Theoretically I really enjoy mysteries and thrillers. In practice, so many of the ones I start reading end up prominently featuring rape that I tend to avoid the genre. My mother assured me this one featured neither so I decided to give it a shot. The Lucky One is set on an old estate in California wine country. It’s recently been sold off to developers, despite the objections of the local community. They think the developers will rip out all the historical features of the […]
Not just a mystery, but an educational mystery
We have a tradition at our annual work party of a book exchange. You get a book that has something to do with history (I work at a historic site) and you gift-wrap it. Everyone who brings a book gets a number, and then the first person unwraps a book. The next person can either unwrap a book or steal the book the first person unwrapped, and so on. Most people try not to spend much, if anything on the book. So I went to […]
Ringing in the New Year with Inspector Gamache <3
Well, CBR10 was an epic disaster for me (I think I reviewed one book? maybe?), but we’re going to give ‘er another go this year. And what better way to kick things off than with the latest instalment in the Inspector Gamache series. There are very few books that I pre-order and am willing to pay full price for the hardcover immediate release. This series is one of those exceptions. This is the 14th book to date, and I can’t stress enough that you should […]
A supernatural murder mystery
Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall is a paranormal F/F romance mystery. I’m always up for anything paranormal with a broody detective, so this was right up my alley. Kate Kane is a private investigator for the supernatural underworld of London. Even though she has a fairy mother, she lives her life as a human, only calling on her untested powers for emergencies. The book opens with a werewolf’s murder outside an elite vampire club. Kate’s called onto the case by her ex-boyfriend Patrick who basically […]