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Finished in the wonderful cool of the morning with just the sound of birds in the background. I love Elly's books especially her Dr Galloway series. I think this is a stand alone but I'm not sure. The characters could make the basis of a new series. A cosy mystery if there is such a thing. ⭐⭐⭐

#12booksof2023 @Andrew65

Day late, I'm afraid!

Here's my fiction and non-fiction choices for January.

Tagged
Geneva, by Richard Armitage
Locked room, some unreliable narrators (liked The Girl on the Train but loathed Gone Girl), Sherlock/Watson partnerships (not sure what this trope is called lol!)

#Ihavequestions @RaeLovesToRead

Audiobook for dog walking. This is the second DS Harbinder Kaur I‘ve read, and I like her a lot. Audio is well done, and it‘s a good listen for walking, as it‘s interesting, but easy to follow and not super complicated.
I only like to have to think a little while we‘re walking, people, is what I‘m saying. Have to keep an eye peeled for oncoming traffic and manage dog and deer encounters, after all

#StoryGraph: fiction crime mystery thriller
336 pages • first pub 2020

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Murder leaps off the page when crime novelists begin to turn up dead in this intricate new novel by internationally best-selling author Elly Griffiths, a literary mystery perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Agatha Christie.

Thank you all for your supportive comments after my car window was broken yesterday. I took my car to the glass repair shop and was only able to read a couple chapters of the tagged book, as they were done earlier than predicted. They also managed to vacuum up most of the remaining glass, though I think I‘ll probably keep finding tiny shards for weeks to come.

Now I‘m at the lake admiring the daffodils by the path.

February #fiction #readingbracket2023 @chasjjlee

#Ihavequestions @RaeLovesToRead

I'm trying to create a character trait clash with this cast of characters at a dinner party!

Lady Catherine de Bourgh next to Count Alexander Roskov
Miss Bates next to Benedict (from the tagged book - he's an ex-monk, and lives a relatively quiet life)
Sir William Elliot next to Hermione Granger (I can imagine Sir William being a bit like the Malfoys)

I really enjoyed this lighthearted murder mystery set in Shoreham and Aberdeen. Engaging, diverse characters, humour & golden age crime references and a puzzle that kept me guessing. I lost track if the bookish clues but loved the premise of a 90 year old murder consultant & being in the company of the four main characters. A fun, witty read.

#readingbracket2023 #fiction #january @chasjjlee

It was close between this & Seven Husbands, but the plot has stayed with me more with this one.

I doubt I'll get any more finished by the end of the month so here's my progress for #ispybingo @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

#bookreport @Cinfhen

Finished The Postcript Murders

Continued The Count of Monte Cristo and Madly, Deeply

Started Melmoth on audio this morning.

🎧 thoroughly recommended - look for Nina Wadia.

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Picked up an old ARC to read because I knew anything that came after Nettle & Bone would suffer in comparison…which means, as anticipated & it may be the lingering glow of an amazing book, but I thought this was just ok. I loved the premise, authors being murdered, but the reasons for it & how the crimes were solved weren‘t believable to me. Griffith is a really popular, award winner author but I just don‘t think her books are for me.

#12booksof2022 #April

Another fabulous mystery by Elly Griffiths!

An old lady in sheltered housing dies of an apparent heart attack but her carer is convinced it was murder. She continues investigating with another resident and a cafe owner who both knew the deceased “murder consultant“.

Gripping and very intriguing. At one point a comparatively prosaic solution seemed likely but it fortunately turned out to be a red herring. Excellent in itself with a bonus cameo appearance by Clare from the previous book.

@ShyBookOwl
#FirstLineFridays

#coffeeandabook #mycover

This is the second Harbinder Kaur series
Excellent book,as usual. I love Harbinger,kick ass detective.
The book was a fast fun read, the characters were likeable. I highly recommend it.

Elly Griffiths has done it yet again with this book,that fluctuates between a frolic & a dangerous ride.It is centered around writing books involving murder & the publishing world.A crew of captivating, entertaining, layered, diverse characters had me hooked.The author‘s detailed descriptions of both city & countryside created incredible,brilliant visuals in my mind.Several authors & their”murder consultant”end up dead.Are they connected somehow?

#coffeeandbooks #sundaymorning

I treat myself on Sunday with a scone, crème fraiche, fruit, & of course, coffee.

Saturday morning reading soundtrack. This book is reminding me of a Jackson Brodie book and I like it. 👍🏻#readingsoundtrack

I loved this book so much, before finishing it I went ahead and bought “The Stranger Diaries” 😆😇 I appreciate authors writing series and even more so when you can read them out of order and not be lost 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I started the audiobook of this yesterday for my 4 hour drive to visit my family in Iowa for the weekend. This chapter had me cracking up 🤣 So far, she‘s kept this up whenever Neil has dialogue and it‘s so hilarious! I bought the physical book today because I won‘t be able to finish the audiobook on my drive home tomorrow

Reading this book was like walking a Marathon instead of running it. I found the plot overly complicated, slow and really not very interesting. It was a struggle to reach the finish tape and when I got to the end I wished that I had never started on the journey in the first place. If you have read Richard Osman's, The Thursday Murder Club then this story is on the same line but with a different style of writing. I didn't enjoy either book

A mystery involving murders related to murder mystery books and their authors. An unlikely trio of civilians "assist" DS Kaur in investigating the murders. Really good!

