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My #Booked2023 #SunshineNoir book: I was tempted to try a really dense South American one, but went for this relatively light southwestern US murder mystery instead. Well written, with engaging characters and insights into Indigenous cultures that are different from those in this part of Turtle Island, with a Navajo detective at the centre and traditional beliefs and practices playing a role in the unfolding of the story: part of a longer series.

Dual timelines. 1970‘s and Present Day. Italian Villa with a tragic history. British Rock & Roll. Writing music. Writing books. Best friends. Sisters. Twisted love. Murder. Gothic. Fast paced. A bit confused on ending. Audio. Difficult to turn back the pages. #sunshinenoir #booked2023 #blameitonlitsy

This book was just okay. It has a cool premise of Hal, a writer who receives an exclusive invitation to go with a movie group to the Cannes Film Fest in the 1950s. There is a second plot, that of the journal that the movie is based on. The journal is actually more interesting, and the love affair between Hal and Stella is rather predictable, and the twist ending is predictable.
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I haven‘t read any of Crichton‘s crime novels before so I randomly picked up this one. I enjoyed it, but it possibly could have been a bit longer. A diver is hired to recover items from a yacht sunk off the coast of Jamaica. This should be simple for an expert diver like McGregor, but not everything is adding up and danger is everywhere. I think this will work for #Booked2023 #SunshineNoir or I guess I‘m saying it does. 😂

This was a fun older-YA mystery set in Surfers Paradise and Byron Bay. Feminist, a bit screwball, and takes the piss out of new-age white “wellness“ culture nicely. Romancey subplot. 



Smashed my reading challenges: #sunshinenoir for #booked2023 , #hotgogglesummer for #hbreadingembrace , #screwballmystery for #NoShameReadathon23 



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And now I'm hitting up some ?#sunshinenoir

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29/23 I‘ve just finished this and it is the most terribly written thing I‘ve put my eyes on in a while. I was also very troubled by some of the content. But it still got a so so because I was interested in the actual plot (I just had to ignore how terrible the rest of it was). Read for #booked23 #sunshinenoir ☀️

I just….. don‘t know how I felt about this. The “mystery” fell a bit flat for me, and I semi guessed what happened way before it was revealed. I liked her writing, but so much of the book involved these detailed, flowery descriptions of places (Saint X, NYC) and it seemed like the characters got a bit lost sometimes. I liked it, but with reservations 🤷‍♀️ #booked2023 #sunshinenoir @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @alisiakae