another Great Mystery

When the von Tresslers moved to town, they didn’t make the residents of Winsome, Pennsylvania, very happy. They’ve mostly kept to themselves except when they were pushing to do things their way. Now, David von Tressler has died, and most of the mourners are from out of town. That includes three women that Megan Sawyer runs into at the local nursery. Shortly after Megan meets them, one of the women disappears. Then a body turns up at Megan’s farm. What is going on?

I was thrilled to see another entry in this great series, and I wasn’t disappointed. The mystery is strong. It starts quickly and there are plenty of twists and turns before we reach the end. The characters continue to be wonderful. We got updates on the series regulars and the new characters were well developed. There’s nothing here that spoils previous books in the series, so you could jump in here, but to fully appreciate the character growth, I do recommend reading the series in order. This series is more of a traditional mystery than a lighter cozy, but as long as you know that going in, you’ll be fine. I definitely recommend this book and the entire series.

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David McK (3508 KP) rated Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason in Books

Apr 12, 2020

At first, I must admit, I wondered what a Sherlock Holmes story that had not been written by Arthur Conan Doyle would be like.

And then I listened to this.

Set in the 'traditional' Sherlock Holmes setting of late in Queen Victoria's reign (in this case, after Reichenbach Falls) - instead of the more contemporary setting popularised by TVs Sherlock - this did take me a bit to get into.

However, it is impeccably produced and acted - even if it relies quite heavily on flashbacks - taking in such key characters as Sherlock himself, Dr Watson, Sherlock's brother Mycroft and Professor Moriarty, in a mystery around the kidnapping of the Queen!
(I was never taught that in school …)

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Lost Echo

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Featured by Apple in: 15 Most Mysterious Games, Epic Adventures, 15 Greatest Storylines, Amazing...

Thomism and Predestination: Principles and Disputations

Steven A. Long, Roger W. Nutt and Joseph White

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There is perhaps no aspect of traditional Thomistic thought so contested in modern Catholic theology...

Maison Martin Margiela

Martin Margiela

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Graduating from Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s, Martin Margiela (and his...

With Neighbors Like These (An HOA Mystery #1)

Linda Lovely

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HOA CORPSE STAGED TO SHOCK…. An arrow pierces a corpse’s chest. A trophy deer head’s dumped...

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Snap Shot

Marilyn Todd

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A brilliant new Victorian mystery series you won’t want to miss! For fans of Sherlock Holmes, Anne...

Victorian England

Awix (3310 KP) rated Murder on the Orient Express (2017) in Movies

Feb 12, 2018

Hard to see past the moustache

Nice-looking and competent new version of the Agatha Christie classic, made in the traditional all-star manner. A bit hard to be gripped by the actual murder-mystery plot, but maybe that's because the twist in this story is so famous it barely qualifies as such any more.

Often looks more like a commercial for a luxury railway touring holiday than an actual thriller, but I suppose the production values are part of the appeal of this sort of film. Ken Branagh is arguably just a little bit hammy as a version of Poirot who appears to have some form of ASD, but he has a certain moral authority. Probably won't rock your world but passes the time nicely enough.