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- Review of Foster by Claire Keegan
Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/30/22 Edition
Now I'm reading A Rip Through Time, the first in Kelley Armstrong's time-travel historical fiction mystery But she quickly realized that being a princess involved responsibility, political maneuvering, and mysterious
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/4/23 Edition
Beresford pieces together the story of Hannah's life from her first-person account--and tries to solve a mystery
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/10/23 Edition
In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly shady, and certainly
- Review of Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
is accessible and her examples come from years of experience with clients and their varied dilemmas, mysteries
- Review of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
When June witnesses Athena's death and then mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers
- My Six Favorite Book Club Books of 2022
Prose offers a surprising amount of heart and a unique main protagonist in this lighthearted murder mystery check out Doctors and Friends. 05 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery The mystery skips back and forth in time, and four years later, Iris's twin sister Ruth finally receives
- Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year
Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star Historical Fiction But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might
- Review of Half Wild: Stories by Robin MacArthur
MacArthur is also the author of the mystery Heart Spring Mountain.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/26/22 Edition
When Jaryk learns that his father has been killed under mysterious circumstances in India, he travels
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's historical fiction mystery, based on real-life double agents broken up by and bound together by tragedy; Quantum Girl Theory, Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction-mystery-speculative Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is Revival of Opal & Nev. 06 Quantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan In Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction mystery
- Review of The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
In town, she'll always be known as The Girl Who Solved a Murder Mystery by Talking to Ghosts, with all
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West
Davies includes fantastic details of amateur Western exploration that I adored. 04 One for the Blackbird Carson is also the author of the Fire and Thorns series, four young adult fantasy books plus related
- Review of The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/14/22 Edition
Frankie and Zeke come up with an enigmatic phrase and attention-getting artwork, and they spread the mysterious
- Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
for my full review of The Last Green Valley. 03 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson Atkinson's newest mystery in vivid Roaring Twenties London as Nellie Coker struggles to hold on to her empire of clubs while mysterious by the intersection of Gwendolyn and Ma Coker's golden child, her eldest son Niven--along with the mystery
- Review of The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Kate Quinn is the author of the fantastic titles The Diamond Eye , The Huntress , The Rose Code , and
- My Twelve Very Favorite 2021 Reads
But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking It features the fantastic characters from book one, and the plot picks up with a new version of the fight If you like character-driven suspense and mystery books, you might also like John Hart's (grittier) books Lee's detail is just fantastic in terms of Green's emotions, hopes, dreams, everyday life at the time With masterful storytelling, King builds a world within each short story that feels immediate, sometimes
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads
I read so many fantastic books this year, I was considering another 29 titles for this Bossy Best of and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. 05 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery and he's got two dead crewmates, a chatty AI robot caregiver, a lot of complicated equipment, and a mysterious Weir provides Grace with unexpected company, fascinating collaboration, fantastic interpersonal relationships making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master
- Six Fascinating Stories Set in Space
these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans, and Alien Life and AI Six More Fantastic and he's got two dead crewmates, a chatty AI robot caregiver, a lot of complicated equipment, and a mysterious
- Review of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
For other postapocalyptic stories I've loved, check out Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels and Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels.
- Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
Ava's inexperience is essential to her storyline, and her limited perspective creates a mystery regarding
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/23/23 Edition
Billy's witnessing of the mysterious crash aftermath seems bound to bring him trouble.
- Review of The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
The Heiress is set on a North Carolina estate that's always felt claustrophobic to Cam. But his adoptive mother Ruby, an infamous character and four-time widow, was determined for him to inherit the McTavish riches. As the truths of Ruby's past become clear to the reader, additional layers of unexpected secrets begin to unfurl. When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's North Carolina's richest woman--and its most infamous. Ruby was the victim of a childhood kidnapping that turned the community of Tavistock on its head, and since then her power has grown--as has her list of dead husbands (four). She reigns high in the Blue Ridge Mountains, on her lavish estate. But her adopted son Camden is living in Colorado with his wife in a modest rental home, teaching school, and firmly determined to reject his sizeable inheritance along with the McTavish family--who are still living in the mansion--and anything to do with Ruby. After Ruby's death, strange murmurings about her past begin to surface, and Cam is forced to face questions about inheritance, legacy, and family ties that reach beyond the grave. The story is told partially through illuminating letters from Ruby laying out the unflinching facts of her past actions. When Cam returns to North Carolina to sort out the mansion's repairs, tensions run high with his cold aunt and two outrageously behaved cousins. And it becomes clear to the reader that his estranged family and Cam's beloved wife Jules aren't the only ones keeping secrets--Cam himself has been hiding some essential truths as well. As in the other Hawkins novels I've read, the story's relationships, hidden truths, and setting feel like the main elements; character development isn't a crucial part of the story's progression. Yet I felt I was enough a part of the characters' inner circle to feel a twinge of betrayal when they revealed their secrets to readers--even if they did not always come clean to each other. The Heiress has a satisfying ending that also retains some of the story's intrigue among the main characters. I received a prepublication edition of this book courtesy of NetGalley and St. Martin's Press. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Hawkins is also the author of The Villa, Reckless Girls, and The Wife Upstairs.
