Wendi's bookshelf: read en-US Sun, 16 Mar 2025 18:57:30 -0700 60 Wendi's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Rough Guide to Scotland (Travel Guide with eBook) (Rough Guides)]]> 60094124
The Rough Guide to Scotland covers : Edinburgh and the Lothians, The Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire and Arran, Glasgow and the Clyde, Argyll and Bute, Stirling, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Fife, Perthshire, Northeast Scotland, The Great Glen and River Spey, The north and northwest Highlands, Skye and the Small Isles, The Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland.

Inside this travel guide you'll

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVERY TYPE OF TRAVELLER
Experiences selected for every kind of trip to Scotland, from off-the-beaten-track adventures in Edinburgh to family activities in child-friendly places, like Caledonian Forest or chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas, like Orkney.

PRACTICAL TRAVEL TIPS
Essential pre-departure information including Scotland entry requirements, getting around, health information, travelling with children, sports and outdoor activities, food and drink, festivals, culture and etiquette, shopping, tips for travellers with disabilities and more.

TIME-SAVING ITINERARIES
Carefully planned routes covering the best of Scotland give a taste of the richness and diversity of the destination, and have been created for different time frames or types of trip.

DETAILED REGIONAL COVERAGE
Clear structure within each sightseeing chapter includes regional highlights, brief history, detailed sights and places ordered geographically, recommended restaurants, hotels, bars, clubs and major shops or entertainment options.

INSIGHTS INTO GETTING AROUND LIKE A LOCAL
Tips on how to beat the crowds, save time and money and find the best local spots for walking spots, top museums and historic castles.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THINGS NOT TO MISS
Rough Guides' rundown of The Western Isles, Northeast Scotland and Shetland's best sights and top experiences helps to make the most of each trip to Scotland, even in a short time.

HONEST AND INDEPENDENT REVIEWS
Written by Rough Guides' expert authors with a trademark blend of humour, honesty and expertise, to help to find the best places in Scotland, matching different needs.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Comprehensive ' Contexts' chapter features fascinating insights into Scotland, with coverage of history, religion, ethnic groups, environment, wildlife and books, plus a handy language section and glossary.

FABULOUS FULL COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
Features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Loch Ness and the spectacular Cuillin Range.

COLOUR-CODED MAPPING
Practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered, colour-coded keys for quick orientation in Glasgow, Aberdeen and many more locations in Scotland, reduce the need to go online.

USER-FRIENDLY LAYOUT
With helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time.

FREE EBOOK
Free eBook download with every purchase of a printed book allows you to access all of the content from your phone or tablet, for on-the-road exploration.]]>
632 Rough Guides 1839052848 Wendi 4 4.27 1994 The Rough Guide to Scotland (Travel Guide with eBook) (Rough Guides)
author: Rough Guides
name: Wendi
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1994
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2025/03/16
shelves: 2023, scotland, travel, kindle
review:

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<![CDATA[Lonely Planet Scotland's Highlands & Islands (Travel Guide)]]> 55605957 320 Neil Wilson 1787016439 Wendi 3 2023, scotland, travel 4.44 2002 Lonely Planet Scotland's Highlands & Islands (Travel Guide)
author: Neil Wilson
name: Wendi
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2025/03/01
shelves: 2023, scotland, travel
review:

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<![CDATA[Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2015 (Lonely Planet's the Best in Travel)]]> 22246013
Whether it's thanks to a sporting event, a revitalised infrastructure, a special anniversary or just that aura of 'right now', each destination featured has passed through our agonising selection process to win a place on Lonely Planet's hallowed Best in Travel list ­- now in its 10th edition.

Highlights:


Lonely Planet ranks to top 10 countries, regions and cities to visit in 2015
The best travel experiences for the year ahead
16 top travel lists to give you fresh ideas for exploring the world from a new perspective
More than 35 events mapped out month by month in the 2015 travel planner
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) ]]>
206 Lonely Planet 1743603622 Wendi 0 3.52 2012 Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2015 (Lonely Planet's the Best in Travel)
author: Lonely Planet
name: Wendi
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/02/26
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Goblin Market 58450380 The classic poem, Goblin Market (1862) by Christina Rossetti, tells the story of Lizzie and Laura, who are tempted by the fruit sold by the goblin merchants. In this fully illustrated and beautiful volume, illustrator Georgie McAusland brings the words and story to life.

Breathing new life into the Victorian tradition of illustrated poems, this book reads like a picture story book. The stunning illustrations illuminate and drive the narrative forward as in all good story books. It tells the tale of the two sisters drifting apart as Laura succumbs to the forbidden fruit sold by the goblins, but the bonds of sisterhood prove strong. The poem has fascinated for generations and been the subject of various interpretations. This illustrated version brings the words and story alive for a new generation.

Christina Rossetti is considered the foremost female poet of her time, and her poetry still resonates with women's lives today, as she entwines themes of sexuality, sisterhood, love and temptation in her work. All of these themes are encapsulated in Goblin Market. The book includes an introduction to the poem by novelist Kirsty Gunn, so all readers � for pleasure or study � can understand its riches.ձ>
96 Christina Rossetti 1849946949 Wendi 0 4.23 1862 Goblin Market
author: Christina Rossetti
name: Wendi
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1862
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/21
shelves: to-read, on-the-shelf, available-on-audible
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The Midnight Zone 30197223
A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her.

Lauren Groff’s new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism. The Vaster Wilds is a work of raw and prophetic power that tells the story of America in miniature, through one girl at a hinge point in history, to ask how—and if—we can adapt quickly enough to save ourselves.]]>
20 Lauren Groff Wendi 5 3.66 2016 The Midnight Zone
author: Lauren Groff
name: Wendi
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2016/06/27
date added: 2024/11/07
shelves: 2016, fiction, shorts, new-yorker
review:

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<![CDATA[Corduroy Mansions (Corduroy Mansions, #1)]]> 8603369 CORDUROY MANSIONS - Book 1 In the Corduroy Mansions series of novels, set in London’s hip Pimlico neighborhood, we meet a cast of charming eccentrics, including perhaps the world’s most clever terrier, who make their home in a handsome, though slightly dilapidated, apartment block.Corduroy Mansions is the affectionate nickname given to a genteel, crumbling mansion block in London’s vibrant Pimlico neighborhood and the home turf of a captivating collection of quirky and altogether McCall-Smithian characters. There’s the middle-aged wine merchant William, who’s trying to convince his reluctant twenty-four-year-old son, Eddie, to leave the nest; and Marcia, the boutique caterer who has her sights set on William. There’s also the (justifiably) much-loathed Member of Parliament Oedipus Snark; his mother, Berthea, who’s writing his biography and hating every minute of it; and his long-suffering girlfriend, Barbara, a literary agent who would like to be his wife (but, then, she’d like to be almost anyone’s wife). There’s the vitamin evangelist, the psychoanalyst, the art student with a puzzling boyfriend and Freddie de la Hay, the Pimlico terrier who insists on wearing a seat belt and is almost certainly the only avowed vegetarian canine in London.Filled with the ins and outs of neighborliness in all its unexpected variations, Corduroy Mansions showcases the life, laughter and humanity that have become the hallmarks of Alexander McCall Smith’s work.ձ> 369 Alexander McCall Smith 0307379302 Wendi 4 3.66 2009 Corduroy Mansions (Corduroy Mansions, #1)
author: Alexander McCall Smith
name: Wendi
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2024/09/26
shelves: favourite-covers, england, fiction, london, dogs, 2013
review:
isn't this the most fantastic cover?
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The Bird Eater 20420591
Like Aaron, Holbrook House is but a shell of what it once was, a target for vandals and ghost hunters who have nicknamed it “the devil’s den.� Aaron doesn’t believe in the paranormal—at least, not until a strange boy begins following him wherever he goes. Plagued by violent dreams and disturbing visions, Aaron begins to wonder if he’s losing his mind. But a festering darkness lurks at the heart of Holbrook House…a darkness that grins from within the shadows, delighting in Aaron’s sorrow, biding its time.]]>
290 Ania Ahlborn 1477867600 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.60 2014 The Bird Eater
author: Ania Ahlborn
name: Wendi
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: to-read, kindle
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Little Black Lies 24407881 In such a small community as the Falkland Islands, a missing child is unheard of. In such a dangerous landscape it can only be a terrible tragedy, surely...

When another child goes missing, and then a third, it’s no longer possible to believe that their deaths were accidental, and the villagers must admit that there is a murderer among them. Even Catrin Quinn, a damaged woman living a reclusive life after the accidental deaths of her own two sons a few years ago, gets involved in the searches and the speculation.

And suddenly, in this wild and beautiful place that generations have called home, no one feels safe and the hysteria begins to rise.

But three islanders—Catrin, her childhood best friend, Rachel, and her ex-lover Callum—are hiding terrible secrets. And they have two things in common: all three of them are grieving, and none of them trust anyone, not even themselves.

In Little Black Lies,her most shocking and engaging suspense novel to date, Sharon Bolton will keep the reader guessing until the very last page.
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370 Sharon J. Bolton 1250028604 Wendi 5
But I've loved Bolton since day one and I was pleased to see - for the first time in many years - a non-Lacey book, so I was happy to take on this new stand-alone novel set in the Falkland Islands.

And I'm so very, very glad that I did.

I'm ashamed to admit I didn't know much about the Falklands before reading Little and I wasn't sure what to expect from such a different setting. Bolton, however, retains British and Scottish vibes including her talent with creating suffocating, insular communities, while weaving in a novel history, other cultures, and a new environment for her fans.

Catrin Quinn is a resident of the Falklands and three years ago, she was a (somewhat) happily married woman with two children and a third on the way. But then someone - her best friend, in fact - destroyed her entire world.

Catrin is contemplating revenge but her plans are stymied by the disappearance of a young boy - the third in the area - and whales determined on suicide, and even celestial events. I don't want to reveal much about the way the novel is organized as it could be considered somewhat of a spoiler, but I was pleased with Bolton's choices.

Addictive and emotional, this is one of those novels that made me neglect my life and annoyed at anything and anyone who pulled me away, however briefly. Don't get me wrong - I do still like Lacey and will continue to read her but there are elements of her continuing story that are somewhat fatiguing. Bolton's new novel reminded my why I've loved her since the beginning of her career and I feel bold enough to proclaim it as my favourite so far.

*Little Black Lies will be released in the United States on May 19th, 2015.]]>
4.04 2015 Little Black Lies
author: Sharon J. Bolton
name: Wendi
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2015/05/07
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: 2015, fiction, crime-novels, netgalley, falkland-islands, favourite-covers
review:
Because I've been less enthusiastic lately about Lacey Flint than I used to be, I was slightly hesitant to ask St. Martin's Press for an advanced copy of Bolton's new book, Little Black Lies.

But I've loved Bolton since day one and I was pleased to see - for the first time in many years - a non-Lacey book, so I was happy to take on this new stand-alone novel set in the Falkland Islands.

And I'm so very, very glad that I did.

I'm ashamed to admit I didn't know much about the Falklands before reading Little and I wasn't sure what to expect from such a different setting. Bolton, however, retains British and Scottish vibes including her talent with creating suffocating, insular communities, while weaving in a novel history, other cultures, and a new environment for her fans.

