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I abandoned my #doublespin tonight after about 50 pages. Onto the next one. @TheAromaofBooks

It starts off a bit slow but ultimately becomes a banger of an audiobook. Nathalie Buscombe does a great job.

Definitely different from any other thrillers I've read this year.

Book three of #summerween.

I DNFed The Fireman at 24% because I didn't care about the characters unfortunately. Then my hold on the tagged book came up in Libby. The audiobook is excellent so far. #summerween

And Sharon is coming out with another book in 2022!! 🍾😍🥳

It's #HolidayCraft Day!

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#WinterGames2021 #MistletoeManiacs @Clwojick

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Other unique and meaningful bookmarks...
On the left, a tatted bookmark made by my best friend. And on the right, wooden bookmarks made by my husband. I think they are a combination of black poplar, white poplar and cedar.

@Tove_Reads

I enjoyed this! The "teenagers being buried alive" angle was definitely spooky and there were some witchy elements too. Very entertaining!

Good detective/witchy thriller! I did not guess the ending at all 👍🏻 good read.
BUT if very overt sexism from the 1960s bothers you - don‘t read. I rolled my eyes a lot.

Train reading today, on the way to a seminar in Birmingham. 😁
Enjoying the murder/mystery in this book, but the sexism in the police force in 1969 🤬

Very good mystery with Gothic details set in a small town with a history of witchcraft lore. (Think of Salem in the UK.) Love the protagonist, a pioneering woman in the local police force. Subplot involving a group of women interested In history of witchcraft. 4.5 stars. Readers who enjoy a touch of the occult in their fiction will particularly enjoy this.

Loving this vivid, Gothic thriller! 3 teens are abducted & buried alive. Who could do such a thing? You really root for rookie cop Florence, the protagonist & first female constable in the town. #thriller #goodprotagnist #gruesomemurder

I made this! I was significantly peer pressured into participating in a after school crafting event, which I guess I shouldn‘t complain about since I made this awesome wreath! #WinterGames #SlayBells #HolidayCrafts @midnightbookgirl

Oooooh, this one is really good!

A psychological crime thriller that was not at all what I expected. Exciting through the end and very hard to put down. Great writing, and this is really a perfect book for #screamathon reading. With some excellent witchy stuff that elevated it to something really special. 🔮

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#ChillingPhotoChallenge #day3 #Coffin This was my 1st Sharon Bolton & it definitely won‘t be my last. 1969:There‘s a serial killer in a small town in Lancashire, burying kids alive in coffins in the local cemetery. DI Lovelady is sent to investigate & eventually arrests carpenter & funeral director, Larry Glass.1999:she returns for his funeral but things happen that make her question if she had the right man. #TeamSlaughter 2points #PointsTotal-20

Saw these on an #audiowalk. Clinging to the last bits of summer for as long as I possibly can.

I'm listening to this on audio and it is not at all creepy. *Insert sarcasm here* Missing children, clay effigies, caskets, witchy witches, and a lady constable butting heads with her chauvinist colleagues. It's the perfect Fall crime read!

At the 2/3rds point of the #HSreadathon And I‘ve read 15 books over more than a 60hr period(can‘t give exact times coz my timer kept resetting itself!) Is there anyone else doing this month long challenge? If so, what‘s your favourite read so far? Mine had to be The Dakota Winters, it took a while to leave me, that book. All great books should be like that. #readathon #20daysDone11toGo

I‘d heard a lot about Sharon Bolton but this was my 1st of her books.I have to say,though I found it a compelling read, it didn‘t quite live up to the hype.Maybe I was expecting too much🤷🏻‍♀️This was still a very good crime novel, lots of twists & turns with a lot of great characters.I did guess who it was halfway but isn‘t that half the fun of detective fiction? The blatant misogyny in the 1969 sections made my blood boil though!🤬 #HSreadathon

So far, this is a bloody brilliant crime novel by Sharon Bolton! Set in the Pendle region of Lancashire in the north of England, it weaves together police procedural & witches quite seamlessly. Told in two time periods, one 1969 the other 1999, it‘s told in the POV of Florence, a WPC in 69 now a high ranking commissioner, who in 69 was investigating the murders of 3 teenagers, buried alive by the resident undertaker. #HSreadathon

So the end of my #reversereadathon was a bust. I was up all night trying to to get to 10am, but about 5 chapters into The Craftsman, I think it was about 8.30am, I passed out in my library chair with my book in my lap & my timer turned off after my last rest break. This is the last time on it, so I‘m going with that. How did your #Deweys24HRreadathon go? #HSreadathon #readathon #restingbookface

Got a little #bookhaul from #bookoutlet with some of my favorites I read last year.

