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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2165 KP) rated A Scape Goat for Murder in Books

Sep 7, 2024  
A Scape Goat for Murder
A Scape Goat for Murder
Jacqueline Vick | 2022 | Mystery
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Frankie Butts Heads with a Four-Legged Witness
Frankie Chandler’s wedding to Detective Martin Bowers is just weeks again when he is involved in an accident. His colleagues won’t tell Frankie anything about what happened, and the doctor is being vague about his condition. So, Frankie sets out to figure things out on her own. When she finds the accident site, she determines that there was a witness – a goat. Can she make sense of the visions she is getting from the goat to solve the case?

Quite obviously, there is a lot of fun to be had here, and I laughed many times as I was reading. Some of that came from Martin’s two sisters who show up in Frankie’s life. However, I found that this subplot didn’t quite develop in a satisfactory way. The mystery started out strongly and kept me engaged, but the ending was so rushed that some whys for a major part of the plot got overlooked. I did enjoy spending time with Frankie again and watching her growth. Fans of the series will enjoy this one, but it is a weaker entry in the series.
  
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Fruit Bat (42 KP) rated Jack The Ripper: Live and UnCut in Books

Mar 1, 2018  
Jack The Ripper: Live and UnCut
Jack The Ripper: Live and UnCut
Matt Leyshon | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
9.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Matt Leyshon sets his novel in present day Chicago but the real story beings when Carl Axford is sent back in time to Whitechapel London 1888 and where he will bear witness to the work one of history most notorious serial killers known “Jack The Ripper”.

For those who are drawn to historical fiction and enjoy a good gripping thriller this is a must read . It has every thing a good fictionalised historical novel should have well researched historical details and a good dose of fiction.Well dons Matt can't wait for the next one.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2165 KP) rated Ninth Witness (A.D. Chronicles, #9) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Ninth Witness (A.D. Chronicles, #9)
Bodie Thoene | 2008
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
In the wake of a failed rebellion in Galilee, we join several pilgrams to Jerusalem. The first in 9 year old Jude and his younger sister, recent orphans. The second is 12 year old Yeshua. What will happen when they all get there? Even though the story was familiar, I got drawn in by the characters. Unfortunately, I didn't like how they ended the book at all.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-ninth-witness-by-bodie-and.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Micky Barnard (542 KP) rated A Court of Frost and Starlight: Court of Thorns and Roses in Books

Oct 6, 2018  
A Court of Frost and Starlight: Court of Thorns and Roses
A Court of Frost and Starlight: Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas | 2018 | Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
6
7.4 (35 Ratings)
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Extra for those who love Rhys and Feyre
I dwelled in these more settled and happy times for Feyre and Rhysand and it was pleasant to witness. I lived for the expansion on Azriel, Cassian, Nesta, Elain and even Tamlin. I want more of those ‘Illyrian babies’, so much more.

It did lack a bit of excitement but then, you can’t have everything if you’re getting the settled, happy times. It does make me long for the next in the series, however and I’ll never be ready to be done with Fey-sand.
  
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Deborah (162 KP) rated Forensic Shakespeare in Books

Dec 21, 2018  
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Forensic Shakespeare
Quentin Skinner | 2014
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Forensic doesn't mean this is the Shakespeare equivalent of Silent Witness - this is a book looking at a group of Shakespeare's plays (and one poem), of which several are often considered 'problem' plays and the use of rhetoric within them. Skinner argues that this is deliberate and relates to a re-emerging interest in the Roman Rhetoricians in the Tudor period. The book is based on a series of lectures given by Skinner, so although as a casual reader I found it interesting, it was also hard work at times, particularly the opening chapters.