Catrin Quinn is a resident of the Falklands and three years ago, she was a (somewhat) happily married woman with two children and a third on the way. But then someone - her best friend, in fact - destroyed her entire world.

Catrin is contemplating revenge but her plans are stymied by the disappearance of a young boy - the third in the area - and whales determined on suicide, and even celestial events. I don't want to reveal much about the way the novel is organized as it could be considered somewhat of a spoiler, but I was pleased with Bolton's choices.

Addictive and emotional, this is one of those novels that made me neglect my life and annoyed at anything and anyone who pulled me away, however briefly. Don't get me wrong - I do still like Lacey and will continue to read her but there are elements of her continuing story that are somewhat fatiguing. Bolton's new novel reminded my why I've loved her since the beginning of her career and I feel bold enough to proclaim it as my favourite so far.

*Little Black Lies will be released in the United States on May 19th, 2015.
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Fen: Stories 32995653 A singular debut that “marks the emergence of a great, stomping, wall-knocking talent� (Kevin Barry)

Daisy Johnson’s Fen, set in the fenlands of England, transmutes the flat, uncanny landscape into a rich, brooding atmosphere. From that territory grow stories that blend folklore and restless invention to turn out something entirely new. Amid the marshy paths of the fens, a teenager might starve herself into the shape of an eel. A house might fall in love with a girl and grow jealous of her friend. A boy might return from the dead in the guise of a fox. Out beyond the confines of realism, the familiar instincts of sex and hunger blend with the shifting, unpredictable wild as the line between human and animal is effaced by myth and metamorphosis. With a fresh and utterly contemporary voice, Johnson lays bare these stories of women testing the limits of their power to create a startling work of fiction.

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207 Daisy Johnson Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.80 2016 Fen: Stories
author: Daisy Johnson
name: Wendi
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/23
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<![CDATA[Emily Windsnap and the Tides of Time (Emily Windsnap #9)]]> 45990773 Emily Windsnap must travel through time in order to save the people of her hometowns -- both human andmerfolk -- in the exciting ninth book of the New York Times best-selling series.

When Emily makes a wish on a magic stone, she gets a glimpse of what the future holds -- and it's a disaster! She tries to make things right, but each trip through time takes Emily to a future where things turn out badly for either the humans of Brightport or the merpeople of Shiprock. Plastic pollutes the ocean, garbage overflows the landfills, and the two towns are no longer getting along. Emily realizes she can't save her hometown and the ocean alone, but with help from her best friends, Shona and Mandy, she'll have to find a way to get humans and merpeople to work together. Will Emily be able to create a better future for everyone, including herself? This new adventure gives readers a glimpse at what Emily and her friends could be like as grown-ups, with a fresh story that explores how uniting communities can make a future that's bright for everyone.]]>
272 Liz Kessler 1536209694 Wendi 0 to-read 4.02 2020 Emily Windsnap and the Tides of Time (Emily Windsnap #9)
author: Liz Kessler
name: Wendi
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/08/30
shelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape]]> 55801972 A beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence

Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered everywhere else on earth in the Korean peninsula's narrow DMZ.

Cal Flyn, an investigative journalist, exceptional nature writer, and promising new literary voice visits the eeriest and most desolate places on Earth that due to war, disaster, disease, or economic decay, have been abandoned by humans. What she finds every time is an island of teeming new life: nature has rushed in to fill the void faster and more thoroughly than even the most hopeful projections of scientists.

Islands of Abandonment is a tour through these new ecosystems, in all their glory, as sites of unexpected environmental significance, where the natural world has reasserted its wild power and promise. And while it doesn't let us off the hook for addressing environmental degradation and climate change, it is a case that hope is far from lost, and it is ultimately a story of redemption: the most polluted spots on Earth can be rehabilitated through ecological processes and, in fact, they already are.]]>
384 Cal Flyn 1984878190 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.22 2021 Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape
author: Cal Flyn
name: Wendi
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/06/15
shelves: to-read, kindle
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<![CDATA[Tin House Magazine, Volume 20, Issue 1, Fall 2018: #77 Poison]]> 57996610
Our fall issue will be packing stories, essays, and poems inspired by poison pens, poison pills, and general-use poisons. But don't worry, reading is the antidote, too. Featuring Elisa Albert, Melissa Febos, Ethan Rutherford, Shane McCrae, Deb Olin Unferth, and more.]]>
224 Win McCormack 1942855222 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 5.00 Tin House Magazine, Volume 20, Issue 1, Fall 2018: #77 Poison
author: Win McCormack
name: Wendi
average rating: 5.00
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/06/04
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<![CDATA[The Best American Short Stories 2012]]> 13202061 First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected � and most popular � of its kind.

The Best American Short Stories 2012 includes

The last speaker of the language / Carol Anshaw --
Pilgrim life / Taylor Antrim --
What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank / Nathan Englander --
The other place / Mary Gaitskill --
North Country / Roxane Gay --
Paramour / Jennifer Haigh --
Navigators / Mike Meginnis --
Miracle polish / Steven Millhauser --
Axis / Alice Munro --
Volcano / Lawrence Osborne --
Diem Perdidi / Julie Otsuka --
Honeydew / Edith Pearlman --
Occupational hazard / Angela Pneuman --
Beautiful monsters / Eric Puchner --
Tenth of December / George Saunders --
The sex lives of African girls / Taiye Selasi --
Alive / Sharon Solwitz --
M&M world / Kate Walbert --
Anything helps / Jess Walter --
What's important is feeling / Adam Wilson

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356 Tom Perrotta 0547242107 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.80 2012 The Best American Short Stories 2012
author: Tom Perrotta
name: Wendi
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/06/02
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Bobcat and Other Stories 17086102 209 Rebecca Lee 1616201738 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.91 2010 Bobcat and Other Stories
author: Rebecca Lee
name: Wendi
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2010
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/05/02
shelves: to-read, kindle
review:

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<![CDATA[Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)]]> 26187
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.]]>
572 Dan Brown Wendi 2 fiction, italy
What I don't like... and why I am forced to drop down to two stars (just a few examples):

That same time stretching often results in a parceling of time that is terribly irritating - most of the book actually isn't just in less than one day but in about four to five hours. Unfortunately, in one part of the book, given twenty minutes, the protagonists can, say, drink tea and eat scones, talk at length about their theories about what's happening, run from one location to another, save someone, and research an important historical fact. But during another twenty minutes, they don't seem to have enough time to, say, run the length of a block and enter a building. It must be difficult as an author to keep track of this sort of incongruity but this is Brown's special trick and it's irritating that he can't follow his own rules. It needs to be either one way or the other but not both.

Every few chapters, he seems to feel the need to reintroduce his main protagonist by first and last name, "Robert Langdon stood in front of the church..."; like we haven't met this character yet for every single paragraph for the last 126 chapters (and no, I'm not exaggerating on the numbers of chapters).

This really, really frustrating thing where the protagonist, Langdon, is this brainy professor that can supposedly figure out these relatively obscure, secret messages hidden by other brainy men hundreds of years ago in order to save the world... and yet he can't figure out the REALLY obvious things right in front of his face. I was listening to this on audiobook and I SWEAR, I kept expecting a three year old child to pipe up from somewhere in the back of the crowd, saying, "Oh, come on, mister! You can't see that? Seriously? Aren't you supposed to be the hero? Even I can see that!!

And, finally, lines like, "The silence that followed might as well have been thunder." Um, what... honestly, what? Is this Brown's version of "A thunderous silence followed..."?

It's really rather frustrating because I honestly think that in many ways Brown is rather talented; in some of his plotting, the details, the ideas he pulls together. I just wish that in other ways - the writing, some characterization, he could catch up with his other abilities.

After reading The Da Vinci Code, I was going to read both this and Digital Fortress but I do believe I will stop here... wishing I could tip it over to the three stars.]]>
3.90 2000 Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
author: Dan Brown
name: Wendi
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2000
rating: 2
read at: 2008/12/30
date added: 2024/04/21
shelves: fiction, italy
review:
So I honestly want to give the book three stars. What I enjoy about Brown is how he can write almost 600 pages of a book and I get almost to the end and realize that it has taken place all in the space of one day. As a writer, I would love to be able to do that. The weaving of religious and scientific themes into an adventure set in European locales is also right up my alley.

What I don't like... and why I am forced to drop down to two stars (just a few examples):

That same time stretching often results in a parceling of time that is terribly irritating - most of the book actually isn't just in less than one day but in about four to five hours. Unfortunately, in one part of the book, given twenty minutes, the protagonists can, say, drink tea and eat scones, talk at length about their theories about what's happening, run from one location to another, save someone, and research an important historical fact. But during another twenty minutes, they don't seem to have enough time to, say, run the length of a block and enter a building. It must be difficult as an author to keep track of this sort of incongruity but this is Brown's special trick and it's irritating that he can't follow his own rules. It needs to be either one way or the other but not both.

Every few chapters, he seems to feel the need to reintroduce his main protagonist by first and last name, "Robert Langdon stood in front of the church..."; like we haven't met this character yet for every single paragraph for the last 126 chapters (and no, I'm not exaggerating on the numbers of chapters).

This really, really frustrating thing where the protagonist, Langdon, is this brainy professor that can supposedly figure out these relatively obscure, secret messages hidden by other brainy men hundreds of years ago in order to save the world... and yet he can't figure out the REALLY obvious things right in front of his face. I was listening to this on audiobook and I SWEAR, I kept expecting a three year old child to pipe up from somewhere in the back of the crowd, saying, "Oh, come on, mister! You can't see that? Seriously? Aren't you supposed to be the hero? Even I can see that!!

And, finally, lines like, "The silence that followed might as well have been thunder." Um, what... honestly, what? Is this Brown's version of "A thunderous silence followed..."?

It's really rather frustrating because I honestly think that in many ways Brown is rather talented; in some of his plotting, the details, the ideas he pulls together. I just wish that in other ways - the writing, some characterization, he could catch up with his other abilities.

After reading The Da Vinci Code, I was going to read both this and Digital Fortress but I do believe I will stop here... wishing I could tip it over to the three stars.
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<![CDATA[The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories]]> 24195950
Joy Williams has been celebrated as a master of the short story for four decades, her renown passing as a given from one generation to the next even in the shifting landscape of contemporary writing. And at long last the incredible scope of her singular achievement is put on display: thirty-three stories drawn from three much-lauded collections, and another thirteen appearing here for the first time in book form. Forty-six stories in all, far and away the most comprehensive volume in her long career, showcasing her crisp, elegant prose, her dark wit, and her uncanny ability to illuminate our world through characters and situations that feel at once peculiar and foreign and disturbingly familiar.Virtually all American writers have their favorite Joy Williams stories, as do many readers of all ages, and each one of them is available here.]]>
512 Joy Williams 1101874899 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.18 2015 The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories
author: Joy Williams
name: Wendi
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/12/17
shelves: to-read, kindle
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<![CDATA[Dear Prudence: Liberating Lessons from Slate.com's Beloved Advice Column]]> 61423062 336 Daniel M. Lavery 0063140365 Wendi 3 3.78 2023 Dear Prudence: Liberating Lessons from Slate.com's Beloved Advice Column
author: Daniel M. Lavery
name: Wendi
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/05/05
date added: 2023/11/03
shelves: 2023, self-improvement-inspiration, psychology
review:

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The Nothing Man 51166217
Supermarket security guard Jim Doyle has just started reading The Nothing Man--the true-crime memoir Eve has written about her efforts to track down her family's killer. As he turns each page, his rage grows. Because Jim's not just interested in reading about the Nothing Man. He is the Nothing Man.

