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I'm definitely looking forward to reading my #BookSpin, but with the way my life has been going lately, I'm not sure about my #DoubleSpin, The Darkest Night. I've already finished the first book on my December list, Enid Blyton's Christmas Stories, and I'm hoping to get at least one #BookSpinBingo this month, even if I don't manage to finish both books.

4 stars! This is the December pick 4 my Mystery/Thriller book club & I will say I was very pleased with this collection of short stories. Out of the 12, there were only 4 that I didn‘t care for as much so that‘s pretty good!! The ones I liked were by Jason Starr, Rob Hart, Laura Lippman, Jeffery Deaver, Thomas Perry, Ragnar Jonasson, Tom Mead, & David Gordon. I‘m eager to see what other club members will think of the different stories! Great pick!

From the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series. One of my favorite series.

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I couldn‘t put this down. Maura owns a town pub called Sullivan‘s. In the middle of a blizzard several people are stuck @ the pub til the storm stops. One of them is the woman suspected in a murder years ago and she insists on her innocence. So the group decide to go over the details since they have nothing else to do for the night.

This exceeded my expectations for the amount of suspense and emotion surrounding the abduction of the protagonist‘s sister. I expect to see much more of this author. It is an open door romance and occasionally it felt like an emotional boomerang between the romance and the hunt for a serial killer.

Chase‘s latest is another solidly entertaining dual timeline/dual perspective story. Siblings Maggie & Kit are especially close—though their small family certainly has more than its share of secrets. In 2019, a phone call from the past has put Maggie in a tailspin, leaving Paris to return to England. Kit, now in antiques, has also been searching through the past & his own fragmented memories of the time when their mother failed to come home.

An explosion blasts in Kings Cove near Lane‘s home.She discovers a bombed out cabin with a young wounded Japanese child.After getting the child to the hospital, Lane returns to the site, only to find a dead woman, presumably the child‘s mother.Meanwhile,Darling is investigating the murder of a local jeweler.Are these murders connected?The novel explores lingering post World War II prejudice against Japanese Canadians.#LaneWinslowMystery

Lane‘s summer mornings speak to me. They are similar, except I do not have a lake, but a river. The river is parallel to my house but their breezes do not reach me.

#bookreport August 3-9, 2025
Currently reading the first five books; finished the next four books.
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This was a bit of a slow starter for me.