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Immersed in Books
Category: Mystery
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92. Wild Life by Opal Wei (eArc: Jan 24, contemporary rom, rom com in the right way!, Taiwanese-Canadian MCs,MMC has anxiety/panic attacks) Mini-Synopsis: A cancer researcher bullies her way on to the private island of former C-pop star-aspiring wildlife rescuer after he accidently ends up with a slide crucial to her researcher. Hi-jinks ensue!…
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73. Twisted by Laura Griffin (RS, WM/WW, cop/FBI agent, co-workers, age difference, past trauma: parental loss, child abuse) Allison’s friends actually check on her! Cw: serial killer, assault, guns, knives, grief, workaholism, mentions of rape, pedophilia, stalking. 74. Scorched by Laura Griffin (RS, WM/WW, SEAL/Bone expert, on-the-run & 2nd chance). More girlfriends checking in…still weird…
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56. The Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman (Regency, Mystery,). Widowed Lady Adler has returned to town, and promptly discovers a body. CWs: murder, racism, sexual harassment, guns, grief. 57. Ana María and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa (1860’s UK Hrom, Mexican FMC/Black-Scottish MMC) Loved the sisterly bonding away from their dictatorial…
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40. Wild Things by Chloe Neill (UF, 9, WM/WW) Magical threat to shifters and hidden magical peoples. Shifters are so messy emotionally. CWs: murder, violence, gore, magical coercion, kidnapping, prejudice 41. Blood Games by Chloe Neill (UF, 10, WM/WW) Oof, past allegiances & choices are tested as big political changes occur here. CWs: murder, violence,…
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Thank god for authors with rich backlists and lots and lots of audiobook offerings. In march I finished the Rockton/Casey Duncan series that I have previously reviewed and then moved on to catch up on the audios of Haley Edwards Black Hat Bureau series. I read a ton of Haley Edwards last year and I…
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Genre: Mystery/Thrillers with Romantic Elements. Tropes: found family, small town, new start. Main Characters: Casey Duncan, Chinese/Filipino/Scottish Canadian, former police detective with a killer secret. Eric Dalton, White, wilderness-born sheriff of secret small town in the Yukon. Series CWs: Guns, murder, mutilation, medical procedures, sex work, slut-shaming, kidnapping, rape, beatings, abandonment, drugs, cop MCs, abduction,…
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12. The Nature of the Beast of Louise Penny (CIGM #11, WM Quebecois, CW: Child Death, Serial Killer, Child killer) I am going to let this book sit with me a bit. I don’t feel ready to jump into the next because of what wringer the residents of Three Pines have been through already. We…
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Oooooooooh ooooh. Wow. This books so many things so well. It upends some our most beloved characters once more and opens them and their hurts in deeper ways. Bad I knitted and speed listened to the last hours of this book I was riveted, tense, wounded and blown away. Just going to keep riding this…
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After the way The Beautiful Mystery ended, I desperately needed the next book. However all my libraries had long waits for the ebooks and digital audio copies. Hoopla to the rescue! My local library only recently started offering Hoopla access, so I stuck my earbuds in, downloaded the book, and basically spent the next day…
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8. The Hangman by Louise Penny (CIGM #6.5, WM Quebecois Detective, short story) One of the final episodes of the TV adaptation's season used this story for its plot and honestly there wasn't much to this beyond what they adapted. Just sort of flat. (CWs: Murder, suicide, grief)
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