Jim soon beings to realize how dangerously close Eve is getting to the truth. He knows she won't give up until she finds him. He has no choice but to stop her first ...]]>
288 Catherine Ryan Howard 1538519739 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.05 2020 The Nothing Man
author: Catherine Ryan Howard
name: Wendi
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/11/03
shelves: to-read, kindle
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The Kind Worth Killing 36509935 The Girl on the Train will love this modern reimagining of Patricia Highsmith’s classic Strangers on a Train from the author of the acclaimed The Girl with a Clock for a Heart—which the Washington Post said “should be a contender for crime fiction’s best first novel of 2014.�

On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Sharing one too many martinis, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing very intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his marriage that’s going stale and his wife Miranda, who he’s sure is cheating on him. Ted and his wife were a mismatch from the start—he the rich businessman, she the artistic free spirit—a contrast that once inflamed their passion, but has now become a cliché.

But their game turns a little darker when Ted jokes that he could kill Miranda for what she’s done. Lily, without missing a beat, says calmly, “I’d like to help.� After all, some people are the kind worth killing, like a lying, stinking, cheating spouse. . . .

Back in Boston, Ted and Lily’s twisted bond grows stronger as they begin to plot Miranda's demise. But there are a few things about Lily’s past that she hasn’t shared with Ted, namely her experience in the art and craft of murder, a journey that began in her very precocious youth.

Suddenly these co-conspirators are embroiled in a chilling game of cat-and-mouse, one they both cannot survive . . . with a shrewd and very determined detective on their tail.]]>
325 Peter Swanson Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.02 2015 The Kind Worth Killing
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<![CDATA[Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows]]> 32075853 Together Tea and Calendar Girls.

Every woman has a secret life . . .

Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she’s spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father’s death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a "creative writing" course at the community center in the beating heart of London’s close-knit Punjabi community.

Because of a miscommunication, the proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn basic English literacy, not the art of short-story writing. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories in English and shares it with the class, Nikki realizes that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. Eager to liberate these modest women, she teaches them how to express their untold stories, unleashing creativity of the most unexpected—and exciting—kind.

As more women are drawn to the class, Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood, a group of highly conservative young men who have appointed themselves the community’s "moral police." But when the widows� gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife—a modern woman like Nikki—and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.]]>
304 Balli Kaur Jaswal 0062645129 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.92 2017 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
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The Forgotten Ones 36223127 A spellbinding novel about an unspeakable secret that could destroy a family, from the New York Times bestselling author of Finding Emma.

Elle is a survivor. She’s managed to piece together a solid life from a childhood of broken memories and fairy tales her mom told her to explain away bad dreams. But weekly visits to her mother still fill Elle with a paralyzing fear she can’t explain. It’s just another of so many unanswered questions she grew up with in a family estranged by silence and secrets.

Elle’s world turns upside down when she receives a deathbed request from her grandfather, a man she was told had died years ago. Racked by grief, regrets, and a haunted conscience, he has a tale of his own to tell about her mother, an imaginary friend, and two strangers who came to the house one night and never left.

As Elle’s past unfolds, so does the truth—if she can believe it. She must face the reasons for her inexplicable dread. As dark as they are, Elle must listen—before her grandfather’s death buries the family’s secrets forever.]]>
345 Steena Holmes 1503939154 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.07 2018 The Forgotten Ones
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Sometimes I Lie 34275231 1. I’m in a coma.
2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore.
3. Sometimes I lie

Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?]]>
262 Alice Feeney 1250144841 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.74 2017 Sometimes I Lie
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Bitter Orange 38589871
To Frances' surprise, Cara and Peter are keen to get to know her. It is the first occasion she has had anybody to call a friend, and before long they are spending every day together: eating lavish dinners, drinking bottle after bottle of wine, and smoking cigarettes until the ash piles up on the crumbling furniture. Frances is dazzled.

But as the hot summer rolls lazily on, it becomes clear that not everything is right between Cara and Peter. The stories that Cara tells don’t quite add up, and as Frances becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of the glamorous, hedonistic couple, the boundaries between truth and lies, right and wrong, begin to blur. Amid the decadence, a small crime brings on a bigger one: a crime so terrible that it will brand their lives forever.]]>
317 Claire Fuller 1947793152 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.53 2018 Bitter Orange
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<![CDATA[The Play of Death (The Hangman's Daughter, #6)]]> 33512871 Soon he is joined by his father-in-law, Jakob Kuisl, the Schongau hangman, and the two begin piecing together the puzzle of the actor’s death. Was he murdered by a jealous rival? Are the recently arrived and unpopular immigrant workers somehow involved? Or is it a punishment from God for the villagers� arrogance in trying to schedule the play four years earlier than prescribed by ancient custom? Once again it looks like it is up to the Kuisls to unravel the mystery and bring a town’s dark secrets to light.]]> 512 Oliver Pötzsch Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.31 2016 The Play of Death (The Hangman's Daughter, #6)
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<![CDATA[The Werewolf of Bamberg (The Hangman's Daughter, #5)]]> 25149799 610 Oliver Pötzsch Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.19 2014 The Werewolf of Bamberg (The Hangman's Daughter, #5)
author: Oliver Pötzsch
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average rating: 4.19
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<![CDATA[The Hangman's Daughter (The Hangman's Daughter, #1)]]> 9496240
Jakob Kuisl is charged with extracting a confession from her and torturing her until he gets one. Convinced she is innocent, he, Magdalena, and her would-be suitor race against the clock to find the true killer. Approaching Walpurgisnacht, when witches are believed to dance in the forest and mate with the devil, another tattooed orphan is found dead and the town becomes frenzied. More than one person has spotted what looks like the devil—a man with a hand made only of bones. The hangman, his daughter, and the doctor’s son face a terrifying and very real enemy.

Page Numbers Source ISBN: 054774501X]]>
448 Oliver Pötzsch Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.72 2008 The Hangman's Daughter (The Hangman's Daughter, #1)
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<![CDATA[The Dark Monk (The Hangman's Daughter, #2)]]> 12360050

Following a trail of riddles, hangman Jakob Kuisl, his headstrong daughter, Magdalena, and the town physician’s son team up with the priest’s aristocratic sister to investigate. What they uncover will lead them back to the Crusades, unlocking a troubled history of internal church politics and sending them on a chase for a treasure of the Knights Templar.

But they’re not the only ones after the legendary fortune. A team of dangerous and mysterious monks is always close behind, tracking their every move, speaking Latin in the shadows, giving off a strange, intoxicating scent. And to throw the hangman off their trail, they have ensured he is tasked with capturing a band of thieves roving the countryside attacking solitary travellers and spreading panic.

Delivering on the promise of the international bestseller The Hangman’s Daughter, Oliver Pötzsch takes us on a whirlwind tour through the occult hiding places of Bavaria’s ancient monasteries. Once again based on prodigious historical research into Pötzsch’s family tree, The Dark Monk brings to life an unforgettable, compassionate hangman and his tenacious daughter, painting a robust tableau of a seventeenth-century Bavaria and quickening our pulses with a gripping, mesmerizing mystery

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463 Oliver Pötzsch 0547807686 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.81 2009 The Dark Monk (The Hangman's Daughter, #2)
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<![CDATA[The Beggar King (The Hangman's Daughter, #3)]]> 15776904 514 Oliver Pötzsch 1611090865 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.01 2010 The Beggar King (The Hangman's Daughter, #3)
author: Oliver Pötzsch
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average rating: 4.01
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<![CDATA[The Poisoned Pilgrim (The Hangman's Daughter, #4)]]> 17429022
Two monks at the monastery experiment with cutting edge technology, including a method of deflecting the lighting that has previously set the monastery ablaze. When one of the monks disappears and his lab is destroyed, foul play is suspected. Who better to investigate than the famed hangman Jakob Kuisl? But as the hangman and his family attempt to solve the mystery of the missing monk, they must deal with both the eccentric denizens of the monastery and villagers who view the monks� inventions as witchcraft that must be destroyed at all costs.

This thrilling fourth entry of The Hangman’s Daughter series features scheming monks, murderous robots, and the action and intrigue that never seem to cease when the Kuisls are on a case.]]>
512 Oliver Pötzsch 1477856129 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.97 2012 The Poisoned Pilgrim (The Hangman's Daughter, #4)
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Exquisite 34735173
Bo Luxton has it all � a loving family, a beautiful home in the Lake District, and a clutch of bestselling books to her name.
Enter Alice Dark, an aspiring writer who is drifting through life, with a series of dead-end jobs and a freeloading boyfriend.
When they meet at a writers� retreat, the chemistry is instant, and a sinister relationship develops�
Or does it?
Breathlessly pacey, taut and terrifying, Exquisiteis a startlingly original and unbalancing psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page.


‘The characters are so untrustworthy you wont know what to believe, but you won’t put it down till you’ve found out. A superb debut� Sunday Mirror

'Cunningly constructed and gorgeously written, this is outstanding� Express

'It’s a remarkable debut in the crowded psychological thriller field, written with great sureness of touch and tone' Times Crime Club

‘Slickly claustrophobic, this arch story of obsessive, forbidden love taken to the extreme will have you squirming in your seat� Sarah Pinsborough

‘Whip-smart, lushly written and truly page-turning � Sarah Stovell is a thrilling talent� Holly Seddon

‘A moving, gripping story � twists keep coming till the very last page. I loved it� Erin Kelly

‘Addictive, terrifying and beautifully written, Exquisiteis up there with the best psychological thrillers I’ve ever read. Fucking awesome� Chris Whittaker]]>
300 Sarah Stovell 1910633747 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.86 2017 Exquisite
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<![CDATA[Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)]]> 32075854
When Susan receives Alan's latest manuscript, in which Atticus Pünd investigates a murder at Pye Hall, an English manor house, she has no reason to think it will be any different from the others. There will be dead bodies, a cast of intriguing suspects, and plenty of red herrings and clues. But the more Susan reads, the more she realizes that there's another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript—one of ambition, jealousy, and greed—and that soon it will lead to murder.

Masterful, clever, and ruthlessly suspenseful, Magpie Murders is a deviously dark take on vintage crime fiction.]]>
477 Anthony Horowitz 0062645226 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.93 2016 Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
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Goodnight Stranger 42525184
When Lydia sees the stranger step off the ferry, she feels an immediate connection to him. Lucas is convinced the man, Cole Anthony, is the reincarnation of their baby brother, who died when they were young. Cole knows their mannerisms, their home, the topography of the island—what else could that mean? Though Lydia is doubtful, she can’t deny she is drawn to his magnetism, his energy, and his warmth.

