Darkness the Color of Snow: A Novel
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Like No Country for Old Men and Snow Falling on Cedars, a haunting, suspenseful, and dazzlingly...
Girl Next Door (Jack Ryder Book 5)
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Inspired by a true story. He came in the morning when they were still making lunches and getting...
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Erika Kehlet (21 KP) rated Candy Corn Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery, #22) in Books
Feb 21, 2018
For the first 2/3 of this novel, I thought the whole mystery was the identity of the individual who was sabotaging the pumpkin festival. This didn't seem like much of a crime for a mystery novel, but the real thing comes along later in the story. Most of the action happens in the last quarter of the book, but I never felt like the story was dragging. The beginning has enough conflict and backstory to keep it moving along.
Lucy is a very down-to-earth sort of character, and she is easy to like and commiserate with. She has her hands full with her catapult-building husband, two daughters, and a grandson who is temporarily living in her home while his parents are out of the country, as well as her full time job as a reporter with the local paper. It's that job that gives her an excuse to get close to people who may have something to hide, and helps her track down a killer in the end.
***I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review***
Potter's Field
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In Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park, the bodies of two youths lie with bullet holes in their heads....
Ghost in the Machine
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For fans of Ian Rankin, Stuart McBride and Christopher Brookmyre, Ghost in the Machine is the novel...
Devil in the Detail
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For fans of Ian Rankin, Ed McBain and Christopher Brookmyre, Devil in the Detail is the second novel...
The Disappeared
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Winner of a Northern Writers’ Award Longlisted in The Bath Novel Award * What if reading...
Even though Aina and Whitney are on an island, surrounded by the sea, there was such a claustrophobic atmosphere. They have only had one another’s company for 12 years, with past times linked solely with their survival, what has been left in the croft by previous inhabitants, or what has washed up on the beach.
I don’t know how they have managed to stay sane, and indeed there did seem to be an underlying madness to them both. How could there not be?
And their crime? To have had a baby without permission. Aina is sterilised, their 9 year old son is taken from them, and she and Whitney are sent to the island. Punishment upon punishment.
I loved the ending to this - whilst I do like a nice rounded off ending to a novel, somehow I think the ambiguity to the end of Metronome suits it so well. I would have been disappointed with anything else.
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for serialising this - another great read!
Fatal First Edition
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People are dying to get their hands on a rare, valuable book in the newest Library Lover’s Mystery...