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Broken Promise: A Thriller
by Linwood Barclay

A thrilling few days (7/3/2015)

Linwood Barclay's "Broken Promise" is a murder-mystery thriller that takes place over just a few days. The book is set at such a fast pace, that I read it in just a few days as well (and I usually like to read at a leisurely pace to soak in all the details), in fact with …more

The Ghost Bride
by Yangsze Choo

Supernatural, history, and mystery come together (5/21/2015)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I'm glad I read it before the airline disasters that made the island that this book takes place on (though in a different time period) a household name. The protagonist is a true heroine, she rises above her culture and its constraints, …more

What Doesn't Kill Her: A Reeve LeClaire Series Novel
by Carla Norton

Fast Paced Action (5/7/2015)

This book was a very quick, easy, suspenseful, and fun read. The only regret I have is that I had not read the "prequel" or previous book about the same protagonist, by the same author ("The Edge of Normal"), so I knew there were things I was missing out on, such as an …more

The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell
by William Klaber

The Ruin of Joseph Lobdell (12/28/2014)

Although I enjoyed this book, and appreciate the research that went into it, I felt from the first page that Lucy Ann Lobdell was destined for a bad end, so I always had a sense of doom or worry hanging over me when I read it. It was enlightening to read how she first …more

Five
by Ursula Archer

A geochache nightmare (10/21/2014)

I must love the macabre because I could not put this book down. I read it in the bathtub, I read it while I blow-dried my hair, I read it until I fell asleep. It inspired me to look at geochaching sites in my own neighborhood (maybe I will try a few). Before reading "Five" …more

The Lion Seeker
by Kenneth Bonert

The Lion Seeker (7/16/2014)

I could not put this book down. I thoroughly enjoyed it from the first page to the ending. I loved how the author weaved very difficult time periods of history together, to unveil truths and half-truths that shaped not only the protagonist and her family and her children, …more

The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
by Helen Rappaport

A very fine, is slightly dry, history of the Romanov's (6/11/2014)

I have to admit I had a hard time getting into this book, because it started far before the "Romonav" sisters - it started with the upbringing of their mother (and I accidently thought the prolougue, which was kind of dry was part of the actual book and that took me a …more

The Weight of Blood
by Laura McHugh

A Study of the Ozarks (2/14/2014)

Laura McHugh paints a realistic view of the Ozarks, from the perspective of a young woman, of some privilege who has grown up in a particularly unwelcoming, scary town, but who is protected from its cruelties due to her family's stance. The young woman loves the beauty of …more

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