#Mystery
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Book Review: We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
Published in 2024 by Arita/Emily Bestler Books, Kliewer’s book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library and through the Libby App. The book had promise and an intriguing premise for a horror story: a twist on a home invasion that preys on anxieties and… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
Published in 2024 by William Morrow, Foley’s book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook, as well as at your local library and through the Libby app. Foley knits together secrets, lies, and murder during the opening weekend of the Manor, a luxury estate-hotel-resort in Dorset, England. Guests have access to seaside… Continue reading
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Book Review: Fairy Tale by Stephen King
First published in 2022 by Scribner, the book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. King weaves a spellbinding tale about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war,… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Seven Rings, The Lost Bride Trilogy book 3 by Nora Roberts
The conclusion of the Lost Bride Trilogy, The Seven Rings, published by St-Martin’s Press and Macmillan Audio in November 2025, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, or audiobook, and at your local library or through the Libby App. The audiobook, read by Brittany Pressley, provides a wonderful listening experience as she brings the… Continue reading
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Book Review: Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum
Published in 2023 by Flatiron Books and Macmillan Audio, the book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook, as well as at your local library and through the Libby App. The audiobook, narrated by January LaVoy, explores infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue in the exclusive setting of Salcombe, Fire Island. Even in… Continue reading
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Book Review: Superintendent Battle #1, The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie’s The Secret of Chimneys, published in 1925, plunges readers into a web of intrigue featuring Anthony Cade, a mysterious protagonist whose true identity remains unclear. Christie keeps readers guessing: Is Anthony a con man, kingpin, killer, or something else? Continue reading
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox # 11, Murder on Harley Street
Published in December 2025, the eleventh Cleopatra Fox mystery explores medical malpractice when a patient receiving electrotreatment gets electrocuted by the device. Was it tampered with? Who is responsible for her death? The book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. In October 1900, London and the Mayfair Hotel are quiet until… Continue reading
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox # 10, Murder at Hambledon Hall
In September 1900, London high society retreats to the country. Cleo and her family accept an invitation from Lord and Lady Kershaw for a weekend at their family’s neo-Gothic manor, Hambledon Hall, for a shooting party. The genteel tranquility ends when the gamekeeper is shot in the driveway. Cleo arrives second on the scene and… Continue reading
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox # 9, Murder on the Brighton Express
In August 1900, Cleo is on a seaside holiday in Brighton with her aunt Lilian and cousin Flossy. Her uncle Ronald joined them for the first week but soon grew restless and returned to London. Floyd, responsible for an important guest’s wedding, stayed to oversee preparations. On the last day of her vacation, Cleo receives… Continue reading
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox # 8, Murder at the Dinner Party
The story follows book seven. Set in London in July 1900, the Mayfair housekeeper recommends Cleopatra’s services to her sister, who works in a private household where the butler was pronounced dead of natural causes. She is unconvinced, as the man acted mysteriously before his death, especially around guests who also seemed suspicious when they… Continue reading
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