Category Archives: Mystery

A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

Posted on December 27, 2019 by bseat

Did you get some money for Christmas that you are not sure what spend on? ? A gift card from Amazon? Do you have some time now with family and friends gone, to curl up with a good book?  Well, … Continue reading →

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A Long Time Coming by Aaron Elkins

Posted on December 13, 2019 by bseat

Things are not going well for Val Caruso. He just turned forty, his divorce to his second wife is now final and he has just been informed that his promotion to full curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has … Continue reading →

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The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

Posted on November 29, 2019 by bseat

On the island of Jeju in S. Korea there are female divers called the haenyeo. They support their families by free diving, holding their breath between 1-2 minutes and diving 20 to 40 feet below the water, to harvest seaweed, … Continue reading →

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Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Posted on November 22, 2019 by bseat

Deep in the marshes and bayous near Barkley Cove, North Carolina is where the “Marsh Girl” lived. The people of the town knew of her-the abandoned girl named Kya Clark, who lived in a ramshackle hut that was only accessible … Continue reading →

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The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen

Posted on November 1, 2019 by bseat

Joanna Langley returns from London to her family home in the countryside to arrange for her father’s funeral.  Estranged for many years, Joanna realizes there is much about her father that she does not know. Among his effects she comes … Continue reading →

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The Girl In The Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz

Posted on October 25, 2019 by bseat

I loved Steig Larsson’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series with Lisbeth Salander as the incredibly broken but strong and smart heroine. When the dust finally settled after Larsson’s sudden death and a new writer was chosen to continue the … Continue reading →

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Talking to the Dead and Love Story with Murders by Harry Bingham

Posted on October 11, 2019 by bseat

I have found a new series that really intrigues me! It features a female detective, DC Fiona Griffiths, who is quirky, smart, likes to think out-of-the-box, but is socially inept and often skirts the rules. Additionally, her adoptive father is … Continue reading →

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The Beekeeper’s Apprentice: Or, On the Segregation of the Queen by Laurie R. King

Posted on October 3, 2019 by bseat

Fan fiction seems to be a trend lately. It fills the gap between the release of a new book in a series by providing the back story behind some reference to a historical event  referenced in the novel, completes the … Continue reading →

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Force of Nature by Jane Harper

Posted on September 20, 2019 by bseat

Jane Harper is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers. She has the uncanny ability to take the ordinary and create mystery and suspense seemingly out of thin air. An ordinary corporate retreat camping in the woods in her hands … Continue reading →

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Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng

Posted on August 30, 2019 by bseat

In 1951, Yun Ling Teoh makes her way to the Cameron Highlands of Malaya. Scarred and traumatized by her experiences during the war in a Japanese concentration camp, she needs time to heal and find a way to live again.  … Continue reading →

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