To discover the truth about Cole, Lydia must finally face her anxiety about leaving the island and summon the strength to challenge Cole’s grip on her family’s past and her brother. A deliciously alluring read, Goodnight Stranger is a story of choices and regrets, courage and loneliness, and the ways we hold on to those we love.]]>
304 Miciah Bay Gault 0778308707 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.44 2019 Goodnight Stranger
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<![CDATA[Heart of Barkness (Chet and Bernie Mystery #9)]]> 41555935 Spencer Quinn's Heart of Barkness is the latest in the New York Times bestselling series that the Los Angeles Times called “nothing short of masterful"�

Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction� (Boston Globe) and P.I. Bernie encounter heartache and much worse in the world of country music. They’re both music lovers, so when Lotty Pilgrim, a country singer from long ago, turns up at a local bar, they drive out to catch her act. Bernie’s surprised to see someone who was once so big performing in such a dive, and drops a C-note the Little Detective Agency can’t afford to part with into the tip jar. The C-note is stolen right from under their noses � even from under Chet’s, the nose that misses nothing � and before the night is over, it’s stolen again.

Soon they’re working the most puzzling case of their career, a case that takes them back in time in search of old border-town secrets, and into present-day danger where powerful people want those secrets to stay hidden. Chet and Bernie find themselves sucked into a real-life murder ballad where there is no one to trust but each other.]]>
304 Spencer Quinn 1250297729 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.99 2019 Heart of Barkness (Chet and Bernie Mystery #9)
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<![CDATA[The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau (Georges Gorski #1)]]> 22610350
As Manfred cowers beneath Gorski's watchful eye, the dark secrets of his past begin to catch up with him and his carefully crafted veneer of normalcy begins to crack. Graeme Macrae Burnet's masterful play on literary form featuring an unreliable narrator makes for a grimly entertaining psychological thriller that questions if it is possible--or even desirable--to know another man's mind.
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252 Graeme Macrae Burnet Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.84 2014 The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau (Georges Gorski #1)
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<![CDATA[Smallbone Deceased (Inspector Hazlerigg #4)]]> 45998455 Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder

Horniman, Birley and Craine is a highly respected legal firm with clients drawn from the highest in the land. When a deed box in the office is opened to reveal a corpse, the threat of scandal promises to wreak havoc on the firm's reputation—especially as the murder looks like an inside job. The partners and staff of the firm keep a watchful and suspicious eye on their colleagues, as Inspector Hazlerigg sets out to solve the mystery of who Mr. Smallbone was—and why he had to die.

Written with style, pace, and wit, this is a masterpiece by one of the finest writers of traditional British crime novels since the Second World War.

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236 Michael Gilbert 1464211728 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.08 1950 Smallbone Deceased (Inspector Hazlerigg #4)
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average rating: 4.08
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Magpie Lane 51788592
But is Dee telling the whole story? Is her growing friendship with the eccentric house historian, Linklater, any cause for concern? And most of all, why was Felicity silent?

Roaming Oxford's secret passages and hidden graveyards, Magpie Lane explores the true meaning of family—and what it is to be denied one.]]>
354 Lucy Atkins Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.95 2020 Magpie Lane
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<![CDATA[The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)]]> 9787054
When a child's bones are found on a desolate beach nearby, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson calls Galloway for help. Nelson thinks he has found the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing ten years ago. Since her disappearance he has been receiving bizarre letters about her, letters with references to ritual and sacrifice. The bones actually turn out to be two thousand years old, but Ruth is soon drawn into the Lucy Downey case and into the mind of the letter writer, who seems to have both archaeological knowledge and eerie psychic powers.

Then another child goes missing and the hunt is on to find her. As the letter writer moves closer and the windswept Norfolk landscape exerts its power, Ruth finds herself in completely new territory—and in serious danger.

The Crossing Places marks the beginning of a captivating new crime series featuring an irresistible heroine.]]>
306 Elly Griffiths 054744317X Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.04 2009 The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)
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<![CDATA[Natural Causes (Inspector McLean, #1)]]> 18891111
Detective Inspector Anthony McLean is investigating the discovery of a dead girl, walled up in the basement of an old Edinburgh mansion. She has been brutally murdered, her internal organs removed and placed around her in six preserving jars. The evidence suggests this all happened over sixty years ago, an attempt to re-enact an ancient ceremony that by trapping a demon in the dead girl’s body would supposedly confer immortality on the six men who took one of her organs each.

McLean’s grandmother � the woman who raised him after his parents were killed when he was a young boy � dies after months in a coma following a stroke. On top of this he has to investigate a series of unusual, violent suicides and a cat-burglar who targets the homes of the recently dead. But as another prominent Edinburgh businessman is killed, he begins to suspect that there may be a connection between the murders, the suicides and the ritual killing of the girl found in the basement. The same names keep cropping up. He just can’t find a rational explanation as to how that connection works.

As he digs deeper, and as the coincidences stack up, McLean is forced to consider an irrational explanation. Could there really be something evil stalking the city he has sworn to protect? And if so, how on earth can he hope to stop it?]]>
466 James Oswald Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.15 2012 Natural Causes (Inspector McLean, #1)
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<![CDATA[The Missing Ones (D.I. Lottie Parker, #1)]]> 33558545 The hole they dug was not deep. A white flour bag encased the little body. Three small faces watched from the window, eyes black with terror.

The child in the middle spoke without turning his head. I wonder which one of us will be next?

When a woman’s body is discovered in a cathedral and hours later a young man is found hanging from a tree outside his home, Detective Lottie Parker is called in to lead the investigation. Both bodies have the same distinctive tattoo clumsily inscribed on their legs. It’s clear the pair are connected, but how?

The trail leads Lottie to St. Angela’s, a former children’s home, with a dark connection to her own family history. Suddenly the case just got personal.

As Lottie begins to link the current victims to unsolved murders decades old, two teenage boys go missing. She must close in on the killer before they strike again, but in doing so is she putting her own children in terrifying danger?

Lottie is about to come face to face with a twisted soul who has a very warped idea of justice.]]>
529 Patricia Gibney 1786811502 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.08 2017 The Missing Ones (D.I. Lottie Parker, #1)
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<![CDATA[Murder on Black Swan Lane (Wrexford & Sloane, #1)]]> 33024254
The Earl of Wrexford possesses a brilliant scientific mind, but boredom and pride lead him to reckless behavior. He does not suffer fools gladly. So when pompous, pious Reverend Josiah Holworthy publicly condemns him for debauchery, Wrexford unsheathes his rapier-sharp wit and strikes back. As their war of words escalates, London’s most popular satirical cartoonist, A.J. Quill, skewers them both. But then the clergyman is found slain in a church—his face burned by chemicals, his throat slashed ear to ear—and Wrexford finds himself the chief suspect.]]>
340 Andrea Penrose 1496710770 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.78 2017 Murder on Black Swan Lane (Wrexford & Sloane, #1)
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The Silent Ones 52336969
When ten-year-old cousins Maddy and Brianna are arrested for a terrible crime, Maddy’s mother Juliet cannot believe it. How could her bright, joyful daughter be capable of such a thing?

As the small village community recoils in horror, the pressure of the tragedy blows Juliet and her sister’s lives apart. And things get even worse when their daughters retreat into a self-imposed silence. Can anyone reach Maddy and discover the truth before her fate is sealed?

Juliet is crushed. Nothing will ever be the same for her darling girl. But she knows that to find out what really happened that day, she and her sister must unlock the secrets of their own terrible past, a past they swore never to speak about again …]]>
302 K.L. Slater 178681773X Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.94 2019 The Silent Ones
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The Confession 34941666
Just an hour later the attacker, JP Carney, has handed himself in to the police. He confesses to beating Harry to death, but JP claims that the assault was not premeditated and that he didn't know the identity of his victim. With a man as notorious as Harry McNamara, the detectives cannot help wondering, was this really a random act of violence or is it linked to one of Harry's many sins: corruption, greed, betrayal?

This gripping psychological thriller will have you questioning, who - of Harry, Julie and JP - is really the guilty one? And is Carney's surrender driven by a guilty conscience or is his confession a calculated move in a deadly game?]]>
400 Jo Spain Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.93 2018 The Confession
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<![CDATA[The Silence of the White City (Trilogy of the White City, #1)]]> 48740595 A madman is holding Vitoria hostage, killing its citizens in brutal ways and staging the bodies. The city's only hope is a brilliant detective struggling to battle his own demons.

Inspector Unai López de Ayala, known as "Kraken", is charged with investigating a series of ritualistic murders. The killings are eerily similar to ones that terrorized the citizens of Vitoria twenty years earlier. But back then, police were sure they had discovered the killer, a prestigious archaeologist who is currently in jail. Now Kraken must race to determine whether the killer had an accomplice or if the wrong man has been incarcerated for two decades. This fast-paced, unrelenting thriller weaves in and out of the mythology and legends of the Basque country as it hurtles to its shocking conclusion.]]>
528 Eva García Sáenz 1984898590 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.99 2016 The Silence of the White City (Trilogy of the White City, #1)
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average rating: 3.99
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Blood Orange 37912970 378 Harriet Tyce 1472252756 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.72 2019 Blood Orange
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average rating: 3.72
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Verity 59344312
Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died.

Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.]]>
336 Colleen Hoover 153872474X Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.29 2018 Verity
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average rating: 4.29
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A Good Marriage 49246460
No. That’s a lie. It wasn’t sudden, was it? Long ago the cracks in Lizzie’s marriage had started to show. She was just good at averting her eyes.

The last thing Lizzie needs right now is a call from an inmate at Rikers asking for help—even if Zach Grayson is an old friend. But Zach is desperate: his wife, Amanda, has been found dead at the bottom of the stairs in their Brooklyn brownstone. And Zach’s the primary suspect.

As Lizzie is drawn into the dark heart of idyllic Park Slope, she learns that Zach and Amanda weren’t what they seemed—and that their friends,a close-knit group offellow parents at the exclusive Brooklyn Country Day school, mightbe protectingtroubling secrets of their own. In the end, she’s left wondering not only whether her own marriage can be saved, but what it means to have a good marriage in the first place.

Big Little Lies meets Presumed Innocent inthis riveting novel from the New York Timesbestselling author ofReconstructing Amelia, in which a woman’s brutal murder revealsthe perilous compromises some couples make—and the secrets they keep—in order to stay together.]]>
410 Kimberly McCreight 0062367684 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.88 2020 A Good Marriage
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Miracle Creek 40121959 Miracle Creek is a powerhouse debut about how far we'll go to protect our families, and our deepest secrets.

In rural Miracle Creek, Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine. A pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for therapeutic “dives,� it's also a repository of hopes and dreams: the dream of a mom that her child can be like other kids; the dream of a young doctor desperate to cure his infertility and save his marriage; the dream of the Yoos themselves, Korean immigrants who have come to the United States so their teenage daughter can have a better life.