- Review of Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot #6) by Martha Wells
In Fugitive Telemetry, Murderbot attempts to solve the mystery of a murder--while generally annoyed and
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads
Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'. Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time. 08 Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Angie Kim's sophomore novel is a mystery Kim's missing-person novel is a mystery and is structured around the discovery and exploration of what
- Review of The Power by Naomi Alderman
You can find more books like this on the Greedy Reading List Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic
- Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master Brave Female Spies, Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II, and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
It's Real by Ann Liang I was hooked by Liang's fake-dating, famous-everyday relationship duo setup, fantastically In town, she'll always be known as The Girl Who Solved a Murder Mystery by Talking to Ghosts, with all
- Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites
Fiction Stories Set in the American West, Six Historical Fiction Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Kate Quinn is also the author of the fantastic titles The Rose Code, The Diamond Eye, and The Alice
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/12/23 Edition
time while her wife Odette soars high above on the trapeze of their magical circus, the Circus of the Fantasticals with a ringmaster ruling his crew with dark powers--and someone who's after what the Circus of the Fantasticals
- Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
I recently posted about Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year, Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year, Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare
- My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer
Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late It's Real by Ann Liang I was hooked by Liang's fake-dating, famous-everyday relationship duo setup, fantastically
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/23/23 Edition
She's been cobbling together enough to get by, but when a mysterious draw to the spooky Starling House
- Review of The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash
Ballad with my book club, and this week I reviewed When Ghosts Come Home, Wiley Cash's character-driven mystery
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master Eason In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together Eason's science fiction mystery Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, a templar, Iari, and a spy, Gaer, have And I was wholly charmed by the rievs (former battle robots) who mysteriously show sentience and surprising
- Six Novels I Loved Reading Last Year
Similarly, when he stumbles onto a truth about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/27/23 Edition
Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, disturbing undercurrent at the Kinsellas'.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/17/22 Edition
In town, she'll always be known as The Girl Who Solved a Murder Mystery by Talking to Ghosts, with all
- Review of The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young
the suspicious circumstances surrounding Bryn's parents' long-ago deaths, and an extended family with mysterious
- My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
and he's got two dead crewmates, a chatty AI robot caregiver, a lot of complicated equipment, and a mysterious Weir provides Grace with unexpected company, fascinating collaboration, fantastic interpersonal relationships Will Tell You This But Me. 07 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery making a difference, but I admit that I was curious as to how even a historical fiction storytelling master
- Review of Beneath a Starless Sky by Tessa Harris
Thomas Silkstone series and the Constance Piper Mystery series as well as The Light We Left Behind.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/1/22 Edition
her future, shares her reliance on alcohol and her experience with depression, lists her long-term, mysterious
- Review of Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
lifesaving Black neighbors--who share resources, offer advice, and otherwise keep to themselves--and their mysterious
- Review of These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
their experiences in an internment camp during World War II, as well as the novel Fallen Mountains, a mystery
- Review of Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher
The rest of the gang is fantastically spunky, tough, kind, and loyal--with nonbinary representation and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/12/22 Edition
siblings Bellatine and Isaac, a woodworker and a con artist and street performer, are reunited to claim a mysterious
- Shhh! Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays
by Mary Roach Science writer Mary Roach has a way of immersing readers in what may be unfamiliar or mysterious Entangled Life is Merlin Sheldrake's enthusiastic ode to the supremely important and mysterious life
- Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music
their mesmerizing lead singer Daisy, the group's complicated interpersonal conflicts, and the band's mysterious Daisy Jones and the Six explores multiple layers of love and heartbreak, all against a fantastic backdrop
- Shhh! Book Gifts for Kids and Teens
Gaiman Author Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by Norse mythology while imagining his novels' many fantastical kids offers gorgeous images and factoids (in high quality Atlas Obscura style) of "100 surprising, mysterious