From A Jack To A King
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New York Times best-selling mystery writer Bay Whitman leads the life of a celebrity—at least on...
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A Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game – Stark vs Lannister Starter Set
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The A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game lets players take control of their favorite...
The Favorite Sister
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When five hyper-successful women agree to appear on a reality series set in New York City called...
Her Lustful Desires (The Merry Widows #1)
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A daring widow. A determined duke. A story too wicked for the eyes of the ton… Lady Georgiana,...
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Taryn K (444 KP) rated ReSet: Be Good, Your Life Depends On It in Books
Dec 22, 2022
The plot's interesting, though it's a little surprising how easily the unsuitable people are eliminated. I think I only actually liked a couple of the characters; however I don't think we were necessarily meant to as these are fairly normal people (for the most part) dealing with an extreme and abnormal situation. The fellow in charge, Greyson Jeffers, who made this situation happen, keeps a close eye on the people he allows to form towns with the help of microchips implanted in them. Each town is allowed so many "bad" actions before it is "reset" aka destroyed. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, but doing something about it is hard with the close surveillance. The end of the book felt a bit like a cliff-hanger to me, but I am hoping the author is able to publish book 2 soon.
David McK (3576 KP) rated A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines #4) in Books
Dec 20, 2021
This particular entry opens on the character of Theo Ngoni, who here and throughout plays a much larger role than he previously did in Infernal Devices. Theo Ngoni is not the only character to return from previous novels however: Fishcake (yes, that's the name he is given) also plays a large role and finally gets a decent end to his story, as does Professor Pennyroyal (still providing the comic relief), the Stalkers Fang and Shrike (with the latter also finally getting a decent pay-off in the last chapter), and both Oenone Zero and General Naga also returning.
I also have to say that I found this to be the longest of the four stories in the quadrilogy: I'm not sure whether that is because it actually is (I read it as part of an e-book compilation, which makes it hard to compare relevant lengths), because I'd read it back to back with the previous entry, or simply because I was beginning to get tired with the series as a whole!
The Twyford Code
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It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a...
The Body in the Cattails
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A burglar shatters big-city lawyer Drew Brauner's confidence in her rash move to a small Oklahoma...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2379 KP) rated Death by Yule Log in Books
Dec 1, 2022
This story made me want to pick up the full length novels, not that I have yet. While I obviously didn't understand all the character history, I certainly got enough to fully enjoy what was happening here. The mystery was strong and kept me engaged until the end. As a bonus, there are recipes throughout, including one for a Yule Log cake.
NOTE: This story is a novella, roughly 100 pages, and was originally part of the novella collection Yule Log Murder. If you have that book, there is no need to buy this ebook. If you haven’t read the story, now is the time to sit back and enjoy this Christmas mystery.
Between the Living and the Dead
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The dead won’t leave her alone. For Cavilla, it's one case after another… Cavilla Ramirez is...
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