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Although a little slow in the beginning, this is a clever mystery with a huge twist - I was totally duped! #10BeforetheEnd

#FridayHappyReadingHour

Reading the tagged book,an easy read,with my buddies 🐾.I have resorted to caffeinated coke in an effort to keep myself up for tonight‘s UConn v Michigan Women‘s basketball game.🏀 Happy Friday evening everyone!

Bedtime reading. Finished A Banquet of Consequences (E.George) tonight so on to lighter fare.

When you have free time on a business trip overseas, you buy books.

Tom Hindle‘s debut historical crime novel is packed with red herrings, an emotional backstory for Birch and has a sucker punch twist at the end that genuinely left me surprised. Although this is very much a First Class passenger affair, I enjoyed the Agatha Christie vibe and the allusions to Birch‘s war service but Temple is notably under-developed in comparison, which is a shame as fuller characterisation would have taken this to the next level.

4.5/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 soooo good #mystery #crime

Perhaps more noir than cosy, this was a great debut. At times I lost track of who all the suspects were, as I often do when they are interviewed one after another.

That didn't spoil my enjoyment of this proficient whodunit. Atmospheric, twisty, and cleverly wrapped up. Pick up a copy if you're a fan of the genre.

I suspect Tom Hindle will be one to watch.

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I can‘t decide whether this is slow and boring because I‘m impatiently waiting for the new SK or it‘s slow and boring.
Waterstones haven‘t dispatched mine yet and there‘s a post strike Thursday/Friday. ☹️☹️
I may have to download on kindle…….

This was a really enjoyable crime novel, set on a sea voyage. It was gripping and thrilling, plus an ending I never saw coming! #books