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This is a first book to start the series of Inspector Banks mysteries. Inspector Banks is introduced in Gallows View as having come from working in a larger city to a smaller one. Thinking life wouldn't be so drastic in Eastvale, Alan Banks will find out differently. His family of…
I have a wealth of bookcases, stacked with hardcover books and paperbacks. It is my wealth, which is pitiful compared to others and one of my first loves, which is books and reading.
All the Colors of Darkness is written by English author Peter Robinson. This is not a book…
This is a great mystery written the the 1980's. Old Bones by Aaron Elkins features Europe where the war, long ago had been rough and survivors live on in their own way, duty bound by love and some are just along for the ride.
Aaron Elkins, author, does well with…
I have chosen a book to review which hasn't had a chance to collect dust yet. This is one of the books I've gotten in a rush by mistake and is a book I am glad to have read.
Reading this book, one learns there is a meaning to the…
The book starts in 1979 with seven girls in their special gifted class as a storm brewed. The school burns and the principal has moved on and so have all the attendees of the private school, never finishing the school year at Montgomery Academy in New York.
Storm Warning jumps…
Here is another book I bought in haste. Lately it seems I am not sorry for any of the books I am buying in a rush.Could it be I am getting more open-minded?
This is a goofy story with weird town characters that just can keep it moving. Fog Over…
How about that? I picked a first in a series. Them Bones is a story with numerous characters, some scared, some scary. Sarah Booth needs to come up with money to save the old house. She lives alone, except for a ghost servant, Jitty. Jitty scolds and gives advice, some…
Surprisingly, I found this book dust free, but it has teeth marks on it and a few pages on the bottom ended up in one of my dog's belly. We survive. They quit chewing on my books. Like kids, it was a temporary thing.
Patricia Sprinkle has written a wonderful…
This is a first in a series of Finny's Nose books. Trouble Up Finny's Nose introduces Ruth Budge as a lone woman of a couple years still trying to get used to her husband being dead. She comes across a novel in bits and pieces written by her belated husband…
A hurricane is coming and though Colleton County, North Carolina rarely is bombarded by a hurricane it can happen. Most likely threatening thunderstorms abound. Good title for the book: Storm Track. It is unpredicatable as the weather, including a murder. Well, why not a murder? The Judge, Deborah Knott needs…
I don't know about you guys, but for me nothing seems more fitting on a chilly November day than to curl up under a blanket with a cup of hot coco and a freshly acquired novel in my comfiest armchair.
November always looks so gloomy on the outside that I…
This is the first Alan Russell book I have read. It was kind of deep. But I did enjoy Multiple Wounds. You will meet Catlin, Eurydice, Pandora and a host of other characters through Holly Troy. Holly has multiple personalities, also known as Dissociated Indentity Disorder. Through Holly, you will…
The Spy Who Came For Christmas By David Morrell
Sometimes I can really be a cheapskate and most times, it's a good thing. I believe I found The Spy Who Came for Christmas in the outside sales bins of BooksAMillion. I doubt I would have ever seen this book or…
