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Latest Karen Pirie was good fun. Set in lockdown a librarian at the national archives links a crime writers manuscript to the disappearance of a young woman. With lots of nods and winks to the Scottish crime writing community, I think val macdermid enjoyed making the villains fellow crime writers. I enjoy the characters in the series, + it also still feels strange remembering lockdown. Hopefully, a new one soon + maybe a further TV adaptation

It's always a pleasure to return to Kate Burkholder's world, and while the 16th installment had some plot twists that stretched believability a bit, it was still enjoyable. Love the characters in this series. Kate is gritty and tough without being obnoxious (actually, she kind of reminds me of Eve Dallas of the In Death series) and Castillo always writes the Amish as real people. It's also always fun to read books set in Ohio and actually know ⬇

Very excited for this one! Greece was my first European country that I visited and I spent some time on Mykonos (pictured below!) I bought this for myself ages ago after seeing it in a Greek travel group on Facebook, but I'm only getting to it from my TBR stack now. #BookTwoOf2025

#InDeathLongReadalong #IDLR Ch.6-10: Eve has a very interesting cast of characters to deal with - some of whom hated the deceased. We find out the victim was pretty much an a—hole and a sexual deviant (poor Nadine). He had a tape of her that if it got out would be pretty bad. What was he planning to do with it? Was that why he called her for dinner? Or was it just to discuss old times? ⬇️

Bk3 of #JumpStart2025 is done.This book, in fact the whole series, can be summed up with my favourite quote from this “You can‘t patch a wounded soul with a band-aid” That‘s Bosch, a Vietnam Vet, former tunnel rat now an LA Homicide detective. Fabulous series,both for the characters,but also coz you can feel the streets of LA in the writing. #BookspinBingo #OffTheShelf2025 #BookChain #LitsyAtoZ2025 #Pantone2025 #ISpyBingo #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

Started a new series reread today. I think I‘ve got five series open on repeat right now!🤦🏻‍♀️But I‘ve been watching the live coverage of the fires on YT & I‘ve been reading stories set in LA for so long the names of the suburbs & city streets feel familiar. So I‘m picking up Bosch coz they‘re not just crime novels, they‘re a love letter to the City of Angels. #JumpStart2025

#InDeathLongReadalong #IDLR Ch.1-5: All the world‘s a stage…we‘re thrust into the world of the theatre and the actors that live and breathe it. A man is killed in front of Eve and 3000 other people and the question is not who did the actual deed but who switched out the prop knife with a real one. The victim is much hated so there seem to be a lot of motives. ⬇️

My January #ReadOrDonate book has been on my shelves for YEARS.
It‘s also a book I packed before we left for the V.I in October so it made my decision very easy for me. 😉

This is a solid mystery with lots of leads that mislead. I love Vera.She‘s a fantastic character&detective. The reveal is bit disappointing & so was the tedious older-women-are-invisible, unattractive or good looking “for their age” repeated one time too many 🙄. But the strong, reliable characters and the outstanding writing make up for the shortcomings. Would love to watch the series. I wonder if the actress plays Vera as Cleeves envisions her.