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4 Stars • Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd is a cozy mystery set in 1954. The story follows Nora Breen, a former nun who leaves her convent to investigate the sudden disappearance of her pen pal, Frieda. ⬇️

This is very good. It's a mystery/thriller. The narrator is already dead. But she wants you to figure out what happened and tell you her story and the story of the woman that finds her. The cover is beautiful but I have no idea what it has to do with the story.

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Pub date is 11/1/22
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This book is magnificent. It's my first time with this author and it makes me want to go back and read the others. The author imagines the lives of the daughters of the first Chinese woman to set foot in the US. And the epigenetic footprint of ancestral trauma.

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Pub date is 6/28/22
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This one is pretty fun. A psychic and a cop team up to solve a bunch of old murders after she stops him from being involved in a plane crash. Think Spellman files or some other fun mystery with quirky characters.

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Pub date is 10/26/2021

I love this author. Her books just keep getting better. I like that she's body positive. And she throws in style elements that give her characters extra depth. Like clothes and interior design.

Diana gets a job on the Cape one summer. And something awful happens. And you're just going to have to read this to find out how she deals with it.

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Pub date is 5/11/2021

I ended up really liking this. This author does not hold anything back. And she has a great voice. I really liked what she had to say and her delivery is unique.

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Pub date is 2/2/2021

I love this series. It just keeps getting better. I like that she made up the characters herself though I haven't read any of her other books. This picks up about 20 years after Tidelands left off.

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Pub date was 11/24/2020

I liked this one a lot. This author is really good at telling a story.

Lana is pregnant and witnesses her husband being murdered by a Gestapo agent while trying to protect a child. This leads her to working as an undercover agent for the Resistance and helping to get Jews out of France.

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Pub date is 1/12/2021

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This was a tough read for me in several ways. It‘s the story of Emma, a 30-something hedge fund genius, who is self-destructing. She is spending most of her time drinking to dull tremendous loss(es), guilt, blame and depression. It‘s a bit of a downer to read, and I wasn‘t a fan of the abrupt skipping around in time to gain the backstory. Overall it‘s written well, but I wish I had connected better with the characters. 3.75/5⭐️ #Atria #NetGalley