Category Archives: Mystery

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Posted on October 29, 2021 by bseat

Sometimes I come across a book that is an “almost.” It is almost a compulsive read, it is almost a intriguing plot, it is almost profound, but not quite. There is just something that prevents it from being those things … 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 Plotters by Un-Su Kim (Translated by Sora Kim-Russell)

Posted on October 1, 2021 by bseat

An assassin must fulfill the requirements of the job they are hired to do. Reseng knows this because he was raised by and now works for one of the most famous killers of all time, Old Raccoon, who runs a … Continue reading →

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The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

Posted on August 6, 2021 by bseat

Do you ever lose books? It doesn’t seem it was as easy to lose books when I bought physical books, since I could usually visualize in what bookcase and in what room I had shelved it, but since I went … Continue reading →

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One by One by Ruth Ware

Posted on July 30, 2021 by bseat

Ruth Ware has an ingeniously disturbed mind! The first book I read by Ware was In a Dark, Dark Wood. The title says it all and it kept me up at night.  The next book was, The Woman in Cabin … 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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The Plot by Jean Hanf Korelitz (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 66)

Posted on July 2, 2021 by bseat

Jean Hanf Kroelitz wrote You Should Have Known, which became a TV series called The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. That book and the TV show were unique, and powerful and I was impressed by Korelitz’s writing and character … Continue reading →

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The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 65)

Posted on June 25, 2021 by bseat

Anthony Peardow began collecting last things after his fiancée died unexpectedly. On that very day he also lost the keepsake she had given him. Bereft and alone, he began noticing things that people lost on the sidewalk, or in the … Continue reading →

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The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 63)

Posted on June 11, 2021 by bseat

Mary Jekyl is strangely unaffected when her guardian dies. When her parents died when she was a child, she was left in the care of her guardian  for whom she felt very little affection. Now in her twenties, with her … Continue reading →

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The Last Flight by Julie Clark (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 62)

Posted on June 4, 2021 by bseat

Claire is running away from her perfect life. Married to man from a rich and famous family with his own political aspirations, Claire knows the importance of looking perfect all the time. But behind the scenes, her husband is controlling, … Continue reading →

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