Category Archives: Mystery

The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 60)

Posted on May 21, 2021 by bseat

Spooky, ethereal, and unsettling are the words that come to mind about this book, but strangely this is not a syfi, fantasy or a horror novel, instead it is firmly based in reality. In the 1900’s three men stationed on … Continue reading →

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 57)

Posted on April 30, 2021 by bseat

The year is 2045. All the things that humanity worried about; climate change, eco destruction and gross inequalities between the haves and have nots, have come to fruition. Earth is a dying planet and the only escape is OASIS, a … 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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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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The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 47)

Posted on February 12, 2021 by bseat

One night, at an exclusive and remote hotel on the tip of Vancouver Island, someone etched with acid the following words on the large picture window in the bar: “Why don’t you swallow broken glass.”  Who was the message for … 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 Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, Books to Read During Pandemic, Part 44)

Posted on January 22, 2021 by bseat

The blurb for this book says it is a “…a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.” I think that description encapsulates much of … Continue reading →

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The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 43)

Posted on January 15, 2021 by bseat

Daniel Mason, is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. The Piano Tuner was published before The Winter Soldier which I really enjoyed and reviewed previously, and I found it just as engrossing and even more lyrical and mysterious. In … 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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