Category Archives: Detective novel

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

Posted on June 17, 2022 by bseat

You just can’t go wrong reading a Michael Connelly book. They are consistently interesting, suspenseful and the characters keep developing and changing with every new encounter and that is saying a lot after 20 books in the Harry Bosch series, … Continue reading →

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The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

Posted on June 3, 2022 by bseat

As I mentioned previously, I have tried to stay away from books that portray women in predatory situations. There is too much violence against women in our world for me to read/support those kinds situations in fiction. However, I was … Continue reading →

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Mind’s Eye by Håkan Nesser

Posted on February 4, 2022 by bseat

It is always exciting to find a new author and a new series to read. I have found Scandinavian crime novelists to have an interesting perspective- humane and soulful rather than the “good and bad” dichotomy that is often the … Continue reading →

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The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey

Posted on January 14, 2022 by bseat

It is fascinating to me how the way a story is told increases or diminishes its impact. The generally accepted way to tell a story is in chronological order. Sometimes writers will add flashbacks to give more background or to … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

Posted on January 7, 2022 by bseat

A few days after Christmas, after everyone had left or had gone back to work, I started reading this book. It was the perfect antidote for the after holiday blues! Between cleaning up the wapping paper and putting away the … Continue reading →

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A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

Posted on December 17, 2021 by bseat

Fatma el-Sha’arawi is an agent for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities. Although she is the youngest woman serving in the agency, she already has an impressive track record for preventing magical entities (djinn) from upsetting the carefully … Continue reading →

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Constance by Matthew Fitzsimmons

Posted on November 12, 2021 by bseat

What would you do if you had no memory of what happened in the last eighteen months of your life? What if during those lost months you did something to anger a lot of people who are now after you … Continue reading →

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Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger

Posted on October 15, 2021 by bseat

I have really enjoyed reading novels by Krueger. His This Tender Land and Ordinary Grace are quite extraordinary and are on a par with Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead series in terms of the prose and their evocative characters and themes. But Krueger … Continue reading →

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The Searcher by Tana French

Posted on July 9, 2021 by bseat

Tana French is one of my favorite authors. Every book is a joy to read with new and different mysteries, new characters that are interesting and complicated and great writing that just draws you in and doesn’t let go until … Continue reading →

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Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 54

Posted on April 2, 2021 by bseat

If you are a fan of Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice, you will be intrigued by this riff on a theme by P. D. James. This is definitely “fan fiction”  and P. D. James’ homage to this literary gem contains … Continue reading →

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