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#TheMarriageHearse #KateEllis #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #October2024

Kirsten Harbourn is found murdered to death on her wedding day. Kirsten was being pursued by an obsessed stalker and she had dark secrets her doting fiancé knew nothing about. At Morbay register office a terrified young girl made her wedding vows, and a few days later her bridegroom was found dead in a seedy seaside hotel. Are these murders linked?

DieAReader, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks

EadieB Meanwhile the skeleton of a young female is found buried in a farmer's field, a field that once belonged to the family of Ralph Strong. Is this bloodthirsty play a confession to a murder committed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I? Or does it tell another story, one that might cast light on recent mysteries? I loved this story by Kate Ellis. All the murders in this story are somewhat linked. 3w

EadieB I loved how they are tied together as the story is told. Kate Ellis does this as easily as she tells the story. Wesley's wife, Pam, is unhappy with her marriage as Wesley is busy solving the murders. Pam decides after her fling with Jonathan to move on and straighten up and not tell Wesley what was going on. I'm hoping she can keep her secret but I think there will be a consolation in books to come! 3w

TheSpineView Awesome! 3w

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DieAReader Excellent!! 3w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w

rwmg I love this series. She always blends the historical story and the present-day story so well. 3w

EadieB @rwmg yes she does! 3w

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julieclair

Nice Class of Corpse | Simon Brett

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This is the first in a series featuring a spunky senior citizen, Mrs. Pargeter, and I‘m already a huge fan! Can‘t wait to read more. Lots of possible suspects kept me guessing. Great fun!
#Pantone2024

willaful This is an old fav of mine. 2mo

julieclair @willaful Now that I‘ve finally read one, I can see why the Mrs. Pargeter books are so beloved. 2mo

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rwmg

An awkward lie | Michael Innes

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Bobby Appleby finds a body in the first bunker on the local golf course. He asks a girl to watch over it while he goes to phone the police. When he returns with the police the body and the girl have both vanished.

Not one of Innes's best. I much prefer Sir John to his son.

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kspenmoll

The Island Murders | Rachel McLean

Spent tonight‘s Hygge Hour on the couch with my kitties, reading this mystery set on the Isle of Purbeck & its beaches. 😻🌊🇬🇧📚
#HyggehourReadathon #DorsetCrimeMysteries #serieslove2024 #readyourkindle

TheBookHippie, jenniferw88, Chrissyreadit, Andrew65, TheSpineView, CBee, AllDebooks

Bookwormjillk 😻😻 6mo

Librarybelle Em and Poe look so content! 6mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 6mo

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TheSpineView 💜🐱🐾 6mo

CBee ♥️🐱 6mo

quietlycuriouskate Well, I was certainly not expecting to see a map of my old stomping ground on here! 6mo

kspenmoll @quietlycuriouskate I would so love to visit this area! 6mo

jenniferw88 My home county! I'm in between Poole and Wimborne. 6mo

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MrT

Picture You Dead | Peter James

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2024 Reads Continued
WYWD - a Quick Reads featuring Roy Grace.

PYD - 18 in the Roy Grace Series. Always enjoy these British Crime novels, this one about art theft and forgeries.

MITC - not as long as her previous novel and the formula remains the same. Romantic thriller.

TSID - Ingenious British crime novel no2 that's shaping to be a very good series.

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bookandbedandtea

The Hangman's Song | James Oswald

I'm enjoying a wee visit to Scotland with my morning tea 😊

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mabell

Harm's Way | Catherine Aird

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A crow drops a finger on a footpath in front of a walker, and the best laid plans go awry.

Poor Crosby is back to the barely competent sidekick in this one 😆

mabell @Librarybelle #1984 for #192025 9mo

Aimeesue Crows are the best! Caw! 🐦‍⬛ 9mo

Librarybelle What a great setup for a mystery! 9mo

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mabell @Aimeesue I see you‘re interested in corvidology! Kaarh, kaarh,kaarh, as it said in the book 😄 9mo

mabell @Librarybelle And icky 😂 9mo

Tamra I love your place setting! 😍 9mo

mabell @Tamra Thank you! I started collecting Wedgwood Countryside years ago, and picked up coordinating pieces as I found them. 💙 9mo

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EadieB

A Cursed Inheritance: Number 9 in series | Kate Ellis

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#JoyousJanuary #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024
#Saturday13thJanuarythruSunday21stJanuary #ReadAway2024

The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in Devon in 1985 shocked the country and passed into local folklore. And when a journalist researching the case is murdered twenty years later, the horror is reawakened.

EadieB Sixteenth century Potwoolstan Hall, now a New Age healing centre, is reputed to be cursed because of the crimes of its builder, and it seems that this inheritance of evil lives on as DI Wesley Peterson is faced with his most disturbing case yet. As more people die violently, Wesley needs to discover why a young woman has transformed a dolls house into a miniature reconstruction of the massacre scene. 10mo

EadieB And could the solution to his case lie across the Atlantic Ocean, in the ruined remains of an early English settlement in Virginia USA? When the truth is finally revealed, it turns out to be as horrifying as it is dangerous.
The mass murder at Potwoolstan Hall in 1985 has a lot of characters that have changed their name in this modern day mystery which was never solved in 1985. 10mo

EadieB The characters are a bit confusing and hard to keep straight. Wesley and Pam's marriage is going through a tough period as she is taking care of 2 children by herself and her husband is always at work. I'm hoping their marriage gets straighten out and Wesley and Pam stay together. If you like murder with lots of characters then you will love this book. I'm looking forward to the next installment of this Wesley Peterson book! 10mo

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Crazeedi What number is this one? Now I have to look up where I stopped! 10mo

EadieB @Crazeedi it‘s number 9 which I‘ll be sending you 8 and 9. 10mo

Crazeedi @EadieB awesome! I know you gave me the ones I've read, so I'm probably on track, thank you so much 10mo

EadieB @Crazeedi You‘re welcome! 10mo

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Librarybelle

Hot to Trot | M. C. Beaton, Rod Greene

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The first Agatha Raisin written by R.W. Green, and it felt so much like the older Agatha Raisin books! Humor, danger, and way more about the murder than Agatha‘s concerns over her love life. And, Penelope Keith as the voice narrator! Great listen!

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kspenmoll

Murder at St Anne's | J. R. Ellis

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Amidst constant Yorkshire cold & snow,DCI Jim Oldroyd & his SGT Andy Carter,are called to investigate the horrendous murder of a popular Rev.Clare Wilcox in her church,St Anne‘s.Church members attribute her murder to the monk ghost who has haunted the church for decades.With too many suspects,Oldroyd researches the history of the church,its members & its leaders,leading him to arrive at more questions than answers.A personal twist adds suspense.

Andrew65, TheSpineView

kspenmoll #serieslove2024 10mo

TheSpineView Fantastic ❤️ 10mo

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