Category Archives: Detective novel

A Test Of Wills by Charles Todd (Books To Read During A Pandemic, Part 52)

Posted on March 19, 2021 by bseat

It has been one year, this week, since the beginning of the pandemic. As we look back on what our world was like before the pandemic and what it is now it is easy to focus on wearing masks, not … Continue reading →

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Snow by John Banville (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 46)

Posted on February 5, 2021 by bseat

You can’t get more appropriate than reading a book called “Snow” during a winter snow storm! Banville is a new author to me, but I know I will be reading more of his work.  It is a snowy winter day, … Continue reading →

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Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (Books to Read During a Pandemic, part 45)

Posted on January 29, 2021 by bseat

Fredrik Backman has been on my radar ever since I read A Man Called Ove. He has a unique perspective and a wry way of delivering his insights on the human condition. In Anxious People, Backman has taken a bank … Continue reading →

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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 36)

Posted on November 27, 2020 by bseat

In the middle of colder days and longer nights, this book was a ray of sunshine and delight. Osman’s septuagenarian sleuths who meet every Thursday in the Jigsaw Room of their retirement community (hence the name “The Thursday Murder Club’) … Continue reading →

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A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais (Books to Read During the Pandemic, Part 33)

Posted on November 6, 2020 by bseat

Joe Pike and Elvis Cole are some of my favorite characters. As private detectives and investigators they are tough, thorough and have an innate sense of justice that kicks in when they see something going wrong. Pike is in the … Continue reading →

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The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 26)

Posted on September 18, 2020 by bseat

Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent and Sarah Linton series is probably one of my favorite things to read. The combination of the complicated romance between Will and Sarah and the fact that Will is an agent for the Georgia Bureau of … Continue reading →

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The Late Show, Dark Sacred Night and The Night Fire by Michael Connelly (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 23)

Posted on August 28, 2020 by bseat

I have loved the Bosch series by Michael Connelly and so when he introduced a new character, Renee Ballard, I was a bit hesitant. Why mess with a good thing? But my curiosity got the best of me and soon … Continue reading →

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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Books To Read During a Pandemic, Part 21)

Posted on August 14, 2020 by bseat

Gillian Flynn rocketed to fame with her book Gone Girl, a twisty tale of love and madness. It would be very hard for any writer to duplicate that kind of success, but Flynn is a a great writer and she has … Continue reading →

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Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Books To Read During a Pandemic, Part 15)

Posted on July 3, 2020 by bseat

Young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist, lives in a rambling old manor house with her father and two older sisters, their mother having passed away quite tragically when Flavia was quite young.  Their father, dealing with both the loss … Continue reading →

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The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George ( Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 9)

Posted on May 22, 2020 by bseat

It is comforting to be in the hands of a master storyteller and Elizabeth George is definitely a master at crafting a twisty, unexpected mystery while continuing to mold and shape her characters in ways that show their depth and … Continue reading →

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