Missing You by Harlan Coben - a police detective see the profile of her ex-fiancee on an online dating sight and then becomes caught up in a missing persons case that seems to be connected. She's also still looking into the murder of her father 18 years earlier. I was surprised by the final twist.
4 stars
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Oak Harbor by Peggy Christine Darst - an Images of America book, it's a pictorial look at the history of Oak Harbor, my home town. Mostly just captions under photographs, somewhat repetitious, but I enjoyed reading it. There might be one about your home town.
3 stars
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What's So Funny: My Hilarious Life by Tim Conway - I didn't find this as funny as I had hoped. Tim says it himself, he's more of a performance artist than a comedian. I did like the nice things he had to say about his parents and home town. I wonder if his first wife, the mother of his six children, would tell a different story.
2 stars
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e.e. cummings: a life by Susan Cheever - I didn't know much about Cummings before reading this book. I didn't really enjoy the author's writing, it was somewhat repetitious.
2 stars
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Risk of Darkness by Susan Hill - the third in the Simon Serrailler series. Since beginning this series I've learned that the author doesn't consider them mysteries so much as character studies. That makes the fact that some cases are not resolved more palatable. It also makes the series rather dark and sometimes Simon is not very sympathetic. I'm still continuing with the series for now.
3 stars
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Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Life of Humphrey Bogart by Stefan Kanfer - a fairly straight forward look at the actor. This is how I like biographies - start at the beginning and go straight through. The author does like to throw in big words once in awhile and uses the last chapter to give us his opinion on the current movie culture.
3 stars
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Savage Girl by Jean Zimmerman - a girl supposedly raised by wolves is "rescued" by a wealthy family and brought to New York. A series of grisly murders seem to follow her and the eldest son, who is telling the story, suspects the girl or himself.
4 stars
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By Its Cover by Donna Leon - a Commissario Brunetti mystery. Books have been vandalized and stolen from one of Venice's libraries. I always like the way Brunetti calmly goes about solving the mysteries while working in a corrupt political climate. I also enjoy the glimpses of his home life.
4 stars
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The Judgement of Caesar by Steven Saylor - Gordianus the Finder finds himself in Alexandria at the beginning of the Alexandrian War. His son is accused of the attempted murder of Caesar and/or Cleopatra. I always enjoy these imagined historical meetings.
3 stars
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