pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Written by the journalist son of Detective Tom Jensen, this graphic novelization of the Green River Killer case, and his father‘s part, is a bit of an odd endeavor, but thoughtfully created. Out of print, purchase second-hand, and well worth the $30. This completed my brief deep dive into this case (enneagram 5 #iykyk). Fuck you, Gary Ridgway.
Friday night read. #libraryfind I have a dilemma. Libraries are like bookstores to me. I come home with way too many books to read! My dilemma is that I have so many books in my TBR & yet I keep getting more library books to read. Then I feel like I need to read them because they have a time limit. What‘s a reader to do?!!
On a light note, Taylor Swift & her newly released music was reverberating all over the HS today.💃🎼🎸🎹💔❤️
pickI enjoyed this one, and although I found it compulsively readable, I also found it predictable. The author telegraphed the "bad guy" and made it obvious from the first time we meet them, even if it's not clear exactly how they are involved. Also, I found the ending really unsatisfying for reasons I can't share without giving spoilers. A soft pick.
pick#serieslove2024 #16 in Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries.Another achievement of complexity!
Brunetti is called out of bed in the middle of the night to question a senior pediatrician who was attacked during a home invasion.His 18 month old son was snatched away.
What Brunetti uncovers is a story of infertility,desperation,& illegal dealings.Meanwhile his colleague, Vianello,is following a line of inquiry regarding pharmacies‘ irregularities.
Patti Harney stops her unmarked sedan two blocks shy of her destination, the narrow streets packed with patrol cars, the light bars on top of the units shooting a chaos of color into the night.
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
pickBook 2 of this series finds several local deaths by poisoning and suspicious they may be connected. Mallory uses her current day knowledge alongside the tools present in Edinburgh past to try to solve it. I‘m really enjoying this series so far and look forward to the next book!
pickReread this for book club. Winspear writes about the effects of war on the protagonist, Maisie Dobbs, with an eye to the tragic. She can write a lovely sentence laced with deep sentiment. The mystery was interesting. There was a bit too much going on but overall, it was quite good.
I have read, & loved, a few of Simenon's romans durs but this is my first experience with Maigret outside of a couple stories. It opens with Maigret shadowing a suspicious traveler who ends up committing suicide after having their suitcase switched, by Maigret himself no less. I really liked this propulsive suspense story that went to some really dark places. I will not be reading all of the Maigret books, but I will def be returning to them!
