Vigilante by Claude Bouchard - a vigilante is killing the bad guys and the police can't catch him. They turn to a computer expert for help. Not very well written, it goes back and forth between viewpoints and everyone seems rather wooden.
2 stars
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The Halo Effect by M.J. Rose - someone is killing prostitutes. Badly written and the heroine is just stupid. Also too graphic. I think I only finished just to see how bad it could be.
0 stars
The two books above were in a Kindle bundle called Nine Great Mysteries I got for .99 cents. I deleted the rest, not even worth .99 cents.
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Agatha Webb by Anna Katharine Green - in which the reader will attempt to elucidate on the mystery surrounding the death of Agatha Webb, a story found in Greatest Mystery Collection Volume 2, purchased on Amazon, not the great tributary found in South America, but the online store wherein every item known to man may be purchased, for $2.99, an amount fitting the constrained budget of the reader. Too. many. words. This was written in 1899 by a woman considered the mother of mysteries. She was writing detective novels 10 years before Conan Doyle invented Sherlock. There are over 60 books, that's books, not short stories, in this collection. Probably will only be reading them when I'm desperate.
2 stars
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Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman - this is called a Leaphorn and Chee novel although it seems to be centered more on Chee's wife, Bernie. The author is continuing the series begun by her father. A pretty good first time book, although there were a lot of driving scenes.
3 stars
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Spirit of Steamboat: A Walt Longmire Story by Craig Johnson - a Christmas time novella that's not a mystery. It tells the story of a time in 1988 when Walt and the former sheriff, Lucius, undertake a wild flight in a storm. Too much technical detail about the plane and medical procedures.
2 stars
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The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell - I was drawn into this book on the very first page and finished it in one sitting. The story of a mousy police typist during the 1920's. She's gradually drawn into a different world by one of the other typists. The ending was a shock, I still don't know what to think.
5 stars
I'm always intrigued by books you give five stars to. I'll have to add The Other Typist to my TBR list. :)
ReplyDeleteIf you read it, please let me know. I'm dying to discuss the last page.
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