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Mystery

British Authors
Ann Ronald

What She Left

What She Left These characters are not likeable at all!!! Not a single man or woman in T. R. Richmond’s novel, What She Left, is

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Fiction
Ann Ronald

The Rise of the Red Queen

The Rise of the Red Queen Normally I avoid reviewing books written by friends, so I didn’t write a “Bookin’ for Sunny” piece about Bourne

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Murder on the Last Frontier
Fiction
Ann Ronald

Murder on the Last Frontier

Murder on the Last Frontier Murder on the Last Frontier is Cathy Pegau delectable new murder mystery series featuring, Charlotte Brody, an intrepid 1920s protagonist who has

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Tahoe Blue Fire
Fiction
Sunny Solomon

Tahoe Blue Fire

Tahoe Blue Fire – An Owen McKenna Mystery Thriller I’ve been reviewing Owen McKenna Tahoe mysteries for several years now and almost all have been

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Mystery
Ann Ronald

Mystery Bound Game Wardens

Stone Cold by C. J. Box and The Precipice by Paul Doiron As I was reading and reviewing Paul Doiron’s first four Mike Bowditch mysteries

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Miss Timmins' School for Girls
Fiction
Ann Ronald

Miss Timmins’ School for Girls

Miss Timmins’ School for Girls Miss Timmins’ School for Girls braces ongoing colonialism against intrusive modernity in surprisingly innovative ways. Set in late twentieth-century India,

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Mystery
Ann Ronald

The Interpretation of Murder

In 1909, Sigmund Freud visited America to give a series of lectures and to receive an honorary degree. Before the visit, Freud spoke of America

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Fiction
Ann Ronald

The Girl on the Train

A novel of neuroses, The Girl on the Train will drive a sane reader mad. Paula Hawkins has created three psychologically damaged women to tell

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British Authors
Ann Ronald

Resorting to Murder

Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries Not long ago I described a new series for “Bookin’ with Sunny” readers. Poisoned Pen Press is offering British Library

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Fiction
Dan Erwine

Moonbird Boy

Moonbird Boy is the fourth in a series of five mystery novels by Abigail Padgett, published as a series in the mid-1990s. All five novels

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Books on books
Ann Ronald

The Bookman’s Tale

The Bookman’s Tale, A Novel of Obsession Among the many novels speculating about William Shakespeare’s dramatic roots, Charlie Lovett’s The Bookman’s Tale stands as one

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Books on books
Ann Ronald

Let Me Tell You

Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays and Other Writings Two of Shirley Jackson’s children have selected a miscellany of their mother’s writings that have

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Murder in Piccadilly
Crime
Ann Ronald

Murder in Piccadilly

MURDER IN PICCADILLY Murder in Piccadilly is back! The British Library recently has begun publishing two series for booklovers: Spy Classics and British Library Crime

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