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This penultimate (for now) book in the series examines the dark side of....Morris dancing. Yes the traditionally twee pastime involving dressing in a costume, with bells, & banging wooden sticks together! I might have been more incredulous had I not read a book earlier this year (or last year) about the old practice of wassailing & its more sinister side.

In this Inspector Alleyn mystery, Alleyn investigates a grisly murder that happens during the performance of a ritual English folk dance and mummer's play to celebrate the Winter Solstice.

I'm using this for my final prompt of #52bookclub24, “Set during a holiday you don't celebrate,“ and with this, I've completed my 2024 challenge!

A book by a former head of the FBI‘s Behavioral Sciences Unit, Gregory M. Cooper, which details the founding & work of the Cold Case Foundation which he started in 2013. The Foundation takes on cases which have gone unsolved for many years & applies the latest techniques & the combined experience of more than 150 former police officers & FBI agents who donate their time to help solve the cases & give the families some closure.

This YA fantasy-horror graphic novel had really enjoyable art and great action, but was perhaps a bit thin on the plot and character development side of things.

#FrozenSick progress - I'm finished! H6 went straight
to K2 and I was done :O @Puddlejumper There's another one, isn't there?

I've had this on my TBR shelf for absolutely ages so decided this year was the one, & I wish I'd read it earlier. The synopsis really doesn't convey how creepy the story is & there are one or two good twists. The only weak point I thought was the conclusion, I could see what the author was aiming for but it could have been a bit stronger.
4.5🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2422935343
Read 2nd-3rd Dec 2024

Remie Yorke took a job at the MacKinnon Hotel in the Scottish Highlands to be close to her brother, the only family she had left. Now he is dead & Remie has one shift left before she catches a flight & leaves for good. Only Remie & 2 guests are left at the hotel so it should be an easy shift but then Storm Ezra threatens to derail her plans as a blizzard hits.

Basic bland contemporary romance. There was no tension and all the characters were wholesome and almost perfect.

If that's what you're into then this was an easy trope filled holiday book. I was bored out of my mind.

#FrozenSick progress! #readingchallenge @Puddlejumper

This 1989 book has been on my TBR forever, so it definitely qualifies as a Book I've Been Ignoring for #FrozenSick. It's also got a Star of David on the cover, completing December for #ISpyBingo, yay! @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

Finished making my personal storygraph trackers for #frozensick and #frigidwoe .