#BookMail Pt3 I‘ve always meant to pick up a Sharon Bolton crime novel, luckily Booktopia are having a Crime & Thriller Showcase sale so I picked this up with a discount. Florence Lovelady‘s career was made after the conviction of coffin-maker Larry Glassbrook for burying children alive. But he‘s now dead and similar murders are happening. Did she get it wrong?

Entertaining and thrilling through the end. Lovely final line. #ATY2019 #junereadathon #teambumblebee

A great stack of books for my birthday from my mum. Already picking what to go for after my current read 📚📚📚🤓🎉🎈🎁

I may have gotten a little carried away at the library. I also may have discovered why I knew it was a good idea to use the drive thru. #library #bookhaul (can you spot the dog nose? 😂)

This may be the creepiest book I read all year! It was also super compelling and everything I love about this author and the books she writes! I highly recommend her books!

Book #9 of 2019
Source: Checked out from my local library.

Just finished: The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton. It was quite the creepy read. Full thoughts to come on it.

Currently reading: The Devil‘s Daughter by Lisa Kleypas.

A dark and atmospheric read. Flossie is a good detective, but her skills are used against her by her own sexist fellow police officers. How could she know so much about the murdered teens unless she was in on it? This chilling mystery goes back and forth in time to a satisfying but unexpected end.

And the tension mounts...

Tea latte, mini cupcakes, and a book. Good way to shut down the day 😊

@SailorMoon Not a fantasy! 😉😂

I was late for multiple things because I could not put this book down. I loved the suspense and how I was constantly guessing (incorrectly) who the killer was. I was not a fan of the ending but it didn‘t ruin the book for me. 4⭐️ #LitsyAtoZ

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I was up late finishing this one!!! I couldn‘t put it down. I had to know! This a really good mystery that takes place in 1999 and in the 60‘s. It‘s from the point of view the only female cop on the force in a small town in 60‘s. Children start to go missing and they are trying to figure out if they have run away or are kidnapped. Jump to 1999 and how the case effected her. A smart female lead, a good mystery and witches. This is in my wheelhouse.

I made it to work early, before anyone else! Snuck in some reading time 😊 It‘s really picking up now!

Excited to start this one on my quiet Saturday morning. A very big #blameitonlitsy but I also trust the recommendation 😊 Happy Saturday

This book was a lot of fun to read, despite its gruesome subject. There were a few gaps in logic toward the end, but if you don‘t think about it too much (I am a big over-thinker), it holds together well enough. 😂 It looks like it‘s the first on a series, and I‘ll definitely read the next one - Florence and Tom are an entertaining couple!

Mmmmm. I feel a bit conflicted. Certainly compelling enough but it went a bit cuckoo-pants for me. But on the whole it was worthwhile. #2019

1. Originally from Minnesota. Been in Omaha, Nebraska since 2007.
2. Robyn Carr. Previously and unfairly discounted by me as grocery store books. She's quite good and her books are charming comfort reads.
3. At my current reading pace, about 20 years worth. And that's if I dont have any net gains! Lol hopeless
4. In bed or loveseat in the front room.
5. Cutting for Stone.
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I just finished this one and I honestly wasn't crazy about it. Reading it felt like work at times. The story just didn't pull me in. However, I'm glad to have finished my first book for the #booked2019 challenge! #femaledetective
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

Final review of the year. While this had a slow start, it became quite the psychological thriller. The end is full of twists and turns. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️‘s

These are my favorite books I read in 2018. It was a good reading year and I found so many wonderful new books thanks to Litsy. I could also include the Bill Hodges trilogy-loved it. See any books you loved? #18in2018 #18in18

A half-hour into the #11thHourReadathon and I‘m distracted by the Orange Bowl football game. Looks like the hope of having someone other than AL in the championship game is slim. 😐 Glad the book is getting better!

The first haul from my Christmas Amazon gift card. My second box should be here tomorrow. Two of these are #blameitonLitsy.
@JoScho

Um...Minotaur Books should have an open editor‘s position right about now.

Loved this book. People buried alive, corrupt town freemasons, clueless village police, witches and general creepiness! What is not to love. Plus it's set in a small Lancashire town in the shadow of Pendle Hill, the notorious site of the Pendle Witch trials in the late 1600's (and not too far from my house!). ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book is a great read. It takes place in 1969 and in 1999. In the past we see a rookie female officer dealing with a serial killer that has been burying teenagers alive. In the present we are wondering if they got the right man. There is so much more to this story though and I highly recommend it. Great female main character. Just read it!

Loving this book and determined to finish it today 🖤

A big thanks to @Jenna2 for recommending this book to me. One of the best thrillers I've read (or listened to in this case) in a long time. I can't wait to read more by Sharon Bolton.