When the oxygen chamber mysteriously explodes, killing two people, all these dreams shatter with it, and the ensuing murder trial uncovers imaginable secrets and lies. In Miracle Creek, Angie Kim takes a classic form—courtroom drama—and draws on her own experience as an immigrant, a lawyer, and the mother of a real-life "submarine" patient to turn it into something wholly original, unputdownable . . . real. This is a spellbinding novel by an exciting new voice.]]>
355 Angie Kim 0374156026 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.86 2019 Miracle Creek
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The Marriage Lie 29095401 Even the perfect marriage has its dark side…�

Iris and Will's marriage is as close to perfect as it can be: a large house in a nice Atlanta neighborhood, rewarding careers and the excitement of trying for their first baby. But on the morning Will leaves for a business trip to Orlando, Iris's happy world comes to an abrupt halt. Another plane headed for Seattle has crashed into a field, killing everyone on board, and according to the airline, Will was one of the passengers on this plane.

Grief-stricken and confused, Iris is convinced it all must be a huge misunderstanding. But as time passes and there is still no sign of Will, she reluctantly accepts that he is gone. Still, Iris needs answers. Why did Will lie about where he was going? What is in Seattle? And what else has he lied about? As Iris sets off on a desperate quest to find out what her husband was keeping from her, the answers she receives will shock her to her very core.]]>
334 Kimberly Belle 0778319768 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.78 2016 The Marriage Lie
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River Road 25111007 The Lake of Dead Languages comes a chilling new psychological thriller about a professor accused of killing her favorite student in a hit-and-run accident.

Nan Lewis—a creative writing professor at a state university in upstate New York—is driving home from a faculty holiday party after finding out she’s been denied tenure. On her way, she hits a deer, but when she gets out of her car to look for it, the deer is nowhere to be found. Eager to get home and out of the oncoming snowstorm, Nan is forced to leave her car at the bottom of her snowy driveway to wait out the longest night of the year—and the lowest point of her life�

The next morning, Nan is woken up by a police officer at her door with terrible news—one of her students, Leia Dawson, was killed in a hit-and-run on River Road the night before. And because of the damage to her car, Nan is a suspect. In the days following the accident, Nan finds herself shunned by the same community that rallied around her when her own daughter was killed in an eerily similar accident six years prior. When Nan begins finding disturbing tokens that recall the death of Nan’s own daughter, Nan suspects that the two accidents are connected.

As she begins to dig further, she discovers that everyone around her, including Leia, is hiding secrets. But can she uncover them, clear her name, and figure out who really killed Leia before her reputation is destroyed for good?]]>
288 Carol Goodman 1501109901 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.47 2016 River Road
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In the Absence of Miracles 45321481 353 Michael J. Malone 1912374803 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.75 2019 In the Absence of Miracles
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After He Died 40492826
When Paula Gadd’s husband of almost thirty years dies, just days away from the seventh anniversary of their son, Christopher’s death, her world falls apart. Grieving and bereft, she is stunned when a young woman approaches her at the funeral service, and slips something into her pocket. A note suggesting that Paula’s husband was not all that he seemed�
When the two women eventually meet, a series of revelations challenges everything Paula thought they knew, and it becomes immediately clear that both women’s lives are in very real danger.

Both a dark, twisty slice of domestic noir and taut, explosive psychological thriller, After He Died is also a chilling reminder that the people we trust the most can harbour the deadliest secrets…]]>
368 Michael J. Malone 191237434X Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.64 2018 After He Died
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A Suitable Lie 29501958 Some secrets should never be kept�

Andy Boyd thinks he is the luckiest man alive. Widowed with a young child, after his wife dies in childbirth, he is certain that he will never again experience true love. Then he meets Anna. Feisty, fun and beautiful, she’s his perfect match � and she loves his son like he is her own.
When Andy ends up in the hospital on his wedding night, he receives his first clue that Anna is not all that she seems. Desperate for that happy-ever-after, he ignores it. A dangerous mistake that could cost him everything.
A brave, deeply moving, page-turning psychological thriller, A Suitable Liemarks a stunning departure for one of Scotland’s finest crime writers, exploring the lengths people will go to hide their deepest secrets, even if it kills them�
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372 Michael J. Malone 1910633496 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.60 2016 A Suitable Lie
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<![CDATA[The Distant Echo (Karen Pirie, #1)]]> 46614
Twenty five years later, the Cold Case file on Rosie Duff has been reopened. For Alex and his friends, the investigation has also opened old wounds, haunting memories-and new fears. For a stranger has emerged from the shadows with his own ideas about justice. And revenge.

When two of Alex's friends die under suspicious circumstances, Alex knows that he and his innocent family are the next targets. And there's only way to save them: return to the cold-blooded past and uncover the startling truth about the murder. For there lies the identity of an avenging killer...]]>
496 Val McDermid 0312994834 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.88 2003 The Distant Echo (Karen Pirie, #1)
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<![CDATA[Perfect Remains (D.I. Callanach, #1)]]> 32580398 On a remote Highland mountain, the body of Elaine Buxton is burning. All that will be left to identify the respected lawyer are her teeth and a fragment of clothing.

In the concealed back room of a house in Edinburgh, the real Elaine Buxton screams into the darkness�

Detective Inspector Luc Callanach has barely set foot in his new office when Elaine’s missing persons case is escalated to a murder investigation. Having left behind a promising career at Interpol, he’s eager to prove himself to his new team. But Edinburgh, he discovers, is a long way from Lyon, and Elaine’s killer has covered his tracks with meticulous care.

It’s not long before another successful woman is abducted from her doorstep, and Callanach finds himself in a race against the clock. Or so he believes � The real fate of the women will prove more twisted than he could have ever imagined.

Fans of Angela Marson, Mark Billingham and M. J. Aldridge will be gripped by this chilling journey into the mind of a troubled killer.]]>
418 Helen Sarah Fields 000818156X Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.22 2017 Perfect Remains (D.I. Callanach, #1)
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<![CDATA[The Quaker (Duncan McCormack #1)]]> 35833839 The Quaker is watching you�

It is 1969 and Glasgow has been brought to its knees by a serial killer spreading fear throughout the city. The Quaker has taken three women from the same nightclub and brutally murdered them in the backstreets.

A detective with everything to prove.
Now, six months later, the police are left chasing a ghost, with no new leads and no hope of catching their prey. They call in DI McCormack, a talented young detective from the Highlands. But his arrival is met with anger from a group of officers on the brink of despair.

A killer who hunts in the shadows.
Soon another woman is found murdered in a run-down tenement flat. And McCormack follows a trail of secrets that will change the city � and his life � forever…]]>
389 Liam McIlvanney 1487003757 Wendi 0 3.93 2018 The Quaker (Duncan McCormack #1)
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Pretty Girls 25574782
Now another girl has disappeared, with chilling echoes of the past. And it seems that she might not be the only one.

Claire is convinced Julia's disappearance is linked.

But when she begins to learn the truth about her sister, she is confronted with a shocking discovery, and nothing will ever be the same...]]>
432 Karin Slaughter 0062430874 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.99 2015 Pretty Girls
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My Sister, the Serial Killer 38819868
My Sister, the Serial Killer is a blackly comic novel about how blood is thicker - and more difficult to get out of the carpet - than water...]]>
226 Oyinkan Braithwaite 0385544235 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.64 2018 My Sister, the Serial Killer
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The Magpies (The Magpies, #1) 18913806
When Jamie and Kirsty move into their first home together, they are full of optimism. The future, in which they plan to get married and start a family, is bright. The other residents of their building seem friendly too, including the Newtons, a married couple who welcome them to the building with open arms.

But then strange things start to happen. Dead rats are left on their doorstep. They hear disturbing noises, and much worse, in the night. After Jamie's best friend is injured in a horrific accident, Jamie and Kirsty find themselves targeted by a campaign of terror.

As they are driven to the edge of despair, Jamie vows to fight back—but he has no idea what he is really up against . . .

The Magpies is a gripping psychological thriller in which the monsters are not vampires or demons but the people who live next door. It is a nightmare that could happen to anyone.]]>
329 Mark Edwards 1477867996 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.99 2013 The Magpies (The Magpies, #1)
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Black-Eyed Susans 23746004 For fans of Laura Lippman and Gillian Flynn comes an electrifying novel of stunning psychological suspense.

I am the star of screaming headlines and campfire ghost stories.
I am one of the four Black-Eyed Susans.
The lucky one.

As a sixteen-year-old, Tessa Cartwright was found in a Texas field, barely alive amid a scattering of bones, with only fragments of memory as to how she got there. Ever since, the press has pursued her as the lone surviving “Black-Eyed Susan,� the nickname given to the murder victims because of the yellow carpet of wildflowers that flourished above their shared grave. Tessa’s testimony about those tragic hours put a man on death row.

Now, almost two decades later, Tessa is an artist and single mother. In the desolate cold of February, she is shocked to discover a freshly planted patch of black-eyed susans—a summertime bloom—just outside her bedroom window. Terrified at the implications—that she sent the wrong man to prison and the real killer remains at large—Tessa turns to the lawyers working to exonerate the man awaiting execution. But the flowers alone are not proof enough, and the forensic investigation of the still-unidentified bones is progressing too slowly. An innocent life hangs in the balance. The legal team appeals to Tessa to undergo hypnosis to retrieve lost memories—and to share the drawings she produced as part of an experimental therapy shortly after her rescue.

What they don’t know is that Tessa and the scared, fragile girl she was have built a fortress of secrets. As the clock ticks toward the execution, Tessa fears for her sanity, but even more for the safety of her teenaged daughter. Is a serial killer still roaming free, taunting Tessa with a trail of clues? She has no choice but to confront old ghosts and lingering nightmares to finally discover what really happened that night.

Shocking, intense, and utterly original, Black-Eyed Susans is a dazzling psychological thriller, seamlessly weaving past and present in a searing tale of a young woman whose harrowing memories remain in a field of flowers—as a killer makes a chilling return to his garden.]]>
354 Julia Heaberlin 0804177996 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.76 2015 Black-Eyed Susans
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Into the Darkest Corner 15818362
But what begins as flattering attention and spontaneous, passionate sex transforms into raging jealousy, and Catherine soon discovers that Lee's dazzling blue eyes and blond good looks hide a dark, violent nature. Disturbed by his increasingly erratic, controlling behavior, she tries to break it off; turning to her friends for support, she's stunned to find they don't believe her. Increasingly isolated and driven into the darkest corner of her world, a desperate Catherine plans a meticulous escape.

Four years later, Lee is behind bars and Catherine—now Cathy—is trying to build a new life in a new city. Though her body has healed, the trauma of the past still haunts her. Then Stuart Richardson, her attractive new neighbor, moves in. Encouraging her to confront her fears, he sparks unexpected hope and the possibility of love and a normal life.

Until the day the phone rings . . .]]>
450 Elizabeth Haynes 0062197266 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.05 2007 Into the Darkest Corner
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<![CDATA[The Two O'Clock Boy (DI Ray Drake, #1)]]> 31328032
One detective. One killer. One shared secret.

Connor Laird frightens people: he's intense, he's fearless, and he seems to be willing to do anything to protect himself and those he loves. When he arrives in the Longacre Children's Home, seemingly from nowhere, he instantly becomes hero and villain to every other child there.

