First Impressions The Bishop’s Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison could have been a good mystery novel if it focused on the murder of Carrie Helm. Impressions While Reading Biddy Linda Wallheim, amateur sleuth took center stage. She had to insert her nose into everything Gladys Kravitz style. What most annoyed me was her obsession with […]
Fond Of My Sister’s Grave by Robert Dugoni had Fantastic pacing. It was slow but steady laying out all the information at hand. Robert Dugoni let the reader form our own opinion as the plot and characters develop.Truthfully, I thought I had it figured out within the first half of the book. It stared me […]
The Keeper of Lost Causes is first and foremost a thriller that holds your attention. Unfortunately, despite well-developed characters and a suspenseful plot I found it predictable and thought the evil villain was a little boy with a grudge, and once that thought came upon me couldn’t get it out of my head and therefore […]
The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse by Alan Bradley felt rushed. This probably due to its small size. The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse did capture the uniqueness of Miss de Luce. Unforunately, it felt unfinished, or that the author ran out of room. The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse was a disappointment […]
First in a series that has potential. stereotypical kooky small town characters reminding me of Olive Kitteridge. Surprise, unexpected ending but not enough of an OMG conclusion.
Fond of: Tana French has great character development particularly Frank Mackey’s family. From the start it was obvious that things weren’t right in the head, it was dysfunctional family on high. Besides the fact that he is still mooning over his first love I really don’t have much to say about Frank. He did his […]
Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes is too big. It is in hardcover, there are so many pages and is not very conducive while reading in bed. My eyes start to get heavy as does the book in hand, having me waking up minutes later with Bill Hodges in my face. Perhaps this is my fault, I […]
The Riddle of Sphinx Island was an interesting read. I would be remiss not to compare Major Payne and Antonia Darcy to Nick and Nora Charles, with quick wit and smarts all they were missing was Asta. The story was entertaining with a cast of eccentric characters, reminding me of the 1985 movie Clue. It was great […]
Sharp Objects is a well-paced novel keeping the reader in suspense throughout. I tried to savor the last thirty pages but became such a page-turner as the murderer became uncovered I had a hard time doing so. Even after it appears that it is solved, cased closed, the Epilogue tells us differently, it uncovers an […]
Flavia grows up just a little in each novel and in The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches it is evident that she has matured and felt like a parent dropping their child off for the first day of kindergarten. While some of the innocence is lost her skills in deduction have increased. This mystery series is […]