Tag: mystery
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Sing Her Down: #bookreview
Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda begins in Arizona women’s prison and ends at the corner of Olympic and Western in Los Angeles. Florence “Florida” Baum and Diosmary Sandoval are inmates at a women’s correctional facility at the time of the pandemic. Dios knows Florida’s secret about her actual involvement in the murder of two…
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Tread of Angels: #bookreview
Celeste, a card sharp with a penchant for trouble, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class in the mining town of Goetia, in a new world of dark fantasy. Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse is set in a remote…
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Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective: #bookreview
Charlotte Illes is Not a Detective by Katie Siegel is cozy LGBT+ mystery that follows the story of former child detective Charlotte Illes. The 25-year-old spends most of her time looking for a job, going on only first dates and denying her natural abilities as a super sleuth. One day her brother calls her on…
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The Dagger Dance: #bookreview
The Dagger Dance by Elizabeth Bailey is set in eighteenth-century London and Bristol. Bristol is about a 2 1/2 hour west of London. In the 18th century, it would have taken approximately 40 hours to walk from London to Bristol. Review Lady Fan has some notoriety for solving crimes. At first, I wasn’t sure if…
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Cold Case Quest: Idessa Hennings
On Saturday, June 13, 1964, Idessa Hennings of Cincinnati was found in her bed at approximately 6 p.m. Hennings had already passed away by the time she was discovered. The cause of death is listed as strangulation. The Cincinnati Police Department originally thought that she had been stabbed or shot in the neck. Within the…
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The Girl Without Skin: #bookreview
The Girl Without Skin is a murder mystery set in Greenland. It begins with journalist Matthew Cave investigating the discovery of a mummified Viking body. If you do not like murder mysteries with gruesome crimes – murder, child abuse, and sexual assault- then this may not be the book for you. I would have also…
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Cold Case Quest: Paula Logan
In May of 1987, Paula Logan was found in an alley on 5th Street in Columbus. The cause of death was a head injury. For many years, there were no suspects. The area where she was found is such a busy area that it’s hard to believe someone would commit a murder in public like…
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Cold and Deadly by Toni Anderson Released Today
Today, Cold & Deadly, the latest book by Toni Anderson, will be available everywhere that books are sold. I received an ARC but have only read a few pages so far. We will all have to wait until next week to discover whether it’s worth reading. Since the book is a murder mystery, I signed…
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The Night Olivia Fell: #bookreview
How would you cope if your teenaged daughter had an accident which left her brain dead but she was also pregnant? In The Night Olivia Fell, the mother, Abi, has to deal with the impending death of her daughter, Olivia, and the birth of her grandchild. Abi also believes that someone pushed Olivia off of…
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Cold Case Quest: Cassandra Cole
November 25, 2002, was the last time that 14-year-old Cassandra Cole was seen by her family. She was reported missing to the Tiffin police and also the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Cole’s body was found on March 20, 2003, along the bank of the Sandusky River. The location was less than half…
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