Category Archives: Mystery

The Dark Monk by Oliver Potzsch

Posted on April 1, 2016 by bseat

Sometimes you get all the things you like in one bite! Much like the chocolate turtles with their chocolate, nutty, and gooey caramel goodness that I love, this book has all the things I like in books, a mystery set … Continue reading →

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The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Translated by William Frost

Posted on March 11, 2016 by bseat

Carl Mørk, a Danish detective in charge of Department Q is taking a well deserved nap in his office when he gets a phone call from a police officer on the remote Danish island of Bornholm. After chatting a bit, Mørk … Continue reading →

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Confession of the Lioness: A Novel by Mia Couto and translated by David Brookshaw

Posted on February 19, 2016 by bseat

The remote village of Kulumani, Mozambique is under attack. For weeks now something has been stalking the women of the village and killing them. They are the vicious bloody attacks of a wild animal, probably lions, who now have a … Continue reading →

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Fool’s Assassin and Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb

Posted on February 5, 2016 by bseat

Many years ago I read Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice and was introduced to FitzChivalry Farseer and the Fool. I fell in love with the characters and the world that Hobbs had created. I read the two other books in the trilogy but … Continue reading →

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The Crossing by Michael Connelly

Posted on January 29, 2016 by bseat

Harry Bosch retired from the police; forced into it by being suspended for a minor infraction. He hired his brother, Mickey Haller, the so called Lincoln Lawyer, to sue the LAPD and so when he gets a call from Mickey … Continue reading →

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The Promise by Robert Crais

Posted on January 15, 2016 by bseat

Elvis Cole was hired to find Amy Breslyn who has vanished.  She had recently lost her son, a rising journalist who was killed in a terrorist bombing incident overseas.  Although she was grieving she seemed to be coping with this … Continue reading →

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The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan

Posted on December 18, 2015 by bseat

Grace Winter is twenty two years old and on trial for her life. The events she is on trial for occurred on a lifeboat she was on after the ship, the Empress Alexandra, exploded  one fateful summer night in 1914 … Continue reading →

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Last Words by Michael Koryta

Posted on December 11, 2015 by bseat

Markus Novak is a tortured man.  He and his wife, Lauren were working for a Florida based firm called Innocence Incorporated that defends death row inmates. As part of their investigation Lauren was going to interview a psychic who claimed … Continue reading →

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Disclaimer by Renee Knight

Posted on November 27, 2015 by bseat

Catherine Ravenscroft is living a fairly perfect life. She is an award winning documentary film maker and her husband, Robert, is a lawyer.  Their son, Nick, is finally out of the home, living on his own after a few shaky … Continue reading →

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You Will Never Find Me by Robert Wilson

Posted on November 20, 2015 by bseat

Amy Boxer is fed up with her life. Her parents are controlling, as only a cop and a private investigator can be. She hates school and doesn’t know what she wants to do, but she is certain that she doesn’t … Continue reading →

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