But thirty years later, someone is killing all of those who grew up in the Longacre with Connor. Each of them has secrets, not least investigating cop DI Ray Drake. One by one, the mysteries of the past are revealed, and Drake finds himself in a race against time before the killer gets to him.

Who would kill to hide their secrets?]]>
400 Mark Hill 0751563234 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.82 2016 The Two O'Clock Boy (DI Ray Drake, #1)
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Behind Closed Doors 29437949
But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable.

Some might call this true love. Others might wonder why Grace never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. Or why she never seems to take anything with her when she leaves the house, not even a pen. Or why there are such high-security metal shutters on all the downstairs windows.

Some might wonder what’s really going on once the dinner party is over, and the front door has closed.]]>
293 B.A. Paris 1250121000 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.96 2016 Behind Closed Doors
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The Lost (Paula McGuire, #1) 17625592 Not everyone who's missing is lost...
When two teenage girls go missing along the Irish border, forensic psychologist Paula Maguire has to return to the hometown she left years before. Swirling with rumour and secrets, the town is gripped by fear of a serial killer. But the truth could be even darker.

Not everyone who's lost wants to be found...
Surrounded by people and places she tried to forget, Paula digs into the cases as the truth twists further away. What's the link with two other disappearances from 1985? And why does everything lead back to the town's dark past- including the reasons her own mother went missing years before?

Nothing is what it seems...
As the shocking truth is revealed, Paula learns that sometimes, it's better not to find what you've lost.]]>
384 Claire McGowan 0755386388 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.83 2013 The Lost (Paula McGuire, #1)
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In Her Wake 25914145
A tragic family event reveals devastating news that rips apart Bella’s comfortable existence. Embarking on a personal journey to uncover the truth, she faces a series of traumatic discoveries that take her to the ruggedly beautiful Cornish coast, where hidden truths, past betrayals and a 25-year-old mystery threaten not just her identity, but also her life.

Chilling, complex and profoundly moving, In Her Wake is a gripping psychological thriller that questions the nature of family � and reminds us that sometimes the most shocking crimes are committed closest to home.]]>
320 Amanda Jennings 1910633291 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.88 2016 In Her Wake
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Everything You Want Me to Be 29276588
Hattie Hoffman has spent her whole life playing many parts: the good student, the good daughter, the good girlfriend. But Hattie wants something more, something bigger, and ultimately something that turns out to be exceedingly dangerous. When she’s found brutally stabbed to death, the tragedy rips right through the fabric of her small-town community.

It soon comes to light that Hattie was engaged in a highly compromising and potentially explosive secret online relationship. The question is: Did anyone else know? And to what lengths might they have gone to end it? Hattie’s boyfriend seems distraught over her death, but had he fallen so deeply in love with her that she had become an obsession? Or did Hattie’s impulsive, daredevil nature simply put her in the wrong place at the wrong time, leading her to a violent death at the hands of a stranger?

Full of twists and turns, Everything You Want Me to Be reconstructs a year in the life of a dangerously mesmerizing young woman, during which a small town’s darkest secrets come to the forefront…and she inches closer and closer to death.

Evocative and razor-sharp, Everything You Want Me to Be challenges you to test the lines between innocence and culpability, identity and deception. Does love lead to self-discovery—or destruction?]]>
352 Mindy Mejia 1501123424 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.78 2017 Everything You Want Me to Be
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He Said/She Said 31393997 Don't be left in the dark.

In the hushed aftermath of a total eclipse, Laura witnesses a brutal attack. She and her boyfriend Kit call the police, and in that moment, four lives change forever.

Fifteen years on, Laura and Kit live in fear.

And while Laura knows she was right to speak out, she also knows that you can never see the whole something is always hidden . . . something she never could have guessed.]]>
416 Erin Kelly 1444797174 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.84 2017 He Said/She Said
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<![CDATA[The Child Finder (Naomi Cottle, #1)]]> 33385438 The Enchanted about an investigator who must use her unique insights to find a missing little girl.

"Where are you, Madison Culver? Flying with the angels, a silver speck on a wing? Are you dreaming, buried under snow? Or—is it possible—you are still alive?"

Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon’s Skookum National Forest. She would be eight-years-old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someone took her, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing. Known to the police and a select group of parents as "the Child Finder," Naomi is their last hope.

Naomi’s methodical search takes her deep into the icy, mysterious forest in the Pacific Northwest, and into her own fragmented past. She understands children like Madison because once upon a time, she was a lost girl, too.

As Naomi relentlessly pursues and slowly uncovers the truth behind Madison’s disappearance, shards of a dark dream pierce the defenses that have protected her, reminding her of a terrible loss she feels but cannot remember. If she finds Madison, will Naomi ultimately unlock the secrets of her own life?

Told in the alternating voices of Naomi and a deeply imaginative child, The Child Finder is a breathtaking, exquisitely rendered literary page-turner about redemption, the line between reality and memories and dreams, and the human capacity to survive.]]>
274 Rene Denfeld 0062659057 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.91 2017 The Child Finder (Naomi Cottle, #1)
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Sparked 33534890 Laurel soon learns that her worst enemies, mean girls Peyton Andersen and Mei Rosen, are developing powers that she needs to find and save Ivy. With time running out, Laurel realizes that power doesn't always take the form that you expect. And once she learns to look beyond her snap judgments, she develops an unexpected gift of her own.]]> 336 Helena Echlin 1942645643 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.01 2017 Sparked
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I Remember You 15852019
In the vein of Stephen King and John Ajvide Lindqvist, this horrifying thriller, partly based on a true story, is the scariest novel yet from Yrsa Sigurdardóttir, who has captivated the attention of readers around the world with her mystery series featuring attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir. Now, Yrsa will stun readers once again with this out-of-this-world ghost story that will leave you shivering.]]>
391 Yrsa Sigurdardottir 1444738496 Wendi 0 3.79 2010 I Remember You
author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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average rating: 3.79
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Shadow of the Lions 33590213
Years later, after hitting the fast lane in New York as a successful novelist--then falling twice as hard--Matthias is stuck, a failure as a writer, a boyfriend, a person. When he is offered the opportunity to return to Blackburne as an English teacher, he sees it as a chance to put his life back together. But once on campus, Matthias gets swiftly drawn into the past, and is driven to find out what happened to Fritz. He partners with a curmudgeonly local retired cop and tries to solve the case, dealing with campus politics, the shocking death of a student, Fritz's complicated and powerful Washington, D.C., family, and his own place in the privileged world of Blackburne.

In the spirit of film noir, what follows is a tale full of unexpected turns. Shadow of the Lions is a gripping literary thriller, but also a moving coming-of-age story that is as much about the mystery as it is about the redemption of a broken friendship and a lost soul.]]>
356 Christopher Swann 1616205008 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.57 2017 Shadow of the Lions
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The Breakdown 44430778 If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust?

It all started that night in the woods.

Cass Anderson didn’t stop to help the woman in the car, and now she’s dead.

Ever since, silent calls have been plaguing Cass and she’s sure someone is watching her.

Consumed by guilt, she’s also starting to forget things. Whether she took her pills, what her house alarm code is � and if the knife in the kitchen really had blood on it.]]>
337 B.A. Paris Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.91 2017 The Breakdown
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<![CDATA[Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1)]]> 33128934 An Amazon Charts and USA Today bestseller.

Gina Royal is the definition of average—a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband’s secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor—the ultimate warrior mom.

With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home on remote Stillhouse Lake. Though still the target of stalkers and Internet trolls who think she had something to do with her husband’s crimes, Gwen dares to think her kids can finally grow up in peace.

But just when she’s starting to feel at ease in her new identity, a body turns up in the lake—and threatening letters start arriving from an all-too-familiar address. Gwen Proctor must keep friends close and enemies at bay to avoid being exposed—or watch her kids fall victim to a killer who takes pleasure in tormenting her. One thing is she’s learned how to fight evil. And she’ll never stop.

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301 Rachel Caine 1477821554 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.12 2017 Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1)
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<![CDATA[My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1)]]> 22341263
When Sarah’s remains are finally discovered near their hometown in the northern Cascade mountains of Washington State, Tracy is determined to get the answers she’s been seeking. As she searches for the real killer, she unearths dark, long-kept secrets that will forever change her relationship to her past � and open the door to deadly danger.]]>
410 Robert Dugoni 1477825576 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.92 2014 My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1)
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 2014
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Her Every Fear 29938032
Soon after her arrival at Corbin’s grand apartment on Beacon Hill, Kate makes a shocking discovery: his next-door neighbor, a young woman named Audrey Marshall, has been murdered. When the police question her about Corbin, a shaken Kate has few answers, and many questions of her own—curiosity that intensifies when she meets Alan Cherney, a handsome, quiet tenant who lives across the courtyard, in the apartment facing Audrey’s. Alan saw Corbin surreptitiously come and go from Audrey’s place, yet he’s denied knowing her. Then, Kate runs into a tearful man claiming to be the dead woman’s old boyfriend, who insists Corbin did the deed the night that he left for London.

When she reaches out to her cousin, he proclaims his innocence and calms her nerves--until she comes across disturbing objects hidden in the apartment and accidentally learns that Corbin is not where he says he is. Could Corbin be a killer? What about Alan? Kate finds herself drawn to this appealing man who seems so sincere, yet she isn’t sure. Jet-lagged and emotionally unstable, her imagination full of dark images caused by the terror of her past, Kate can barely trust herself, so how could she take the chance on a stranger she’s just met?]]>
384 Peter Swanson 0062427040 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.75 2017 Her Every Fear
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<![CDATA[Still Waters (Sandhamn Murders, #1)]]> 25365325 On a hot July morning on Sweden’s idyllic vacation island of Sandhamn, a man takes his dog for a walk and makes a gruesome discovery: a body, tangled in fishing net, has washed ashore.

Police detective Thomas Andreasson is the first to arrive on the scene. Before long, he has identified the deceased as Krister Berggren, a bachelor from the mainland who has been missing for months. All signs point to an accident—until another brutalized corpse is found at the local bed-and-breakfast. But this time it is Berggren’s cousin, whom Thomas interviewed in Stockholm just days before.

As the island’s residents reel from the news, Thomas turns to his childhood friend, local lawyer Nora Linde. Together, they attempt to unravel the riddles left behind by these two mysterious outsiders—while trying to make sense of the difficult twists their own lives have taken since the shared summer days of their youth.

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387 Viveca Sten 150390704X Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.81 2008 Still Waters (Sandhamn Murders, #1)
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average rating: 3.81
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Trespassing 38261058 In a novel of mounting psychological suspense, a young mother follows a dangerous path to find her missing husband.

Veronica Cavanaugh’s grasp on the world is slipping. Her latest round of fertility treatments not only failed but left her on edge and unbalanced. And her three-year-old daughter, Elizabella, has a new imaginary friend, who seems much more devilish than playful. So when Veronica’s husband fails to return home from a business trip, what’s left of her stability begins to crumble.

