Tag Archives: Mystery

Sudden Mischief by Robert B. Parker

Sudden Mischief by Robert B. Parker is a Spenser detective novel. Spenser is asked by his girlfriend to look into a sexual harassment case against her ex-husband. As he digs around things get complicated. The mystery is set on the … Continue reading

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Perchance to Dream by Robert B. Parker

The late Robert B. Parker wrote some of my favorite mystery titles. Perchance to Dream is the sequel to Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep. The novel is interspersed with the scenes from The Big Sleep as Philip Marlowe remembers what … Continue reading

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Before and After by Rosellen Brown

Before and After is the tale of a family whose son is accused of murder. Told from the point of views of the father, the mother, and the daughter…the book details their reaction and struggles as they first deal with … Continue reading

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The Missing Madonna by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie

The Missing Madonna by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie is a mystery novel featuring the elderly nun Sister Mary Helen. The novel starts in New York during and OWL trip (Older Women’s League). Sister Mary Helen is in the midst of … Continue reading

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Things I’m Not Doing

Sweeping Epic Gothic! That’s how best to describe Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates…a book I’m no longer reading because the prose drowns you. Drowns I tell you. I made it one third of the way through the book and couldn’t … Continue reading

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Fortune like the Moon by Alys Clare

Fortune like the Moon is a historical mystery by Alys Clare. Set during King Richard the Lionheart’s reign, the action mostly takes place at a fictional abbey named Hawkenlye for which the series is named. Josse a knight of the … Continue reading

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Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata

I’m not really into manga.  I’ve read a few but nothing caught my eye like this.  Death Note was, of all things, an impulse buy at Walmart.  I found the first five volumes on sale (there are 13, with number … Continue reading

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The Body by Richard Sapir

The Body was a disappointing novel. I’m going to spoil it for you if you read this. A body that could be Christ is found in Jerusalem by an Israeli archeologist, Sharon Golban. In order to get the Vatican to … Continue reading

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The Ralestone Luck by Andre Norton

Andre Norton’s Ralestone Luck is a simple mystery of three young people trying to make it in the world of the 1930’s when all they have is a house and some legends. Val Ralestone and his sister Ricky are taken … Continue reading

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Sleep, My Love by Elizabeth Norman

This novel’s a little hard to pin down. Elizabeth Norman’s Sleep, My Love is a romantic mystery. It was well written, face paced and interesting. However it depended completely on the naivety of the heroine, Louisa. I pretty much figured … Continue reading

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