So many genres, so little time
In London, 1946, the two women who recently started The Right Sort Marriage Bureau find their new livelihood endangered when one client is arrested for the murder of another. While the police are convinced they have their man, Miss Sparks and Mrs. Bainbridge at the bureau are not. To clear the name of who they… Continue reading The Right Sort of Man (Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery #1) by Allison Montclair
I wonder how many outcomes have hinged on such cringe-worthy moments: how many lives have been indelibly changed as a result of one misstep? Whether by choice or by deflection, the consequences of the alternate path can be dire. Set in Chicago in the late '80s, Ms. O'Connell's novel about murder, secrets, betrayals, and friendship… Continue reading The Last Night Out by Catherine O’Connell
1967. In a quiet village in the wild lands of the Scottish borders, disgraced academic Cordelia Hemlock is trying to put her life back together. Grieving the loss of her son, she seeks out the company of the dead, taking comfort amid the ancient headstones and crypts of the local churchyard. When lightning strikes a… Continue reading The Burying Ground (aka The Mausoleum) (Cordelia Hemlock #1) by David Mark
Masha is drowning.Once a spirited, independent woman with a rebellious streak, her life has been forever changed by a tragic event twelve years ago.Unable to let go of her grief, she finds solace in the silent company of the souls of her local Victorian cemetery and at the town's lido, where she seeks refuge underwater--safe… Continue reading The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan
Me, a twenty-eight-year-old who needs a shrink to tell her how to behave. I didn't tell him about my childhood here, running wild in the woods behind our house with the neighborhood kids. Me and Rosie--and Joe, whose family lived up the street until he went to high school and they moved closer to town.… Continue reading The Night Before by Wendy Walker
BOOK BLURB By 2:27 on a Thursday afternoon, the one-legged man from Room 8 at 147 Loxitor Avenue has been beaten to death with a lead pipe. Twenty-eight minutes later, Detective Mike O'Shea is testifying in a stuffy courtroom, unaware that, within an hour, he will be standing in an alleyway littered with beer cans… Continue reading Death Before Coffee (Mike O’Shea #2) by Desmond P. Ryan
ABOUT THE BOOK A girl's body found mutilated by a boat's propeller, another dumped at the bottom of a slipway, and a disused Norfolk mill, hiding the secret to both."A cold dense shadow fell over Jane Richardson as she hurried along the concrete towpath. To her left, moonlight danced over the River Bure's untroubled surface… Continue reading Broadland (DI Tanner Norfolk Broads Murder Mystery Series #1) by David D Blake
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted this review in June 2012. The story is an emotional rollercoaster and I remember finishing it in a day. You get ten days, someone… Continue reading 15 Seconds by Andrew Gross
In the near future, a paranoid society overreacts to the newly created race of advanced androids that are overloading the job sector. By popular demand, the androids are denounced as second-class citizens and relegated to life in a metallic ghetto. Among them is former police officer RMD3000, or Raymond, now forced to eke out a… Continue reading A.I. P.I. (A.I. P.I. #1) by Ian Patrick Williams
Publication Date:  1 January 2019Publisher:  Harlequin HistoricalISBN: 9781488047008 (Kindle book)Pages:  288Category: Regency romance/ historical romance ABOUT THE BOOK Imprisoned by her past- Set free by her enemy! Charged with high treason, Lady Jessamine Fane is under the watchful eye of icily calm Lord Peter Flint. It's a task this spy won’t be swayed from, no matter how alluring… Continue reading The Uncompromising Lord Flint (The King’s Elite #2) by Virginia Heath