Given her family’s history of mental illness, and Elizabella’s insistence that her daddy is dead, Veronica starts questioning herself. Every move she makes is now suspect. Worse still, Veronica is positive that someone wants her and her daughter dead, too—unless it’s all in her mind�

Somewhere beneath her paranoia is the answer to her husband’s vanishing. To find it, she’s led to a house in the Florida Keys. But once there, she isn’t sure she wants to know the truth.]]>
352 Brandi Reeds 1503933652 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.15 2018 Trespassing
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In a Cottage in a Wood 34605390 A strange encounter...

Neve comes across a troubled woman called Isabelle on Waterloo Bridge late one night. Isabelle forces a parcel into Neve’s hands and jumps to her death in the icy Thames below.

An unexpected gift...

Two weeks later, as Neve’s wreck of a life in London collapses, an unexpected lifeline falls into her lap � a charming cottage in Cornwall left to her by Isabelle, the woman on the bridge. The solution to all her problems.

A Twisted secret...

But when Neve arrives, alone in the dark woods late one night, she finds a sinister-looking bungalow with bars across its windows. And her dream home quickly becomes her worst nightmare � a house hiding a twisted secret that will change her life forever…]]>
320 Cass Green 0008248958 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.54 2017 In a Cottage in a Wood
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Snap 35687802 Jack's in charge, she said. I won't be long.

But she doesn't come back. She never comes back. And life as the children know it is changed for ever.

Three years later, mum-to-be Catherine wakes to find a knife beside her bed, and a note that says: I could have killed you.

Meanwhile Jack is still in charge - of his sisters, of supporting them all, of making sure nobody knows they're alone in the house, and - quite suddenly - of finding out the truth about what happened to his mother.

But the truth can be a dangerous thing ...]]>
282 Belinda Bauer Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.80 2018 Snap
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I Am Watching You 34914739
When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of it—until she realises they are fresh out of prison and her maternal instinct is put on high alert. But just as she’s decided to call for help, something stops her. The next day, she wakes up to the news that one of the girls—beautiful, green-eyed Anna Ballard—has disappeared.

A year later, Anna is still missing. Ella is wracked with guilt over what she failed to do, and she’s not the only one who can’t forget. Someone is sending her threatening letters—letters that make her fear for her life.

Then an anniversary appeal reveals that Anna’s friends and family might have something to hide. Anna’s best friend, Sarah, hasn’t been telling the whole truth about what really happened that night—and her parents have been keeping secrets of their own.

Someone knows where Anna is—and they’re not telling. But they are watching Ella.]]>
301 Teresa Driscoll 1542096596 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.01 2017 I Am Watching You
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The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) 27824826 A small town hides big secrets in this atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper.

In the grip of the worst drought in a century, the farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily when three members of a local family are found brutally slain.

Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk reluctantly returns to his hometown for the funeral of his childhood friend, loath to face the townsfolk who turned their backs on him twenty years earlier.

But as questions mount, Falk is forced to probe deeper into the deaths of the Hadler family. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret. A secret Falk thought was long buried. A secret Luke's death now threatens to bring to the surface in this small Australian town, as old wounds bleed into new ones.

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336 Jane Harper Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.04 2016 The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
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Behind Her Eyes 28965131 Why is everyone talking about the ending of Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes?

Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone.

When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The man from the bar. The very married man from the bar…who says the kiss was a terrible mistake but who still can’t keep his eyes off Louise.

And then Louise bumps into Adele, who’s new to town and in need of a friend, but she also just happens to be married to David. David and Adele look like the picture-perfect husband and wife, but then why is David so controlling, and why is Adele so scared of him?

As Louise is drawn into David and Adele’s orbit, she uncovers more puzzling questions than answers. The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong, but Louise can’t guess how wrong―and how far a person might go to protect their marriage’s secrets.]]>
307 Sarah Pinborough 125011117X Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.79 2017 Behind Her Eyes
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Big Little Lies 33516773 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

From the author of Truly Madly Guilty and The Husband s Secret comes a novel about the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.

A murder...A tragic accident...Or just parents behaving badly? What’s indisputable is that someone is dead.

Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and forgives no one. Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare but she is paying a price for the illusion of perfection. New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for a nanny. She comes with a mysterious past and a sadness beyond her years. These three women are at different crossroads, but they will all wind up in the same shocking place.

Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal.]]>
460 Liane Moriarty 0399587195 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.40 2014 Big Little Lies
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<![CDATA[Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival]]> 5841908
In February 1979, just as he was reaping the rewards of his training, a chartered Cessna carrying Norman, his father, his father’s girlfriend, and the pilot, crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California and was suspended at eight thousand feet, engulfed in a blizzard. Norman’s father, his coach and hero, was dead, and the 11-year old Ollestad had to descend the mountain alone and grief-stricken, through snow and ice, without any gear.

Stunningly, the boy defied the elements and put his father’s passionate lessons to work. As he told the LA Times after his ordeal, “My dad told me never to give up.� ]]>
272 Norman Ollestad 0061766720 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.62 2009 Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival
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<![CDATA[Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting]]> 5633583 368 Michael Perry 0061240435 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.94 2009 Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
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<![CDATA[The Naturalist (The Naturalist, #1)]]> 34330645
As a computational biologist, Theo is more familiar with digital code and microbes than the dark arts of forensic sleuthing. But a field trip to Montana suddenly lands him in the middle of an investigation into the bloody killing of one of his former students. As more details, and bodies, come to light, the local cops determine that the killer is either a grizzly gone rogue� or Theo himself. Racing to stay one step ahead of the police, Theo must use his scientific acumen to uncover the killer. Will he be able to become as cunning as the predator he hunts—before he becomes its prey?]]>
382 Andrew Mayne 1612184979 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.09 2017 The Naturalist (The Naturalist, #1)
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A Sliver of Darkness 60018645 The debut short story collection from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man, featuring ten bone-chilling and mind-bending tales

Timeslips. Doomsday scenarios. Killer butterflies. C. J. Tudor's novels are widely acclaimed for their dark, twisty suspense plots, but with A Sliver of Darkness, she pulls us even further into her dizzying imagination.

In Final Course, the world has descended into darkness, but a group of old friends make time for one last dinner party. In Runaway Blues, thwarted love, revenge, and something very nasty stowed in a hat box converge. In Gloria, a strange girl at a service station endears herself to a cold-hearted killer, but can a leopard really change its spots? And in I'm Not Ted, a case of mistaken identity has unforeseen, fatal consequences.

Riveting and explosively original, A Sliver of Darkness is C. J. Tudor at her most wicked and uninhibited.
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256 C.J. Tudor 0593500164 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.80 2022 A Sliver of Darkness
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A Tidy Ending 59366243
Linda has lived in a quiet neighborhood since fleeing the dark events of her childhood in Wales. Now she sits in her kitchen, wondering if this is all there is: pushing the vacuum around and cooking fish sticks for dinner, a far cry from the glamorous lifestyle she sees in the glossy magazines coming through the mail slot addressed to the previous occupant, Rebecca.

Linda’s husband Terry isn’t perfect—he picks his teeth, tracks dirt through the house, and spends most of his time in front of the TV. But that seems fairly standard—until he starts keeping odd hours at work, at around the same time young women in the town start to go missing.

If only Linda could track down and befriend Rebecca, maybe some of that enviable lifestyle would rub off on her and she wouldn’t have to worry about what Terry is up to. But the grass isn’t always greener and you can’t change who you really are. And some secrets can’t stay buried forever…]]>
352 Joanna Cannon 1982185570 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.69 2022 A Tidy Ending
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Spells for Forgetting 59559145
August knows he is not welcome on Saoirse, not after the night everything changed. As a fire raged on at the Salt family orchard, Lily Morgan was found dead in the dark woods, shaking the bedrock of their tight-knit community and branding August a murderer. When he returns to bury his mother’s ashes, he must confront the people who turned their backs on him and face the one wound from his past that has never healed—Emery. But the town has more than one reason to want August gone, and the emergence of deep betrayals and hidden promises spanning generations threaten to reveal the truth behind Lily’s mysterious death once and for all.]]>
351 Adrienne Young 0593358511 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 3.85 2022 Spells for Forgetting
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<![CDATA[Anna Olson's Baking Wisdom: The Complete Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Make You a Better Baker (with 150+ Recipes)]]> 61327362
Inside Baking Wisdom lies the answer to every baking question you’ve ever had (and many you haven’t yet), plus over 150 perfected recipes—both savoury and sweet—for bakers of all skill levels. Get inside Anna’s baking brain, as she shares a career’s worth of experience to build a true masterclass in baking. In this incredible baking compendium, you will learn the hows and whys of baking through her flawless techniques, patient advice and literally hundreds of photos. This is an all-encompassing guide, guaranteed to make you a better baker. With recipe including:

PIES & TARTS � PASTRIES � CAKES � CUSTARDS & CREAMS � CONFECTIONS � COOKIES & BARS � BREADS

Within each chapter, Anna’s triple-tested recipes are grouped together by commonly shared technique or principle, so you can see how one foundation recipe can be built upon to create many more complex creations. In every one of her perfected recipes, Anna leads the way with notes of baking wisdom directly included in each recipe’s method. And she does this all with one goal in mind: to help you achieve the very best baking results every time.

Baking Wisdom is a must-have collection of baking recipes, techniques and advice, and is Anna’s most comprehensive cookbook yet.]]>
464 Anna Olson 0525610979 Wendi 0 4.72 2023 Anna Olson's Baking Wisdom: The Complete Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Make You a Better Baker (with 150+ Recipes)
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<![CDATA[Cooking at Home: More Than 1,000 Classic and Modern Recipes for Every Meal of the Day (Williams-Sonoma)]]> 26160968 “A painstakingly thorough aid that has something to offer everyone, from the culinary novice to the seasoned home cook.”—Tom Colicchio, James Beard Award-winning chef/owner Crafted Hospitality For nearly 60 years, Williams-Sonoma has connected and inspired home cooks with the best cooking equipment and kitchen-tested recipes. Cooking at Home celebrates that legacy with recipes culled from its award-winning publishing program, which was guided by Chuck Williams for more than two decades. More than just a recipe collection, the book features a wealth of informative tips, techniques, and cooking know-how. Re-released and updated in celebration of Chuck Williams� 100th birthday, Cooking at Home features over 1000 recipes from the Williams-Sonoma publishing program, which Chuck guided. In addition, the book includes 100 recipes from Chuck’s personal recipe collection. The book’s 22 chapters cover cooking topics from A-Z, making it a complete cooking reference book you can use every day, whatever you are in the mood for and whatever the occasion. Be sure to check out “Chuck’s Finds,� which highlight special merchandise that Chuck introduced in his Williams-Sonoma stores to the U.S. public. “A compilation of his favorite recipes spanning decades. These dishes are classics in their own right.”—Thomas Keller, James Beard Award-winning chef/owner The French Laundry “A visual and tactile treat containing a comprehensive array of eclectic cooking and prep tips (two per page) presented with a sophisticated aesthetic . . . a book for everyone, a beautiful gift, and a practical long-term tool for the coziest room in the house.”—Publishers Weekly]]> 664 Chuck Williams Wendi 0 4.02 2015 Cooking at Home: More Than 1,000 Classic and Modern Recipes for Every Meal of the Day (Williams-Sonoma)
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<![CDATA[Preppy Kitchen: Recipes for Seasonal Dishes and Simple Pleasures (A Cookbook)]]> 60321456
Decadent, delicious seasonal comfort foods and desserts you can make at home no matter what your cooking level from the beloved social media star @PreppyKitchen.

