#bookreport #July13to19
Top row: books I am currently reading. 2 are #libraryfinds #readyourkindle
2nd row: #deadlyseries #audiobook still listening to this book; finished: #DCIBanksMystery #literarypoliceprocederal
Last row: finished books #InsPersisWadia #postcolonialIndiaMystery #14books14weeks #nonfiction
#bookreport
Currently reading: #Camplitsy #sundaybuddyread #libraryfind #MarthasVineyardMystery #DeadlyMystery #audiobook
Bailed: for whatever reason, I just could not get into this book #libraryfind
Finished: #NF #DCIBanksMystery #literarypoliceprocedural #historicalfiction #readyourkindle #ThematicCozies2025 #festival
#serieslove2025
I am way behind in reading Death of the Author & Under a Painted Sky. Hope to catch up this week. 🫣🤦🏼
pickTwo parallel investigations, one Ins. Cabot is managing,the other is DCI Banks case.Eventually the two overlap & collide,stirring up the events from two previous, horrific cases. #DCIBanksMystery #literarypiceprocedural
pick#DCIBanksMystery #InsAnnieCabbotMystery #literarypoliceprocedural
The case of a murder & a linked suicide is closed.But Banks is not satisfied.He is convinced he is dealing with a murder & a suicide that is a result of Shakespeare‘s Othello-like manipulations by Wyman,an English HS teacher.Currently the teacher voluntarily directs plays at a local amateur theatre.But a local theatre works man is seeking funding to transform the theatre into a ⬇️
A close up of Poe.😀😸 He is snuggling me while dinner cooks. Enjoying my first Moscow Mule of the season-so cooling on this hot muggy day. Just started this book. #serieslove2025 #DCIBanksMystery
pickAnother creative,wildly imaginative,plot.What struck me with this # 14 in the series was the author‘s in-depth character development of a possible suspect,the deeply troubled Mark Siddons.The descriptions of his inner psyche,emotional,& social background present possible motivations for his behaviors & in effect,created my sympathy for him. Centered around suspicious fires that resulted in murders, & art forgery,making a compelling read.
pickAftermath: The “House of Payne” a typical upper class,luxurious suburban home in a lovely neighborhood,harbors a nightmare of unimaginable horrors.In the murky depths of its outbuildings basements‘, ghastly,monstrous,horrific evil has been released into the area.impossible to guess the outcome.
The Summer That never Was: While DCI Banks is recuperating from the previous books descent into evil‘s murky depths in Greece,he sees a news article⬇️
#DCIBanksMystery #13 #serieslove2025
I may take a break from this series only because I do not want to finish these books too fast. But i just had to see Banks through this one book after the previous tumultuous Aftermath‘s journey into the bowels of evil.
pick#serieslove2025 #DCIBanksMystery #11 #LiteraryPoliceProcedural
Another stunner in this series. Morally complex, expertly plotted, riveting – a tale of elusive evil.
