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The Madness of Crowds

CatherineSeptember 12, 2021September 12, 2021Leave a comment

Louise Penny 2021: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #17 The pandemic is over, thanks to a vaccine, and Inspector Armand Gamache and his team are, as always, hard at work. In a story that includes actual historical events and figures, Ms. Penny has placed the Top Three of the Homicide Division … Continue ReadingThe Madness of Crowds

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The Darkness Knows

CatherineAugust 12, 2021August 12, 2021Leave a comment

Arnaldur Indridason, August 17, 2021, St Martin’s Press I received an Advance Readers Copy from NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press, which I used to write my honest review. I’m drawn to crime fiction set in countries about which I otherwise know very little. I consider these books to be travelogues … Continue ReadingThe Darkness Knows

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The Bones of Avalon

CatherineAugust 1, 2021September 4, 2021Leave a comment

First of the two books in the John Dee Papers series by Phil Rickman. Dr. Dee is tasked with a quest: he must bring the bones of King Arthur back to his Queen. … Read More >The Bones of Avalon

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The Heresy of Dr. Dee

CatherineAugust 1, 2021August 26, 2021Leave a comment

Phil Rickman, 2012; narrated by Sean Barrett In this 2nd book in the John Dee Papers series, Dr. Dee is in a bit of a sticky wicket after rashly telling Queen Elizabeth I that of COURSE he has a scrying stone. Sure, he can show it to her some time. … Continue ReadingThe Heresy of Dr. Dee

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Come, Bitter Poison

CatherineMay 20, 2021August 27, 2021

Murder continues in the northwestern town of Stratford Upon Avondale, but never fear. Maggie O’Flynn is on the case. … Read More >Come, Bitter Poison

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Alas, She Drowned

CatherineMay 17, 2021September 5, 2021

A little Shakespeare, a little murder, and a fearless amateur detective. … Read More >Alas, She Drowned

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The Crone’s Curse

CatherineApril 23, 2021August 10, 2021

Cozy Mystery – fans of Agatha Raisin will enjoy this series. … Read More >The Crone’s Curse

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Shroud for the Archbishop

CatherineMarch 23, 2021August 27, 2021Leave a comment

Recommended for European history buffs and those with a morbid interest in garrotting. … Read More >Shroud for the Archbishop

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The Beautiful Mystery

CatherineMarch 21, 2021August 26, 2021

Murder in a monestery; Gamache and Beauvior are on lockdown as they find the killer. … Read More >The Beautiful Mystery

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A Trick of the Light

CatherineMarch 21, 2021August 26, 2021

The seventh in the Three Pines series, A Trick of the Light spotlights Clara Morrow – her art, her marriage, and friendships lost. Oh – and there’s murder too. … Read More >A Trick of the Light

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Bury Your Dead

CatherineMarch 21, 2021August 26, 2021

Explosive installment that changes lives. Don’t read this book out of order; you need to read “The Brutal Telling” first. … Read More >Bury Your Dead

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The Brutal Telling

CatherineMarch 20, 2021August 26, 2021

Gamache #5, Louise Penny, 2009 In any cozy mystery (if the Three Pines Mysteries can be considered cozy), the members of the inner circle of recurring characters don’t commit crimes. Readers who expect this when starting The Brutal Telling have a rude awakening indeed. This story of human cruelty and … Continue ReadingThe Brutal Telling

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A Rule Against Murder

CatherineMarch 14, 2021August 26, 2021

Louise Penny, 2008 Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #4 I was totally engaged in this book for a couple of reasons beyond the usual Gamache spell. Readers are invited into the deeply disturbing backstory of two ‘regulars’ who live in Three Pines: artists Peter Morrow and his wife Clara, also an … Continue ReadingA Rule Against Murder

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The Cruelest Month

CatherineMarch 14, 2021August 26, 2021Leave a comment

Gamache #3, Louise Penny 2007; 2008 Agatha Award Winner Not a review, but just a few words and a rating: the third volume in Louise Penny’s excellent Quebec-based murder series shows us that this author is not afraid to break the unspoken rule which states that regular characters cannot commit … Continue ReadingThe Cruelest Month

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A Fatal Grace

CatherineMarch 14, 2021August 26, 2021Leave a comment

Gamache #2, Louise Penny, 2006; 2007 Agatha Award Winner As with all but one of the Gamache Mysteries, I listened to the Audible version, beautifully narrated by the late Ralph Cosham. Mr. Cosham gets ten stars out of five for narration. (Interesting: I’ve listened to another series he narrated, and … Continue ReadingA Fatal Grace

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Whose Body – Lord Peter Wimsey #1

CatherineMarch 14, 2021September 5, 2021

Read this book while dancing the Charleston. … Read More >Whose Body – Lord Peter Wimsey #1

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The Body on the Beach

CatherineMarch 7, 2021September 5, 2021

Uptight Carole and free spirit Jude form an unlikely alliance to solve a murder in the first book of the Fethering Mysteries. … Read More >The Body on the Beach

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The Secret, Book, & Scone Society

CatherineFebruary 18, 2021September 5, 2021

Read this pleasant mystery while eating a scone. Obviously. … Read More >The Secret, Book, & Scone Society

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The Lady Jewel Diviner

CatherineFebruary 6, 2021September 5, 2021

Vampires, selkies, diviners – so much magic, all set in Regency England. Probably you should have some tea and chudleighs with cream and jam while you read. (Look it up.) … Read More >The Lady Jewel Diviner

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A Plague on Both Your Houses

CatherineNovember 23, 2020September 5, 2021Leave a comment

Read this next to a window on an overcast, snowy day. … Read More >A Plague on Both Your Houses