Perfect! A new Ragnar Jonasson book is always a treat. The books are short, the text large, and they read quick also because of the page-turner story! PrPerfect! A new Ragnar Jonasson book is always a treat. The books are short, the text large, and they read quick also because of the page-turner story! Present day Helgi is looking into deaths at a Sanatorium 30 years prior. He works with the police, and is about to join, but is writing a dissertation on the case. Meanwhile, he uncovers new leads. In true classic mystery fashion, everyone is a suspect in the who-dunnit, even the relationships of Helgi and the officers lead to additional story lines not fully explored in this book, which make for a wonderful series potential....more
I was lured in my the house, by the lady, by the mystery. But this was a romance story. It was interesting, yet, did not take me to the next level. It wI was lured in my the house, by the lady, by the mystery. But this was a romance story. It was interesting, yet, did not take me to the next level. It was not what I had hoped. It was about a widow who had been wronged by her husband, and protected by a good helper who used done binding protection spells. And a man on a mission to follow through on a promise to his dead wife, and he goes to a small town as a minister, and gets caught up in a romance while some darkness us a foot. While someone is threatening her with real life token Ms out of Poe stories. But it鈥檚 not as delicious as it sounds....more
This was a print on demand book, not a kindle. The binding g was nice and easy to handle.
Clare is a genius, and is recruited to a secret project, but iThis was a print on demand book, not a kindle. The binding g was nice and easy to handle.
Clare is a genius, and is recruited to a secret project, but it鈥檚 more like she is forced. It鈥檚 a mix of thriller and sci-fi or futuristic dystopia. On the surface, Clare is to work on a project eliminating disease and extending life. But those in charge of the project and not what they seem. Thus us just book one in a series I probably won鈥檛 finish. Clare rebels against those in authority, tries to find out more, and as the most gifted researcher ever known, she takes things to another level when she fights back.
I鈥檓 not sure how this came in my radar. It鈥檚 was a bit different from my usual, and I enjoyed that about this. I didn鈥檛 get fully engaged, but I did enjoy.
I鈥檒l probably remember this and wonder why only 3 stars....more
It was a surprise to see this at the library, and i snatched it up. Took me a bit to get into it. Didn鈥檛 really like the characters that much. Two brotIt was a surprise to see this at the library, and i snatched it up. Took me a bit to get into it. Didn鈥檛 really like the characters that much. Two brothers in a remote town in Norway, are about to lose business when a tunnel is built by-passing the town. So they bribe the geologists for a false report, preventing the tunnel and keeping the town on the main road. With plans to expand the spa and tourism. The brothers are have a sordid past, and there is suspicion from the sheriff for misdeeds in the past And so it goes in circles and circles of who has what over who, and what deception and lows family can do to each other. Eventually as it goes, with Nesbo, I caught on. Not everyone is so bad....more
Just what i needed! A completely engrossing story about a group of very diverse women living in a boarding house in McCarty era DC. Grace Marsh shows uJust what i needed! A completely engrossing story about a group of very diverse women living in a boarding house in McCarty era DC. Grace Marsh shows up and breathes life in the house, and yes the house does live! All the women are unique and lonely, and brought together by Grace鈥檚 Thursday night dinners while the miserable landlady is out. A touch of Trigiani鈥檚 characters, but worldly not mountainy. Each character is developed and then the plot grows a thickens as they become more interconnected- with young Lina鈥檚 bake-off contest, Bea鈥檚 baseball career, Nora鈥檚 gangster boyfriend, Claire鈥檚 pickpocketing and secret affair, Reka the Hungarian and her NY art, Fliss with the young child and a husband at war, and Arlene who just wants to be liked. Grace is magnificent and has a secret, but keeps everyone enthralled. Heartwarming and radical and empowering!...more
When I saw this was about houses.. and house magic.. houses appearing in the forest when you need them鈥� well I was all in! In a small town in the ArkaWhen I saw this was about houses.. and house magic.. houses appearing in the forest when you need them鈥� well I was all in! In a small town in the Arkansas Ozarks an odd group of high school kids cone together around a strange house. Max and Hilda are new to town, with their artist parents for an art retreat sabbatical. jay and brandy are best friends, poor, misfits who have been teased in the past. Hilda read about Theodora鈥檚 houses that she built with magic鈥� luck house, air house, mirror house, oath house, forever house, truth house, and the final portal house to another world. They all search for the houses, they all know the magic, they make promises to each other, and break the promises. But 15 years later when Brandi calls them all for help as they promised.., they return to eternal springs. I loved the search, the mystery, the magic, the thrills, the houses!...more
The dialog was intense, full of slang which gave the whole story the tune of the mountain and timelessness. Cal is an American who has settled in, takeThe dialog was intense, full of slang which gave the whole story the tune of the mountain and timelessness. Cal is an American who has settled in, taken young Trey under his carpentry wings. When her deadbeat dad comes back to town with an idea to swindle everyone for some money he owes, he says they鈥檙e looking for gold. Meanwhile Trey just wants her dad gone, and goes to elaborate means.
I actually did not connect this story to the Searcher where Trey and Cals friendship started....more
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