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Trigger warning: all the triggers. Name one, it's in there. As the title states it's really, really dark (I don't know what the German cover should express, tbh). Lehane is working on his characters in this one, sharpening them. But not only the human ones, but also the city all his books are set in: Boston. It's a strong book, well plotted and even if I might forget the story itself I won't forget all the feelings connected to it.

Totally heartbreaking. Really brutal true crime.

#WhereAreYouMonday

I have way too many books on the go, so am literally literarily all over the place! 😂 But the one I‘m reading the fastest is the tagged book, set in a rest home outside of a Norfolk village in second half of the 20th century. A carer at the home befriends one of the patients and it turns out that both of them have secrets they are hiding.

This book is also one of my #10BeforetheEnd picks.

#DaysDevotedTo #Princess

It is time!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ couldn‘t find the book here yet though. Heard it‘s amazing! 😍😍😍

#Weekendreads #WeekendReading #ReadMyRoom #SeriesLove2024 #Wardens2024 #ReadAway2024

#UnpopularOpinion This one was just OK for me. I felt like I was rereading so, it was easy to set aside & overlook for another book😅 I did like the tension buildup at the end though.

All that being said, I do very much enjoy this series & have the next instalments already in my library😏📚

Harry is likable & relatable character. He went through pretty tough things in this book and I felt for him. I liked secondary characters too.

This wasn't really fast-pacing but interesting enough. The past storyline was first a bit confusing before I understood how it was connected to the present storyline.

I loved humor in this book, it was a bit dry.

#serieslove2024

Quick catch-up of 3 recent crime reads
The Monk - another enjoyable George Cross mystery in which the repeated question is why anyone would kill a monk. George is a great character.
The last remains-the final Ruth Galloway. Im sorry to see the end but a satisfying finale.
The Narrows- return of the poet + the tenacious Bosch is drawn into the search for this master villain who is back from the dead,+ as always Bosch and the fbi cross swords.

I wanted to like this one, because Coles is pretty much a British National Treasure now, but it fell a bit flat for me. It‘s promoted as cosy crime but the first murder happens more than 80 pages in, and the main character don‘t really do any sleuthing, he seems to have “divine inspiration”. Good for a synopsis of a rural community in the 1980s, though.

This is a nicely paced crime novel paved with a lot of humor; my first read by this author. A famous writer of romance novels is murdered the night she is awarded a tremendous prize in Barcelona. The main suspect, also a finalist, has a strong alibi as the night of the crime he has been robbed by an unusual thief. A team of two fake detectives are hired to find the thief and discover who the real killer is.