pickLatest Karen Pirie was good fun. Set in lockdown a librarian at the national archives links a crime writers manuscript to the disappearance of a young woman. With lots of nods and winks to the Scottish crime writing community, I think val macdermid enjoyed making the villains fellow crime writers. I enjoy the characters in the series, + it also still feels strange remembering lockdown. Hopefully, a new one soon + maybe a further TV adaptation
pickGlad I gave her another go. This was her first book and I have really enjoyed it. The characters are very real. Looking forward to reading more with the detective Cormac.
pick#WinterGames24 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks 880 total pts
I somehow ended up putting the fourth book in this series on hold at the library (I think from a YouTube recommendation), but decided to return it and start at book 1. It was a good start to detective series, although all the more heartbreaking bc you really get to know the victim through flashbacks. Lots of twists and looking forward to the next book!
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I just realised I missed the prompt for day 5! 😕
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bailedI loved the setting, having just been to southern Sweden. However, I was indifferent to the main character, felt her professional nemesis was portrayed as an OTT irredeemable jerk, and didn‘t really care about the murder so I bailed without finding out whodunnit.
pickThe body of a girl who has been missing for 30 years has been found, as well as the secrets that were buried with it.
Page-turner! I did not guess the culprit until the end.
bailed#unpopularopinion I just can‘t get into this one. The personal lives of the detectives feel like needless distractions. I don‘t care about the case. I know it can‘t be as easy a solve as the current set up, so there has to be a big twist coming, but I find that I simple don‘t care. Plus, I almost cried when I saw how much of the book I had left to listen to. That‘s never a good sign.
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With the exception of two, all the “finished “books were in various stages of reading in other words. I didn‘t read them all this week.
Currently reading: Starting audiobook,Crocodile on the Sandbank #blameitonlitsy, #SebastianStCyr mystery, #libraryfind #poetry #nunlit #serieslove2024
pickEdinburgh is in total lockdown due to Covid-19.DS Jason Murray gets an unexpected phone call from a librarian who finds a chilling unfinished manuscript in the archival material of a dead author,Jake Stein.The manuscript has eerie parallels to the real life disappearance of a EU student,Lara Hardie one year earlier.DCI Karen Pirie & her team of the Historic Cases Unit decide to investigate.Also highlighted are personal challenges for the 3 team 🔽
