Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie - I've read these before but so long ago I didn't remember whodunnit. As usual, everyone is completely befuddled until Miss Marple deduces what's going on because it reminds her of the butcher, baker, or candlestick maker in her small village.
3 stars
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Darkwood by M. E. Breen - Annie's uncle has something awful planned for her so she makes her escape in the dead of night. Where the kinderstalk are. She finds out something horrible and decides she must tell the king. Lots of surprises are in store for her. A children's fantasy book.
3 stars
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The Clocks by Agatha Christie - I think I'm going to be able to revisit all the Christie books. I read them in the 60's and 70's, and while I remember plot points I don't remember the end. This is supposed to be a Hercules Poirot book but he makes a very small appearance. A secretary sent to a blind woman's home finds a dead man. No one knows who he is or why he was killed.
3 stars
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Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris by Eric Jager - in 1407, the brother of the king of France is murdered. The Provost of the city is charged with finding the murderer. The outcome eventually led to civil war and war with England. I liked the way this author wrote - very straight forward with no unnecessary side paths.
4 stars
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Bone Dust White by Karin Salvalaggio - Grace is home alone when she see a man stab a woman on the path in the woods behind her house. The murder brings in the state police and revives an 11 year old case. Told in the present tense. I didn't find the characters very developed and the end was a little out of left field.
3 stars
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