Mostly Mysteries

Many many Ilona Andrews audiobooks are on sale at Kobo US and Kobo Canada right now

A big batch of twenty-five Ilona Andrews audiobooks are on sale for $5.99 each right now at Kobo US and Canada – or for $5.39 each if you have a Kobo VIP membership. Per the Ilona Andrews website, the sale is on from May 1 to May 31, however, as always with e-book and audio-books […]

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The Eye Of Horus by Carol Thurston is on sale at Kindle US today

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In addition to being a sucker for mysteries set in France, I’m just as much a sucker for mysteries set in Egypt – either ancient or modern-day. And Carol Thurston’s The Eye of Horus fits the bill – as you might guess from its title 😊… I read this in paperback many (many) years ago,

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Two books in Arjun Raj Gaind’s Maharaja Mysteries series are on sale in the US

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I haven’t read either of the two e-books in Arjun Raj Gaind’s Maharaja Mysteries series, but I tend to like historical mysteries published by Poisoned Pen Press, and now both books are $1.99 at Kindle US, and the first one is also on sale at Kobo US, where it’s discountable. A Very Pukka Murder, #1

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Joffe Free Friday books for 10 May 2024

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For once, I’m actually posting the Joffe Free Friday books on Friday…woo-hoo! This week’s books include a mystery, a romance, and an “after-WWII” war novel. And in spite of the “Free Friday” moniker, they are usually free through the weekend. But not always – so grab them fast if you want them. The Missing Checkout

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Lawrence of Arabia by Ranulph Fiennes is on sale in the UK right now

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This price drop is probably only for a few more hours, since I’ve been slammed, and didn’t have time to check earlier. Apologies! In any case, Lawrence of Arabia by Ranulph Fiennes is £1.99 in the UK as a Kindle Daily Deal, and matched at Kobo UK. I’ve always had a bit of a thing

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All four books in the Paradise, Idaho series by Rosalind James are on sale at Kindle UK

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All four books in the Paradise, Idaho series by Rosalind James are on sale for £0.99 at Kindle UK right now. The books include: Carry Me Home Hold Me Close Turn Me Loose Take Me Back They go on sale pretty often, but it’s a bit unusual to see them all on sale at once.

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Dissolution by CJ Sansom is on sale in the UK right now

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Dissolution is the first in the Matthew Shardlake series by CJ Sansom. It’s £0.99 at Kindle UK right now. Buy at Kindle UK

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Two historical mysteries by Joan Wolf are on sale right now in the US

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Joan Wolf is one of my favorite Regency romance authors, but she also wrote two medieval mysteries many years ago. Now both are on sale for $1.99 in the US, and discountable at Kobo. There are definitely romance elements in them, but I think of them more as mysteries, and SYKM lists them too. I

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Murder at the Altar by Veronica Heley is free right now at Kindle US and UK

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Murder at the Altar is the first in Veronica Heley’s Ellie Quicke series. It’s free right now at Kindle US and UK. Originally published by HarperCollins, now by Joffe. Buy at Kindle US | Kindle UK

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About Mostly Mysteries

Whether you are a non-stop reader looking for your next series to binge-read, or someone without much spare time, wanting to make sure the next book you read is great, I hope my reviews will help you out. I hate reading reviews that just say “five stars” or “I loved the book, it was great”, and I’m sure you do too. So you won’t find any of those here! Instead, I take the time to read and think about a book, and then write a review that (1) doesn’t just parrot the blurb, (2) talks about what I liked and didn’t like, and (3) has some additional info to help you decide if the book might be right for you.

I’ve been a huge fan of mysteries since my earliest days of reading, cutting my teeth on Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew, and quickly moving on to Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie. From there, I bounced around a bit, trying some thrillers, like Alistair MacLean, and some romantic suspense, mainly Mary Stewart. And then I started branching out. I discovered historical mysteries, and British mysteries (Sarah Caudwell is my idol), and cozy mysteries, and police procedurals, and mysteries set in foreign climes, and noir, and…well, you get the idea! Just about the only mysteries I’ve never quite gotten into are psychological thrillers.

This blog reflects my own personal tastes, so, as you might guess, you’ll mostly find reviews of mysteries here. But, over the decades, I’ve also picked up some other reading habits. I read a fair amount of history, especially books about the Great Game rivalry between Britain and Russia. I’ve gone through all the Asterix comics (a big thank-you to my middle-school French teacher), and I even read a bunch of them out loud to my son when he was young. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read and re-read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and those books have led me into a little bit of fantasy and science fiction as well. Oh yeah, and recently, I’ve been reading some social and political science books too. So check out the Science Fiction/Fantasy, Nonfiction, Romance and Other Stuff tabs up in the menu as well!

Finally I’d love to hear from you too, so please make use of the comments sections available for most of my posts, or use the contact form, down at the bottom of the page.

Reviewing and Rating Info

I rate books on a scale from 1 to 5 stars, with occasional half-stars when a full star just won’t do.

Many of the books I review are provided to me by the publisher or author as a reading copy – in other words, at no cost to me. In other cases, usually for older books, I’m reviewing books I borrowed from the library or bought myself. My rating and review do not depend on whether I was provided a free reading copy. However if I did receive a free reading copy, I will disclose this in the review.

I do not post reviews of every book I read – not even close. It takes a lot of time and effort to craft a good review, and so I tend to be biased towards reviewing books that I enjoy or that excite me. As a result, you’ll find mostly 4- and 5-star reviews on my blog. Also, I do not post 1- or 2-star reviews on my blog unless the author or publisher asks me to.