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so good and yet heartbreaking at the same time. It deals with some pretty tough themes and as a parent of a girl the right age it was hard hitting. I like how we saw it through three completely different experiences. It added so much more depth to the story. The plot is simple in many ways yet it takes you on a journey. It has a modern feel running through it with occasional excerpts from online posts, police reports. #Netgalley 5*

Have been meaning to start on this series for a while. The first book on sale at a local bookshop was the push. A book with a very strong sense of place. Looking forward to continuing.
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A detailed look at the life and subsequent murder of Anne Marie Fahey by Thomas Capano. The two had an on again off again affair for years that ultimately ended in murder. Tom Capano was such a manipulator that he was able to string along several women at the same time, with none of them knowing about each other. He was very hateful and made me cringe with his behavior. I did feel like the story went on too long.

My dishwasher is being difficult. My husband has the patience of a saint when it comes to troubleshooting solutions with Google 😇 we got it working but then I woke up to dirty dishes and F11 again. So I‘ve spent 5 hours cleaning and listening to this waiting for a call back about service ( they can come Wednesday morning) and I‘m now addicted to this author

Like the first Canon Clement book this is a mash up of a cozy mystery with the Church of England liturgy. This one digs a little bit into the variations in Anglican theology ranging from the “bible based” (as described here) evangelicals to the “if it moves bless it” (as Catherine Fox puts it) school of thought. The Canon leans towards the latter. I‘m not CofE but I‘m kind of fascinated by them so I enjoyed this even if the mystery is a bit thin.

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It's Elementary by Elise Bryant

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Content warnings: racism, domestic abuse, kidnapping, bullying, classism, murder, infidelity

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I found an old volume of mystery stories & novels while antiquing a couple weeks ago. The first novel in the collection was The Maltese Falcon, which I have never actually read. It had some good twists but wasn't amazing. Overall this only gets a so-so.

Oh, this was an absolutely fun psychological suspense to read! For anyone in the Celia Fremlin fan club, this has serious Fremlin vibes. @Cathythoughts @LeahBergen

A “lodger”, who is both a menace and a deluded idiot, is haunted by his own obsession. 😬

Library haul from yesterday. A couple of Obama's summer reading, a couple thrillers, and Christmas-in-September cozy read. 📚

Thanks to @kspenmoll I started this series and I did enjoy it. This first installment was written in the 1980s and it‘s rather misogynistic but I didn‘t really mind. I liked the characters and the setting and am curious about the second book.

📸 Cannes, France