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That Affair Next Door
That Affair Next Door | Anna Katharine Green
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Cinfhen Some of the cover art is really fabulous 😍😍Happy Reading!!! Looks like you‘re enjoying your summer break ❤️ 3y
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First published in 1897, this mystery with a female detective even has a wonderful coroner's inquest scene (for fans of courtroom drama)! Given the time period, this is a nosey, older, single woman character. But I enjoyed her self-confidence. The author apparently wrote a number of mysteries with Miss Butterworth & more with her male detective character Mr. Gryce. It's a pick for me. If you like Miss Marple, you might give Miss Butterworth a try.

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I am not an inquisitive woman, but when, in the middle of a certain warm night in September, I heard a carriage draw up at the adjoining house and stop, I could not resist the temptation of leaving my bed and taking a peep through the curtains of my window.

#FirstLineFridays
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DrexEdit First: because the house was empty, or supposed to be so, the family still being, as I had every reason to believe, in Europe and secondly: because, not being inquisitive, I often miss in my lonely and single life much that it would be both interesting and profitable for me to know. 3y
DrexEdit So... not a nosey neighbor, just missing things that are interesting and profitable. Right. 😄 3y
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Now that I've got my #bookspin books, here is my amazingly ambitious #weeklyforecast for all the weeks in June. This is not even half the books I currently have checked out of the library! Plus I'm transitioning back to in-office work which means losing 2 precious hours of reading time a day in commutes! Most of these I hope to finish, but some I'll be happy if I just make some progress on them.

Here's to reading All The Books!
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Cinfhen Awesome stack of genres and reads for June!!! Hope you have a successful month!! I read and LOVED 3y
DrexEdit @Cinfhen I‘m looking forward to The Immortalists too! Chloe Benjamin is a local author so I really want to get this one read! 3y
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DrexEdit @Cinfhen oh! The audio is a great idea! If read by the author I‘ll bet it‘s fantastic! 3y
Cinfhen Yup...that‘s what I‘ve been told, the two sisters narrate the audio😍 3y
rockpools Good luck with All The Books! 3y
DrexEdit @rockpools Thanks! I‘ll need it! 😄 3y
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That Affair Next Door | Anna Katharine Green
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Starting a new book at lunch today. I'm liking it pretty well so far. One of the Library of Congress crime classics series.

It's a nice day to lunch and read on my back porch. I think I'm going to move my office out here for the rest of the day. 🌞

#lunchtimereading

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News that is new to me this morning, the Library of Congress is partnering with Poisoned Pen Press for a new series of crime classics, drawn from books in the LOC collections.
Launching spring 2020. 👍📚

https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-19-091/library-of-congress-crime-classics-bring-new...