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An enjoyable cosy mystery set in a beautiful part of the world, although I do say so myself being a Yorkshire lass! The descriptions of the countryside are vivid and give a good sense of place. I like the cast of eclectic characters. The murder mystery itself held my attention and I thought I‘d guessed the culprit but how wrong I was! The plot is well put together and it made me chuckle in a few places. A series to continue!

I enjoyed the many vignettes where Poirot is outwitted by the Big Four, even while discovering their identities. I‘m alway game for deception in the form of espionage and Hastings was back to narrate the case, thus adding to my enjoyment. But something was missing from this case, mon ami. It‘s a mystery to me how Christie just settled for this ending.

This is my 3rd O‘nan in2 months and I love him. Here, we hear Marjorie Standiford tell her story as she sits waiting for her death row execution. Her story is peppered with Stephen King references because the person she‘s telling the story to is the author who bought the rights. Who is it? Mr.King himself. Her life goes from small, normal Midwest town to a boyfriend with a hot car to drug spirals into murder. It‘s great. I‘m an O‘nan fan. Pick!

(1743) Fielding's fictional biography of the thief and con artist Jonathan Wild is a satire of English political life in general, and of “prime minister” Robert Walpole in particular. The running joke is that Wild (like Walpole) is a “great man”, i.e., driven to (in)famous deeds by ambition and avarice and untroubled by “vulgar” traits like honesty or loyalty. Deeply cynical -- misanthropic, even -- but also funny and uncomfortably relevant.

I‘m so excited to dig into the possibilities from @DGRachel ‘s #AuldLangSpine2026 list! I don‘t own a single one of these yet, but they are almost all available on Libby through my library! I love having choices with genre and audience, too.

I think I‘ll be starting with the tagged book as I‘ve heard nothing but good things about the series. Time to see how many books fit the 52 Books Club prompts!

#AuldLangSpine

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Ch 4: #cremationcertificate #nothingshadyhere #prenderbywouldntsign #cantlookatthebody #wtf #abershawgoesup #getsasneakypeek #notaheartattack #forcedtosign #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

Everett tells the story of a black rancher/horse trainer and his uncle in Wyoming. A gay man is murdered in the town and the main characters become involved in unexpected ways. Everett‘s story is so detailed about ranch life, training horses, and brutal weather that I had to research if Everett had worked on a ranch and, yes, he did. This is a quick read and engrossing as all of his books are and it ended too quickly.

I'm definitely looking forward to reading my #BookSpin, but with the way my life has been going lately, I'm not sure about my #DoubleSpin, The Darkest Night. I've already finished the first book on my December list, Enid Blyton's Christmas Stories, and I'm hoping to get at least one #BookSpinBingo this month, even if I don't manage to finish both books.