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“Death was pain and sickness, and terror of the long, blind, last step.”

Paragon Walk (A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel, #3) by Anne Perry

June 28, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

This was like the two books before it in the series, an ok book; not good, not bad, just ok. It’s a low ok, because for a book that was originally published 44 years ago, and the edition I read was first printed 14 years ago, this had the most errors I have read in a book in a long time; you would think someone in all the years might have pointed them out and the type might have been corrected. Thomas and Charlotte both […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: Anne Perry, class divides, victorian mystery

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:83 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: Anne Perry, class divides, victorian mystery ·
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Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island by Susan M. Boyer

Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island by Susan M. Boyer

June 27, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

I started to get eh about Boyer’s other series, so jumped into this one. “Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island” has some of the same beats, but it just does not really work me in the end. Similar to her “Liz Talbot” series, this new series has a main character who is a P.I. [Hadley]. She is also focused on not swearing (it got old) and being a “lady” and some other things. I just think honestly this book was missing a lot of heart with […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island, Carolina Tales #1, Susan M. Boyer

Classic's CBR17 Review No:88 · Genres: Mystery, Romance · Tags: Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island, Carolina Tales #1, Susan M. Boyer ·
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Everybody Hates This Guy. Can We Just Pretend the Obvious Murder Was an Accident?

The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

June 27, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

There is a river that runs through it.  It is the (fictional) Alabaster River, and the town is Jewel, Minnesota.  It is only a decade after the end of WWII, and many men returned home significantly changed.  The town is celebrating Memorial Day when a body is discovered in the river.  The victim is Joseph Quinn, belligerent wealthy landowner and renowned drinker.  He’d been known to occasionally go down to camp overnight by the river.  Perhaps he got drunk and fell in?  Little hard to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: 1950s Minnesota, Camping by the river, Everybody hates the victim, Everybody's got a motive, Life starting to get back to normal after WWII at least for some, William Kent Krueger

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: 1950s Minnesota, Camping by the river, Everybody hates the victim, Everybody's got a motive, Life starting to get back to normal after WWII at least for some, William Kent Krueger ·
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There lived a fox

Fox and the Mystery Letter by Alex G. Griffiths

June 26, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Recently one of my coworkers reviewed Fox and the Mystery Letter by Alex G. Griffiths as author and illustrator. I was interested in it as this coworker and I have one of two things happen when a book is talked about by the other: We both love it. Or one of us hates it. There’s not much in-between.  That same day I saw the review for the book and they talked about it in other places, was the same day I received an email with […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Mystery, Poetry Tagged With: Alex G. Griffiths, animals, bears, foxes, friendship, Social Themes, travel

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:316 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Mystery, Poetry · Tags: Alex G. Griffiths, animals, bears, foxes, friendship, Social Themes, travel ·
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“Join a commune!” they said.

The Gulf by Adam de Souza

June 26, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Gulf by Adam de Souza was an interesting read. However, since I have read several similar titles, the theme did not WOW or “Hit me powerfully.” However, it was a great coming of age story with some interesting twists and turns. The concepts might be a bit mature for some readers, but for the most part the content is fine for at least thirteen and up. And as always, older teens and adults should read it as it has an almost all age appeal. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Adam de Souza, coming-of-age, communal living, family, friendship, LGBTQ, road trip, runaways, Social Themes, Vancouver (BC)

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:315 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Adam de Souza, coming-of-age, communal living, family, friendship, LGBTQ, road trip, runaways, Social Themes, Vancouver (BC) ·
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A lost world

The Horizon Volume Two by Jh and Abigail Blackman

The Horizon Volume Three by Jh and Abigail Blackman

June 26, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Honestly, I think The Horizon Volume Three contributed to some bad dreams I had after finishing it. I had finished volume two of The Horizon a few days before, and that probably did not help. I had forgotten some of volume one, but at the same time you almost didn’t need it as it was its own story, but if you want to know how The Boy and The Girl meet and a bit of the war and situation the children are facing you should. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Abigail Blackman, Dystopian, East Asian Style, friendship, jh, Jh and Abigail Blackman, Manhwa, orphans

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:314 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Abigail Blackman, Dystopian, East Asian Style, friendship, jh, Jh and Abigail Blackman, Manhwa, orphans ·
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