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14 February 2023 | Tuesday · 5:22 PM

Vinyl Resting Place

Vinyl Resting Place | Book Review | Olivia Blacke
Title:
Vinyl Resting Place
Series:
Record Shop Mysteries
Genre:
Mystery
Publisher:
St. Martin’s Paperbacks
Release Date:
Format:
Kindle
Pages:
302
Source:
BookForums 2023

I picked up this book at a time when some major personal aspects of my life were keeping me busy. No wonder, this is probably the longest I have taken to complete a book, all of 300 pages! Getting to the book, Vinyl Resting Place is best described as a cozy mystery and is the first in the Record Shop Mysteries series by Olivia Blacke. To be honest, I find such a sub-genre weird, but it just implies – the crime in such books is treated lightly. And so is the case here. I am not sure I would have picked this up had I known this beforehand.

The setting of the book is in a small town Cedar River…

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9 January 2023 | Monday · 5:31 PM

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It | Book Review | Elle Cosimano
Title:
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
Series:
Finlay Donovan
Genre:
Thriller; Mystery
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Release Date:
Format:
Kindle
Pages:
369
Source:
BookForums 2023

Book #1 of the Finlay Donovan series introduces Finlay Donovan alongside other recurring characters who are sure to endear themselves to the reader. A single mom of two adorable kids Delia & Zach, Finlay Donovan is struggling to write her novel with the deadline looming, 2 young kids needing her, unpaid bills and a babysitter fired by her ex husband.

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It hits the perfect note right from the word go with some utterly funny situational comic scenes and a wacky protagonist fighting her way through her daily grind. A discussion of her plot for the new novel with her agent is overheard by a by-sitter who mistakes Finlay for a contract killer & hands …

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18 December 2022 | Sunday · 9:44 AM

One Good Deed

One Good Deed | Aloysius Archer Series | David Baldacci
Title:
One Good Deed
Series:
Aloysius Archer
Genre:
Thriller
Publisher:
Grand Central Publishing
Release Date:
Format:
Kindle
Pages:
416
Source:
BookForums 2023

The first book of a new series, a new character – Aloysius Archer. Having already read the two sequels, I can assure you, this is a character that shall stay with you for long. I truly have enjoyed the Aloysius Archer Series to the core.

Back from war & a subsequent imprisonment for a crime he hadn’t committed, Aloysius Archer finds himself in Poca City serving a 3 year parole. On a casual visit to the bar, he crosses paths with Hank Pittleman – a wealthy individual who virtually owns majority of Poca. The casual small talk lands Archer an assignment to retrieve for Pittleman the loan collateral from his rival Lucas Tuttle. And thereon, the story effortlessly draws you …

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18 October 2022 | Tuesday · 5:51 PM

The Housemaid: The Spine Chilling Read of 2022

The Housemaid | Freida McFadden | Book Review

An intriguing name, enticing you just enough to pick this one outright. The Housemaid comes from the house of Freida McFadden – an acclaimed name when it comes to thrillers. It is the first in The Housemaid Series and you can be assured of a roller coaster of a ride guaranteeing a flurry of adrenaline rush.

Speaking of the name, one cannot help draw a comparison with one of the most successful books of the year – The Maid by Nita Prose. What’s more, even the names of the protagonists sound similar – Molly The Maid and here it is Millie. But that is where the similarity ends!

The Housemaid begins with one of the central characters – Nina – sitting in her home, with the detectives investigating something, which is not immediately disclosed to the reader. From there on, the story goes into flashback – 3 months …

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11 October 2022 | Tuesday · 4:56 PM

Next In Line (Jeffrey Archer)

Next In Line | Jeffrey Archer

Its celebration time as Willam Warwick and the team are back! Next In Line brings back all your favorite characters, for those of us who have followed the William Warwick series. Few things give the high that reading a Jeffrey Archer book on a lazed out, relaxed Saturday afternoon!

Next In Line conforms to the same set pattern that this series has so diligently stuck to. The ongoing story of the shrewd Miles Faulkner picks up from where it had left in Over My Dead Body. And, it continues to thread together all the books of this series. While in addition to it – just as in previous books – there is a fresh case at hand for Warwick and his team, which is unique to this book. From painting heists, drug cartels, corruption and murders, this time round they are tasked with Royalty Protection.

An interesting aspect of …

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28 September 2022 | Wednesday · 5:37 PM

The Botanist: Washington Poe Book #5

The Botanist | M.W. Craven | Book Review

So, yet another thriller. And yet another thriller series. The Botanist is the 5th in the DS Washington Poe series of books. But it is my first. There were quite a few deterrents as I picked this book up. First, with so many thrillers one after another, I wasn’t quite sure I wanted to read another. And second, at 500 odd pages, this was threatening to test my patience for sure! But whoa! Am I not glad I read this. I would have missed such an enjoyable & engaging read.

The plot in a nutshell – some well known people of the city are mysteriously dying, each receiving a weird poem & a dried flower as a warning (or threat). And despite the most stringent of security measures in place, the security forces are failing to save them. So, this basically forms the case that DS Poe and his team …

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