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Someone To Watch Over Me & The Silence of the Sea – Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

August 25, 2020

Someone To Watch Over Me (English translation, 2013) and The Silence of the Sea (English translation, 2014) are books 5 …

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Guest Review: Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen

September 2, 2013

GUEST REVIEW: In addition to adventuring around the nation’s capital, fellow blogger Discover DC Living is an avid reader, from …

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A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

May 13, 2013

A Fatal Grace is the second “Three Pines” mystery by Louise Penny—I somehow missed it as I progressed through the …

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The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro

March 1, 2013

One bitter winter day back in the early 1980s, my boyfriend (now my husband) introduced me to the Isabella Stewart …

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49: Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman

October 30, 2012

I’ve been struggling to write about some of the books I’ve been reading lately, three of them mysteries: this one …

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16 of 55: English Country House Murders – edited by Thomas Godfrey

April 7, 2012

The short story is such an amazing genre—a powerhouse of character, plot, and theme packed into a tiny package. But …

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9 of 55: Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey

February 21, 2012

While looking unsuccessfully for one mystery, I found another on the shelves at the Barnes & Noble in Oceanside, CA. …

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7 of 55: In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming

February 8, 2012

Since my Small World disappointment, I’d been concentrating on Our Mutual Friend, a reliably great read which I won’t count …

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2 of 55: Death Comes to Pemberley

January 9, 2012

Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James This seemed like a dream book! First, I love Jane Austen and in …

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