Dreaming of the Bones After making my way through the first four books in this series with reasonable alacrity, I really stalled out on Dreaming of the Bones at first. A large part of the problem for me was that it had to do with the death of a poet five years prior, and was thus strewn with quotations of both poetry and flowery letters. Once I summoned the fortitude to … [Read more...] about Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, Books 5-8 by Deborah Crombie
Mystery
Random Reads 3/29/17
All hail the debut of a new recurring column of sorts, collecting reasonably short reviews of disparate books. A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George While A Banquet of Consequences is not the best Lynley and Havers mystery I have read, it’s still great heaping loads better than the last one (Just One Evil Act). In fact, in my review of the latter, I wrote “I wanted … [Read more...] about Random Reads 3/29/17
Two New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries from Anthony Horowitz
Officially sanctioned by the Conan Doyle estate! The House of Silk I have read two other books featuring Holmes and/or Watson that were written by someone other than Arthur Conan Doyle, but I must say that The House of Silk surpasses them both. Elderly Watson’s health is failing, and he is in a facility where the nurses think writing about his time with Holmes (who died … [Read more...] about Two New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries from Anthony Horowitz
Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, Books 1-4 by Deborah Crombie
Like Elizabeth George, Deborah Crombie is an American writing about Scotland Yard detectives in England. Her works come recommended by a friend who knows and shares my taste in mysteries, and now that I've been overtaken by a powerful urge for a mystery binge, I am finally checking them out. There are presently sixteen books in the series; I plan to tackle them in four … [Read more...] about Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, Books 1-4 by Deborah Crombie
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Description: On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from … [Read more...] about Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn