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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2568 KP) rated Dead Man's Switch (A Kate Reilly Mystery #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Kate has finally landed a job as a race car driver. Unfortunately, it's at the expense of the man she found murdered. With the police and gossip thinking she did it, Kate jumps in to find the real killer.

I felt the author was trying too hard to share her racing knowledge with us, and the result slowed the story down. Some of the characters were a tad under developed as well. Still, the climax was great and the solution was logical.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/06/book-review-dead-mans-switch-by-tammy.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2568 KP) rated The End Game (Burn Notice, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Michael is hired to find a kidnapped wife and daughter of the man who will be piloting the family yacht during a race. If he thought that was easy, however, he discovers he's in way over his head as he starts digging deeper. A great entry that captures the characters and pace of the series. There were a couple leaps that I had to fully think about to get, but that could just be me.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-burn-notice-end-game-by-tod.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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David McK (3796 KP) rated Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Barsoom, #4) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

The fourth of Edgar Rice Burrough's <i>Barsoom</i> series that began with <i>A Princess of Mars</i>, this is actually the first book in the series that does not centre on the main protaganist of the first three novels (John Carter), as well as being the first story to be told in the third rather than first person.

As a consequence, I actually found this particular one to be a bit of a let-down from the previous, even if it does follow the same plot arc of those earlier stories (right down to yet another mysterious undiscovered race!).