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A different entry in this series
Death with a Double Edge: A Daniel Pitt Novel
By: Anne Perry
Rating: 5 of 5
I’ve read all of the books in this series. I really enjoyed the book even though my favorite character, Miriam fford Croft was more of a peripheral one than usual.
Daniel is asked to identify a murder victim’s body and receives a jolt when he believes it is his friend and colleague, Toby Kitteridge. It turns out to be a senior partner in their law chamber. However, the death sends reverberations through the chamber and may mean the end of the practice. That is, unless they are able to find the murderer and clear the reputation of the chamber.
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It took me long enough
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
By: J.K. Rowling
Rating: 5 of 5
I admit it. I’ve never read any of the Harry Potter books. I have never seen any of the Harry Potter movies. However, my son-in-law is a huge fan of the series and is reading the illustrated version of this book to his children. My husband, likewise, has never read the books or seen the movies.
We decided to listen to an audio version together, to keep up with our young grandkids. We enjoyed it and are ready for the next book in the series.
I won’t give a synopsis of the book because almost everyone has already read it. I can only say that, late as I am to the series, I am so glad I have finally started it.
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Lots of fun and clues
Death at the Salon (A Daisy Thorne Mystery Book 2)
By: Louise R. Innes
Rating: 5 of 5
Though this is the second book in this series, it is the first book that I have read. I enjoyed it and will go back and read the first book as well. It is a cozy mystery and is set, primarily in a beauty salon named Ooh La La, in a small town in England.
The proprietor of the salon and amateur sleuth is Daisy Thorne. Daisy has been studying Forensics Psychology with an eye to becoming a profiler for the police one day. When a regular customer is found murdered outside her salon, Daisy comes under suspicion.
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Interesting cozy mystery
The Dead Cat Bounce: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery
By: Sarah Graves
Rating: 4 of 5
I started reading Sarah Graves books with her follow-on series to this one. It has many of the same characters but what surprised me was how much she had changed the background story of the main character. Then again, I noticed she did something similar with another character between books in her new series. It seems she simply changes the background to fit her current story.
That said, it took me a bit to wrap my head around the changes. I finally just told myself that I had to treat this series as a new one with characters of the same names and locale. Once I did that, I could enjoy the story on its own.
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Slow start but great finish
O Jerusalem: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
By: Laurie R. King
Rating: 4 of 5
I started this series further along and am now going back and reading the earlier books.
First of all, I highly suggest you read this story as number 2 in the series as that is the time period in which it is set. I read the next two books before going back and reading this one once I realized where I had gone wrong.
The story is set in a period of time that is included in the first book and follows Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes through an adventure in the Holy Land.
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Agatha Raisin arrives!
The Quiche of Death: The First Agatha Raisin Mystery
By: M. C. Beaton
Rating: 5 of 5
I first read this book years ago and enjoyed it. I then saw the first few seasons of the British television series based on this series of books. I enjoyed that as well.
I recently went back and re-read the book and I’m hooked. I will be going through the series as well as the author’s Hamish Macbeth series as well.
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A great mystery series
The Cold Dish: A Longmire Mystery (Walt Longmire Mysteries Book 1)
By: Craig Johnson
Rating: 5 of 5
I watched the series based on these books years ago. I enjoyed it thoroughly but wanted to eventually read the series itself. Therefore, I started with book 1 and will continue read or listening to the audio version depending on my mood.
I really liked this book. It was better than the series on television, which isn’t unusual. Many of the elements were still the same but the description enhanced and gave depth to the story and to the characters.
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Great Irish Garda cozy mystery
Murder in an Irish Bookshop
By: Carlene O’Connor
Rating: 5 of 5
Siobhan O’Sullivan is a Garda in a small Irish town, Kilbane. She is also one of the O’Sullivan Six who own the local bistro. Her fiance is Detective Sargent Macdara Flannery and together they investigate many of the crimes which seem to haunt this town.
A new and mysterious bookshop opens in town and everyone, including Siobhan want to visit right away. Things are quite that easy which makes for fun and games. The bookshop is hosting a get-together for up-and-coming authors. When one of the authors ends up quite dead, Siobhan shifts gears and, instead of buying books, looks for a murderer.
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Fun book in this zany mystery series
Death by Chocolate Snickerdoodle (A Death by Chocolate Mystery Book 4)
By: Sarah Graves
Rating: 5 of 5
I’ve read all of the previous books in this series and this book fits in well with the overall theme.
Jake (Jacobia) Tiptree and Ellie White are the owners of the Chocolate Moose, a bakery in small town Maine that specializes in things made of chocolate. What could be wrong with that?
The thing is, there is always something afoot in Eastport, Maine (a real town, by the way) that Jake and Ellie get sucked into investigating.
What happens is that Ellie blazes the way and Jake follows behind, clumsily, and doing everything that should get them noticed but usually does not. Jake is always getting wet somehow or getting preyed upon by a natural predator. Actually, human predators as well.
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A great second book in this humorous cozy mystery series
Fatal Frost (Dewberry Farm Mysteries Book 2)
By: Karen MacInerney
Rating: 5 of 5
I read the first book in this series a few years ago, when it first came out. I didn’t realize that more books had been written since then. I picked up the second book in the series, “Fatal Frost” and was able to read it without any issue. I think it could be read as a stand-alone book, but for fun and for continuity, I suggest reading the series in order.
Lucy Resnick is still hanging in there. She’s adding more products on to her farm. Part of that is getting two goats, Hot Lips and Gidget, who like her cow, are all escape artists. I sense a lot of fun in future books trying to corral her animals. Good thing her new boyfriend is a veterinarian and can sweet-talk animals into going back home again.
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