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My first time reading this author. Romance/police procedural with an interesting storyline and characters.

South is a police officer with a past and passionate birdwatcher who lives alone in a small English coastal town.In his first murder investigation the victim is his friend and neighbor and the man suspected of the crime connected to South‘s mysterious past.I loved the story and writing until the finale which is eye rollingly ludicrous.Still I give it a pick because I really enjoyed it until I got to the last 50ish pages.

Another excellent Kate Burkholder novel. I really feel like Ms Castillo is among the best in her genre. Kate‘s anger at the violent nature of the crimes propelled her to find the bad guy quickly. And I‘m proud of her; she didn‘t put herself in *as much* danger without backup this time. It‘s super great to see the leap Kate and John Thomasetti took with their relationship, which has spanned the entire series. A solid addition to the series.

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Began reading The Collector #readyourkindle Thursday, & began listening to to the tagged book yesterday.#audiomystery What We Knew: I am taking slowly. #NF The Book of I: I hope to start- #libraryfind

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I know some people are tired of this series, but I LOVE it! I have read all 60 books in this series, and I can't wait until my hold comes in from Libby for Framed In Death. I highly recommend this series!!

Set in the 1960s in a small VT town, this mystery introduces a fairly large cast & two main investigators. Franklin Warren has left the city to take a role with the state police & his neighbor, Alice Bellows, misses the excitement of her war work & gets involved in clearing the name of clerk accused of stealing. I liked the setting more than the characters & didn‘t find the ending to be very satisfying. I am curious where the series will go next.

#13 in the series. These books are so consistently good. The opening scene is the brutal murder of an ex-Amish woman, one that Kate knows from back when she used to be part of the Amish community.

I thought things were wrapping up when the investigation took a wild left turn, which kept me on my toes. I wish Kate didn‘t always put herself in dangerous circumstances-I think her propensity for danger gets a little old. But I do love this series.

#historicalfiction The crimes that take place in this novel are truly horrific resulting in the loss of hundreds of lives. The story is well written and the majority of the investigation is quite gripping. While the book travels along at a reasonable pace and in parts is very exciting there are interludes particularly where family is concerned that the narrative just drags. It is a very good read but I would have preferred a condensed version.

What an amazing coincidence: A parcel of books that was scanned at my local postal sorting office two days ago has not been delivered. I am going to the sorting office tomorrow morning to ask them to search for it. Frustrated I decided to read a bit more of my book which is set in London and yet The Prince of Wales in Abercarn jumped off of the page at me. The sorting office I'm going to tomorrow is on the Prince of Wales estate, Abercarn. S.Wales