Showing posts with label three stars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label three stars. Show all posts
Friday, July 17, 2026

Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie

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It seems obvious that Mrs. McGinty was killed by her lodger, the obnoxious James Bentley. So why is Superintendent Spencer coming to a retir...
Monday, July 6, 2026

Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie, narrator Hugh Fraser

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Gordon Cloade did his family no favors. Yes, he showered them with money, but he made them entirely dependent on him. So, when he died in an...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene

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This book starts with a literal bang when Nancy and her friend, Helen Goulding, are trying to outrun a storm but, when their boat hits a log...
Saturday, June 20, 2026

The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

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This book is made up of short chapters looking at how we can survive in our current world. Specifically, looking at it through the lens of t...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Murder Will Out by Jennifer K. Breedlove

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Willow Stone used to spend summers with her godmother Sue on Little North Island. But when she was fifteen, the summers stopped. Now she...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene

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Nancy is trying to relax and read a book but is having trouble concentrating. Luckily, she's interrupted by a knock on the door. Not so ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Replaceable You by Mary Roach

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I usually read Roach's books in hard copy but the audiobook was available sooner. I'm not sure if that contributed to my not enjoyin...
Monday, May 25, 2026

Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

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Harry has been asked to help a director who seems to be under a curse. At the same time, he's still dealing with the threat from the vam...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

Ode to the Bones by Carolyn Haines

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Sarah Booth Delaney and Tinkie are on the hunt for a missing farmer. Oscar had to foreclose on his family's farm and is now concerned th...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

The Hollow by Agatha Christie, Hugh Fraser (Narrator)

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Dr. John Christow has a varied romantic background. Now, at a weekend at his friends' Sir Henry and Lady Lucy Angkatell's house, kno...
Monday, May 18, 2026

The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers

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They say you can't go home and Cassandra Fairfax is about to discover exactly how true that sentiment is. She's received a letter fr...
Saturday, May 9, 2026

Death Masks by Jim Butcher with James Marsters (Narrator)

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The war between the Red Court and the Council is raging. There is a possible end in sight if Harry will agree to battle mano-a-mano with the...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk, Allyson Morgan (Narrator)

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The comparisons to an Agatha Christie novel are glaring. It starts with the narrators name, the title that is so close to the 4:50 to Paddin...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

A Killer Wedding by Joan O'Leary

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It's the wedding of the year; Gloria Beaufort's second grandson is getting married. To a school teacher. But it's going to be a ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Grave Peril by Jim Butcher, narrator James Marsters

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It's about a year after the previous book. Harry has been busier than usual. The ghosts of the city seem to be in a tizzy. And a young w...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie with narrator David Suchet

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I get this story and the "Triangle at Rhodes" confused with each other. Both are Poirot on vacation with a glamorous woman, in thi...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Fool Moon by Jim Butcher, narrator James Marsters

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 Harry is still under a curse, he's still in Chicago, but he's trying harder to find work since his job with the Chicago police forc...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

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I read a few of the books in this series soon after the TV show came out but couldn't remember why I had stopped. I think that there is ...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Pomona Afton Can Totally Catch a Killer by Bellamy Rose

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After the last book, Pomona has been trying to turn her life around. But only a little. You can't expect her to ride the subway, after a...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Death in the Floating City by Tasha Alexander

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I read the previous book in this series eleven years ago but was recently reminded that the Lady Emily series was one that I had enjoyed so ...