I haven’t read this historical mystery author (William Ryan), but the series looks interesting. And, per SYKM, three of the four books in the series have been finalists for various Dagger awards from the British Crime Writers Association – including the first one, The Holy Thief, which recently dropped to £0.99 at Kindle UK. Be careful, though, […]
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A slightly odd but enjoyable mix of police procedural and thriller… Retribution is the fifth book in Robert McCaw’s Koa Kane series, set in Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii. It’s a slightly odd mix of police procedural and thriller, and although readers may have to suspend disbelief occasionally as a result, Retribution is
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Nice plot and stylish writing, but I couldn’t get into the characters… It’s unusual to find a murder mystery that is so obviously set during World War II that was also written during the war, rather than after the fighting was over. And Christianna Brand’s Green for Danger is one of those books. It was
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A Message from Ukraine: Speeches, 2019-2022, by Volodymyr Zelensky, is per its blurb, pretty much what it says – an authorized collection of Zelensky’s speeches from 2019 to 2022. It’s on sale for $2.99 in the US today as part of the Kindle Daily Deal, and price-matched at Kobo US. Oh yeah, and Zelensky was
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Pulitzer prize-winner Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism is on sale today for $2.99 as part of the Kindle US Daily Deal, and matched at Kobo US. Per its blurb, it was named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post and the Financial Times. And its webpage also
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Now starring Libertus’ son, Junio… Rosemary Rowe’s The Rewards of Treachery is another excellent entry in her Libertus series – although in Treachery, the focus shifts from Libertus, who fled Glevum at the end of the previous book, to Libertus’ adopted son, Junio, who has taken up his father’s mosaic business, and also more-or-less inherited
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I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I know very little about the history of the Philippines, other than a few scant mentions waaaay back in my high school world history class. But now here’s my chance to fill the gap…A History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos by Luis H. Francia, who
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Murder in Westminster is the first in the Lady Worthing series by Vanessa Riley, whose earlier romance novel, The Duke, The Lady, and a Baby was one of Oprah Magazine‘s 25 must‑read Black romance novels. It’s on sale right now at Kindle US for $2.99, not price-matched (at least as of now) at Kobo US.
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Today is, at least according to Kindle US, Tolkien Reading Day, and they have a selection of 19 Tolkien books on sale for today only. I spot checked, and many, perhaps all, are also on sale at Kobo US… Here’s the link to the Kindle US page, and unfortunately I’m in a huge time-crunch right
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A cozy mystery with a bit of grit… Jane Adams has written a thoroughly engaging English countryside mystery featuring actress Rina Martin, who is now semi-retired and the “proprietress” of a Victorian era boarding house, Peverill Lodge. At first, the case appears pretty simple – so simple that there’s not really a case at all:
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