Preppy Kitchen creator John Kanell delivers his fan-favorite recipes and baked goods so everyone can create them at home. Organized by season so you can shop at peak freshness and embrace new traditions, the dishes featured in Preppy Kitchen are inspired by well-loved staples updated with a touch of Kanell’s signature sophistication.

Recipes include:
-Chive and Parmesan Buttermilk Biscuits
-Pecan Shortbread and Rosemary Caramel Bars
-Roasted Garlic and Olive-Stuffed Chicken Breasts
-Blackberry-Balsamic Pork Chops
-Apple Butter and Marzipan Bread
-Chorizo Beef Burgers with Queso and Avocado
-Fresh Tostadas with Green Tomato and Mango Salsa
-And many more!

In addition to the delicious recipes that feature tips and tricks throughout to help save time in the kitchen, Kanell includes special projects, everything from making flower arrangements and winter wreaths to pickling vegetables. Through these mouthwatering recipes, inspirational crafts, and beautiful photography, Preppy Kitchen is sure to delight longtime fans and newcomers alike.]]>
320 John Kanell 198217837X Wendi 0 4.21 Preppy Kitchen: Recipes for Seasonal Dishes and Simple Pleasures (A Cookbook)
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<![CDATA[First, Cream the Butter and Sugar: The essential baking companion]]> 61399236
Make baking your happy place. It's not so much a science; it's practice plus play, which becomes instinct and then art. And even the failures are delicious.

Welcome to First, Cream the Butter and Sugar - the ultimate guide for everyone who loves cake. Whether you're here for the only choc chip cookie recipe you'll ever need, or you're setting your sights on conquering an opera cake, a raspberry passionfruit tart or becoming a choux-master, Emelia Jackson has done the homework on behalf of us all.

For those who love a good homemade cake but don't love sifting flour and icing sugar (is it really necessary?) and enjoy a shortcut (do I need to wait hours for my eggs to reach room temp?), Emelia breaks down the steps that truly matter and dispenses with those that don't. Packed with advice for every level of home baker, this is the modern baking reassurance you need, whether it's the night before the birthday party or just a Sunday afternoon for baking something sweet to get you through the week.]]>
408 Emelia Jackson 1911668579 Wendi 0 4.68 First, Cream the Butter and Sugar: The essential baking companion
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<![CDATA[Mountains of the Moon: Lunar Nights on Scotland's High Peaks]]> 50838624 256 Alan Rowan 1909430382 Wendi 0 to-read, kindle 4.14 Mountains of the Moon: Lunar Nights on Scotland's High Peaks
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<![CDATA[Scandinavian from Scratch: A Love Letter to the Baking of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden [A Baking Book]]]> 125530698
From chef Nichole Accettola, Scandinavian from Scratch brings to the page an assortment of baked goods and simple morning and midday meals rooted in Scandinavian cuisine. After moving back to the United States following more than a decade abroad, Accettola found herself longing for the wholesome breads, buttery pastries, decadent cakes, and cookies that she enjoyed on a daily basis while living in Copenhagen. She set out on a mission to bring the tastes and treats of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark to San Francisco and opened her now beloved bakery café, Kantine.

In Scandinavian from Scratch , Accettola has curated 75 delicious bakes, organized by occasion and arranged from simplest to most complex, drawing from her collection of each Scandinavian country’s baking traditions. Fill your home kitchen with the enticing aromas of Coconut Dream Cake, Black Currant Caves, Cardamom Morning Buns, Saffron Rusks, Gravlax and Chive Potato Salad Smørrebrød , and so much more. The easy-to-follow recipes will expand your baking horizons and bring something special to the table, from breakfast and brunch to afternoon tea to holiday celebrations.]]>
256 Nichole Accettola 1984861948 Wendi 0 4.06 Scandinavian from Scratch: A Love Letter to the Baking of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden [A Baking Book]
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<![CDATA[Bold Beans: recipes to get your pulse racing]]> 64007132
'With recipes this good you'll wonder why you didn't embrace the bean craze sooner...' - Thomasina Miers

'I love having beans as a base to make a hearty delicious dinner.' - Melissa Hemsley

Get ready to become bean obsessed!
Beans have had it tough, but they've finally had the makeover they deserve. No longer confined to the back of the cupboard, and now celebrated by foodies, these protein-rich, sumptuous and satisfying marvels offer versatility, texture and heartiness.
With contributions from the Bold Bean team as well as Anna Jones, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the team at Mob among others, these are enticing, exciting recipes uncompromising in their deliciousness.

Bold Beans contains over 90 recipes divided into the following

Speedy Beans
Bean Snacks and Share Plates
Brothy Beans
Bean Bowls
Hearty Salads
Bean Feasts]]>
192 Amelia Christie-Miller 1804190829 Wendi 0 4.07 Bold Beans: recipes to get your pulse racing
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Butter: A Celebration 62062178
Butter: A Celebration is a joyous immersion in all things butter, revelling in its alchemical power to transform almost any dish, from good to transcendent.

Award-winning food writer Olivia Potts takes us on a grand tour of butter and its many varied applications, from old school chicken Kiev to mille-feuille, from oysters Rockefeller to saffron and yoghurt tahdig. This is a book to be savoured for its wonderful writing, as well as for its irresistible recipes and expert introduction to patisserie, too. Full of history, anecdotes and, of course, delicious recipes resplendent with butter.]]>
368 Olivia Potts 147228464X Wendi 0 4.64 Butter: A Celebration
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<![CDATA[Milk Street: Tuesday Nights: More than 200 Simple Weeknight Suppers that Deliver Bold Flavor, Fast]]> 38496740
One of Epicurious' Greatest Home Cooks of All Time delivers creative, delicious weeknight dinners with this quick and easy cookbook for beginner cooks and foodies alike.



At Christopher Kimball's Milk Street, Tuesdays are the new Saturdays. That means every Tuesday Nights recipe delivers big, bold flavors, but the cooking is quick and easy--simple enough for the middle of the week.



Kimball and his team of cooks and editors search the world for straightforward techniques that deliver delicious dinners in less time. Here they present more than 200 solutions that will transform your weeknight cooking, showing how to make simple, healthy, delicious meals using pantry staples and just a few other ingredients. Here are some of the fresh, inventive meals that come together in




Tuesday Nights is organized by the way you cook. Some chapters focus on time--with recipes that are Fast (under an hour, start to finish), Faster (45 minutes or less), and Fastest (25 minutes or less). Others highlight easy methods or themes, including Supper Salads, Roast and Simmer and Easy Additions. And there's always time for pizza, tacos, "walk-away" recipes, one-pot wonders, ultrafast 20-minute miracles, and dessert.



Great food in quick time, every night of the week.]]>
416 Christopher Kimball 031643731X Wendi 0 4.23 2018 Milk Street: Tuesday Nights: More than 200 Simple Weeknight Suppers that Deliver Bold Flavor, Fast
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<![CDATA[Pasta Every Day: Make It, Shape It, Sauce It, Eat It]]> 75593494
It can be super simple, like pici in a revelation made from scratch with just four ingredients. Or it can be incredibly agnolotti stuffed with braised shallots and Grana Padano, each parcel a gleaming little gift.

In Pasta Every Day, Meryl Feinstein has created the world’s easiest-to-follow guide to making pasta doughs, shapes, fillings, and sauces. A celebrated pasta instructor, professional pasta maker, and founder of Pasta Social Club, she has years of experience helping thousands of cooks bring the pleasure of fresh pasta home.

Step-by-step photos and videos (accessible via QR code) illustrate how to make every shape, eliminating the intimidation surrounding this centuries-old craft. And because Meryl knows just what you need to achieve success, she shows how to recover when something goes wrong and how to make your dishes look as good as they taste. Plus, she shares dozens of sauces to take all kinds of pasta to the next level—including the dry stuff from a box. Combinations
With plenty of modern takes on Italian classics, plus gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan options, this is pasta for today. Or every day.ձ>
368 Meryl Feinstein 0316360562 Wendi 0 4.46 Pasta Every Day: Make It, Shape It, Sauce It, Eat It
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<![CDATA[Bake It Better: 70 Show-Stopping Recipes to Level Up Your Baking Skills]]> 90609597
Publishers Weekly Bestseller

In Bake It Better , Instagram and TikTok star Matt Adlard shares his tried-and-true baking approach to help home chefs advance from intermediate-level to master baker—all at their own pace. Each chapter has a dedicated theme, with recipes offering techniques to show you how to elevate your baking from refreshingly refined to extraordinarily elegant.

Each bake comes as a pair, beginning with a delicious “Tier 1� recipe, followed by an elevated “Tier 2� version for when you’re ready to take your skills to the next level. Love making Brioche from scratch? Why not take things up a notch with Brioche Cinnamon Rolls, using a slightly advanced technique? Or try your hand at Triple Chocolate Brownie Fingers once you’ve mastered the recipe for Chocolate Chunk Brownies.

Bake It Better

Join Matt Adlard on a journey to whatever baking destination you seek—and enjoy the detours along the way!]]>
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<![CDATA[The Weekday Vegetarians: 100 Recipes and a Real-Life Plan for Eating Less Meat]]> 56212890 You don't need to be a vegetarian to eat like one! With over 100 recipes, the New York Times bestselling author of Dinner: A Love Story and her family adopt a "weekday vegetarian" mentality.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME OUT AND TASTE OF HOME - "Whether you're vegetarian or not (or somewhere in-between), these recipes are fit to become instant favorites in your kitchen!" --Molly Yeh, Food Network host and cookbook author

Jenny Rosenstrach, creator of the beloved blog Dinner: A Love Story and Cup of Jo columnist, knew that she wanted to eat better for health reasons and for the planet but didn't want to miss the meat that she loves. But why does it have to be all or nothing? She figured that she could eat vegetarian during the week and save meaty splurges for the weekend. The Weekday Vegetarians shows readers how Jenny got her family on board with a weekday plant-based mentality and lays out a plan for home cooks to follow, one filled with brilliant and bold meat-free meals.

Curious cooks will find more than 100 recipes (organized by meal type) for comforting, family-friendly foods like Pizza Salad with White Beans, Cauliflower Cutlets with Ranch Dressing, and Squash and Black Bean Tacos. Jenny also offers key flavor hits that will make any tray of roasted vegetables or bowl of garlicky beans irresistible--great things to make and throw on your next meal, such as spiced Crispy Chickpeas (who needs croutons?), Pizza Dough Croutons (you need croutons!), and a sweet chile sauce that makes everything look good and taste amazing. The Weekday Vegetarians is loaded with practical tips, techniques, and food for thought, and Jenny is your sage guide to getting more meat-free meals into your weekly rotation.

Who knows? Maybe like Jenny's family, the more you practice being weekday vegetarians, the more you'll crave this food on the weekends, too!]]>
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