Eh, this was okay. Harbinder was extremely bitter in this one and it turned me off. I think I liked the first one a lot better.

I liked all the book talk and they went to a mystery book fair, which sounded like a lot of fun.

The other characters were unique and I liked them. There was a bunch going on with this one too.

#LittensDressedinBlood

Staying at a brewery this weekend with the hubby.

Doesn‘t open until 5, so we are just relaxing at our Airbnb reading until it opens.

Hope everyone has a nice long weekend (in the US)

3 pages in and not looking promising…

I‘m pretty sure she‘s one of the main characters, but they messed up her name in the SAME paragraph

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

#LibraryBookHaul

I‘m over here ready to start my fall reading and the weather is like, actually it‘s 90° so you may want to wait ?

Hoping to hold off on starting these until September but we‘ll see ?

#LittensDressedinBlood

This was a well plotted mystery with characters that were nicely developed and believable. Their hunt for the clues that would lead them to the murderous culprit was almost a fun romp and had its entertaining bits. Despite my enjoyment of the characters, it was a rather slow read for me. There were some decent red herrings to move my suspicions in other directions but I wish that this story had been a little more thrilling.

This was a fun crime novel. I liked that it wasn‘t exactly a “cozy” mystery but it was a good and not graphic crime novel. That plot was good and the characters were all enjoyable although I did find Edwin a tad grating at times. Def recommended as an engrossing whodunnit

I found this one really hard to get into but once it got going, the characters and mystery drew me in. This one is not a dark crime/police procedural but I would not classify it as a cozy mystery either. Its an interesting mix.

1. Janet Evanovich' Stephanie Plum series - I've read up to 27, I think.
2. Nah - I prefer the series to be complete but I'll read anything that catches my attention.
3. Any of Nora Robert's trilogies. The Three Sisters was a good one.

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Thanks for the Sunday prompt @ozma.of.oz

Parcel part 2 for #sliceofsummerswap went out today @Catsandbooks and @melissajayne

The editing in this book is a little off... The audiobook is spot on, though.

Morning reading!

Another mistake in the print book that‘s fixed in the audiobook. The name of the character is not Lady Wheeler, it‘s Lady Fitzroy. The mistake happens twice and is twice corrected. I guess it‘s similar to a continuity error in a film or a tv series...

When I‘m doing #ImmersionReading, I‘m always interested in the differences between the printed book and the audiobook. In this novel, the name of the detective‘s dog has been changed from Sultan in print to Starsky in audio. Then there‘s this mistake in the printed book, which is fixed in the audiobook. (The author of the stolen book is not who dies; it‘s another author entirely.) It‘s just interesting to notice and wonder.

My little reading monitor helped me make great progress on this book. I didn‘t realize it was the second in a new series! I love the Ruth Galloway series so I‘m glad to be enjoying this one. #CatsofLitsy

I love entering the bedroom and seeing what‘s next on @BookishMarginalia ‘s TBR.

Looking forward to this one!

review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-postscript-murders-harbinder-kau...

Fabulous characters- an ex monk coffee shop owner, 90 year old retired BBC correspondent, care giver from the Ukraine with a mysterious past, an elderly “murder consultant”, and officer trying to climb the ranks with her bland but loyal partner - a delightful read! #netgalley #postscriptmurders

I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery from one of my favorite authors. Griffiths writes wonderful characters, and this book is no exception. Harbinder Kaur is going to become one of my favorite detectives, I think. Some interesting twists that kept me guessing until close to the end. Highly recommended, and now I‘m looking forward to the author adding to this series.

An assortment of book mail from the past week. I‘m reading the tagged book first!

I logged into the web version of Litsy and I have 100 books that still need to reviewed by me 😱 Better get on that 😂

2021 book 9- I thoroughly enjoyed this murder mystery. I‘ve been leaning towards books with well rounded characters from diverse backgrounds and this book at least tried to hit that spot for me. It‘s part of a series so there‘s room for some of the characters to develop further. It was a well written, easy read that kept me guessing, it was about the world of crime writers which I loved and I can use it for #hear/here #Booked2021 prompt too 😊

I haven‘t had much opportunity to read the past few days, so I‘m really looking forward to starting this from one of my favorite authors.

I started reading this book after hearing about it on a podcast and by happy coincidence it is set where I live (Brighton) so I will be using it for #Booked2021 #hear/here It‘s my first Elly Griffiths and I‘m really enjoys it. I was drawn to it because it brings together murder mystery and the world of books but what has really drawn me in is the great characters. I love a band of mismatched friends trying to solve a mystery.