Dead Scared by S.J. Bolton - DC Lacey Flint is recruited to go undercover as a student at Cambridge. There seems to be a very high rate of suicide. Someone is either encouraging or helping. And Lacey isn't being told the whole story by her superiors.
3 stars
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Untraceable by Laura Griffin - Alex helps women escape abusive partners. But now one of the women is missing and Alex is afraid she's been murdered by her husband, a policeman. And the case gets more and more complicated. Turns out this book was a romance with mystery, not the other way around. So too much sex. And the author kept introducing character after character.
3 stars
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A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths - another Ruth Galloway book. Ruth learns an old friend has died and the next day receives a letter from him saying he's made an amazing discovery. A story involving King Arthur and neo-Nazis. I thought this moved rather slow, it was almost about relationships rather than mystery. I also find the author's use of present tense annoying.
3 stars
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Book Lust to Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers by Nancy Pearl - not just a listing of books, it's more like the author is discussing the books with you and the reason she included them. I'll be buying this book so I can mark it up.
4 stars
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The Limehouse Text by Will Thomas - I'm really hooked on these Thomas Llewelyn and Clive Barker mysteries. Barker is still trying to solve the murder of his former assistant and discovers a Chinese book that may be the reason he was killed. Many people want the book for different reasons. Not quite as good as the previous two.
3 stars
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Lost by S.J. Bolton (some editions titled Like This, For Ever) - the 3rd Lacey Flint novel and Lacey is more tortured than ever. She's on sick leave and still finds herself caught in the hunt for a serial killer of young boys. Very suspenseful as the hunt turns to one suspect after another. I'm a little tired of the tortured not happening love affair.
4 stars
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Pulse by Jeremy Robinson - a sci-fi/Greek mythology meets Delta Force mix-up. Jack Sigler leads a black ops team - all with chess piece code names against an enemy trying to find a regeneration serum. Lots of non-stop action and totally unbelievable.
3 stars
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A Dark and Twisted Tide by Sharon Bolton(formerly writing as S.J. Bolton) - LOTS of twists at the the end of this twisted tale. Lacey Flint is back at work in the police force, this time working with the river police on the Thames. When she finds a body while swimming, it is soon evident it was placed there for her to find. This book wasn't as cohesive as previous in the series, it's told from several viewpoints. I'm all caught up on this series.
3 stars
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Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books by Paul Collins - the author and his wife move to Hay on Wye, a Welsh town with 40 bookstores. He has some amusing thoughts on the British way of things but much of the book was spent pawing through old smelly books.
2 stars
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An Unhallowed Grave by Kate Ellis - a Wesley Peterson book. A woman is found hanged in a churchyard and at first it seems a motiveless crime. This ties in with a body found at an archeological dig being run by Wesley's friend Neil. I enjoy these mysteries set in small towns and always connected to a mystery in the past. I'm a little worried about Wesley's marriage. There are 19 books in the series so far and this was #3. And I just discovered #4 is not available at the library. How annoying.
3 stars
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