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I was late to the starting point with this series. I began reading it with the “Dreaming Spies” and was beginning to work my way through the series from the beginning. I jumped ahead once again to read “The Murder of Mary Russell” as it is just being released. Another great read and one that had me wondering up until the end about where the book was headed.

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When I started reading this book, I had no idea that it was tenth in a series. I often read books out of order in a series to see if I can still find my way as a reader. It quickly became obvious, to me, that this was not going to be an easy story to simply pick up and read. There are many characters with a lot of back history that is integral to the plot development.

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“She’s Not There” tells the story of Caroline Shipley. She is the mother of two who is convinced (by her husband) to leaver her two young daughters alone in their hotel room in order to celebrate their anniversary dinner with family in friends. The worst happens and their youngest daughter goes missing.

Fifteen years later, Caroline is still heart-broken and the “anniversary” of the kidnapping is coming up. She gets a call from a young woman who announces that she believes she is Caroline’s missing daughter.

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“Yarned and Dangerous” is the first in a new series about Dorset Falls and the group of ladies who make up the Charity Knitters Association.

Josie Blair has moved back to help out her uncle after he was injured in a car crash that took the life of his wife he had recently married, Cora. One of the important tasks she has to accomplish before leaving is to close down and sell the stock of Aunt Cora’s yarn store, Miss Marple Knits.

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“Death Crashes the Party” is the debut book by author Vickie Fee as well as the first book in her new Liv and Di mystery series. Liv is a party planner in Dixie, Tennessee and Di is her best friend. Together they get into a lot of mischief as they try to solve the murder mystery that has their small town turned upside down.

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This is a series that I have read out of order over the years. I missed a few of the more recent books and so the personal life of forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver has advanced and changed a bit since the last book I read. However, I read the book for the mystery and Mr. Elkins ability to write a great and cerebral murder mystery has not changed at all. It is arguable that Mr. Elkins started the genre of forensic anthropology murder mysteries with his Gideon Oliver books.

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This is the first Dean Koontz novel I have read in a very long time. It was interestingly written but in some ways a tad confusing for me. The characters jumped around a bit and I was never quite sure of where I was in the story.

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