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Lt Taylor Jackson is back at work after having shot and killed someone attacking her in her home…who turned out to be a fellow, dirty cop. Now she‘s faced with a young woman found dead and posed with herbs on her. Turns out this is actually the kickoff of a series and I‘m eager to read more. The story is propulsive, the writing engaging, and I really liked the characters.

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MelHopton

The Guilty Couple | C.L. Taylor

so-so

It was an entertaining easy read, and I enjoyed it. I felt it relied on a lot of cliches and a stereotypical bad-guy husband with no redeeming features. Also a huge fascination with hair... Anyway, lots of small characters who didn't add a lot to the plot, alongside our plucky heroine, who took a lot of slightly implausible risks. Particularly for the finale. I mean, you just would NOT do that. Unnecessary peril. But nevertheless, a good read.

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Octoberwoman

The Twilight Wife | A.J. Banner

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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suvata

The Retreat | Mark Edwards

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3 Stars • "The Retreat" by Mark Edwards is a psychological thriller (with a hint of the supernatural) centered around Julia, who, after losing her family in a tragic accident, converts her home into a writers' retreat in hopes of making ends meet. The story spirals into mystery when one of the retreat's guests, a horror novelist named Lucas, becomes intrigued by the local lore and the history of Julia's house, particularly ⬇️

suvata the disappearance of her daughter Lily, whose body was never found. Julia believes Lily might still be alive, setting the stage for a tense narrative. 6mo

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Kylivi

Last Girl Standing | Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush

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Yikes. This book is like shitty reality TV. No plot, the characters are idiots who overreact about the dumbest things, and everyone‘s an asshole. The writing choices are also very strange, with most major plot points happening offstage, but devoting multiple scenes to characters thinking and doing the same things over and over. How many times does Delta have to realize her husband cheated on her? More than thrice, apparently. Wish I DNFed.

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AmyG

The Heatwave | Kate Riordan

I will probably only get to the #Bookspin book.

Thank you, always @TheAromaofBooks

dabbe Your first book should be retitled THE WEEK OF HELL THAT IS PHOENIX. 😂 7mo

AmyG @dabbe MAYBE it IS about Phoenix??? 😳 7mo

dabbe @AmyG 😂😂😂 7mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!!! 7mo

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Cuilin

The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHomes

For some reason, I‘m okay with Rachel absconding.

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @AllDebooks

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit 9mo

Librarybelle I liked the riddle…admittedly, it‘s a little eye rolling to me, but it also has layers of history and secrecy. It‘s a code to something far bigger than the Musgraves themselves. I really had no deep thoughts on her fleeing & never being caught, though I applaud her resourcefulness to escape when she could. The “hysterical” woman stereotype was a little too much for me, but we‘ve discussed perceptions of women in past stories, so no surprise there. 9mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle imagine women have feelings and emotions. 😮 I thought it interesting that Doyle said fiery and Celtic together since he would be considered a Celt too, being from Scotland of Irish descent. Of course he‘s a man and in control of his emotions. Lol. I like the riddle too. 9mo

IndoorDame Oddly for all that she‘s fiery and Celtic, and suffering from a touch of brain fever and all that 🙄 I found this story emotionally flat so I also didn‘t think about whether she should have been allowed to escape or whether she should be prosecuted for her crimes. 9mo

dabbe It's interesting to note that in the the Granada TV version starring Jeremy Brett, it very clearly shows that Rachel threw herself into the mere with the bundle, and it actually shows her body being recovered later. Brain fever, indeed. 😱 Justice appears to be done in the tv show. 9mo

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Cuilin

The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @AllDebooks

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit 9mo

Librarybelle In a way, it‘s comical that no one in the ten generations figured out the riddle. But, and perhaps this is my cynical side, I could see this as plausible. These types of stories help to show Holmes‘s past investigations…it establishes him as someone who has been working on cases for longer than Watson‘s writings. 9mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle I considered that Doyle was making fun of upper class and the fact that they would inter marry. The first rule of genetics for an intelligent society, spread the genes apart. 9mo

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IndoorDame I find reading this one enjoyable in a comforting/nostalgic way. But the Musgraves not coming up with a single relative to catch on in all those years definitely strains believability (since Reginald‘s character isn‘t portrayed as particularly dim). And the investigative stories are more exciting and more of what I think of as typical SH 9mo

Librarybelle I hadn‘t thought of the critique on the upper class, @Cuilin , but that is very possible! 9mo

CrystalE02 I thought it was funny that it took so many generations to figure out the riddle. I have a feeling that Doyle was picking on the upper class in this story. 9mo

dabbe Well, it is an authentic “THE BUTLER DID IT“ story! And, good point, @Cuilin. Centuries of downright twits in the Musgrave family ... nobody in that family could figure out that is was directions to a place? 😳 #timetosuspendthatdisbelief 9mo

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Cuilin

The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit 9mo

Librarybelle I liked that this story is based on a riddle, and one that the Musgraves passed down through the generations. It‘s more analytical than some of the other cases, as Holmes really has to solve the riddle in order to find out the reasons behind the odd happenings. 9mo

IndoorDame I have a fondness for this one. Maybe because it‘s so simple I can actually solve it when usually I don‘t even bother to try? ….. And Reginald was surprisingly good at laying out the facts of the case clearly, succinctly and completely, and oddly unemotional (actually this whole case lacked emotion) which made the 3 narrators thing work well for me and not get confusing 9mo

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Cuilin @IndoorDame I just noticed that there was no emotion in this case. It‘s probably also why I enjoyed it. It was quite a relaxing read. I know I solved it too, and I could not believe the Musgraves didn‘t understand what this piece of paper entailed. Though I would‘ve got all the math wrong. Lol 9mo

IndoorDame @Cuilin oh, me too! That math is so far beyond my comprehension it‘s laughable 9mo

CrystalE02 I enjoyed reading this story!!! I felt like there wasn't a ton of emotions to drag the storytelling all over the place. I felt like that Musgrave did contribute to the mystery of the story. 9mo

dabbe I loved all of the 221-B present-day new information we gain about SH in this one: “cigars in the coal-scuttle“; “unanswered correspondence transfixed by a jack-knife into the very centre of his wooden mantelpiece“, how Holmes would “sit in an arm-chair with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V. R. done in bullet-pocks“, how their “chambers were always full of chemicals“ ... ⬇️ 9mo

dabbe ... “and of criminal relics which had a way of wandering into unlikely positions“ ... How many depictions of the interior of 221B have been based almost entirely on this information? 9mo

Cuilin @dabbe you can see how every tv/movie adaptation uses this to design 221 B Baker St!!! (edited) 9mo

dabbe @Cuilin Exactly!!! 🤩 9mo

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Savage Stalker | Kathleen Kelly

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This book is intense

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