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This is the second book I read this year, and it was nearly as painful as the first!

The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine

March 28, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So I finished this book back in January, but I just re-read a summary of the book to refresh my memory.  Ugh.  My brain is reminding me how much I disliked this book too!  The basic story is about a woman (Addison) who’s engaged to a great sounding man.  He’s a nice, smart, intelligent guy with a good job, a pretty good family, a nice house, and he’s financially comfortable.  Addison on the other hand has a menial job, she’s pretty nice, has almost zero […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: gaslighting, hypnotism, liv constantine

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: gaslighting, hypnotism, liv constantine ·
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Medical horrors on the eve of Hitler’s takeover

April 21, 2015 by Valyruh Leave a Comment

A murder mystery and quasi-historical novel in one, Grossman gives us Berlin on the verge of the Nazi takeover in 1932. A surgically altered corpse, missing sleepwalkers, a famous hypnotist and a Nazi doctor all enter the picture during the murder investigation undertaken by decorated German WWI veteran and celebrated homicide detective Willi Kraus. A widower with two sons, Kraus is also a Jew who is at first as blind to the ramifications of his investigation as he is to the rising tide of fascism. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Berlin, Germany, hitler, hypnotism, medical experiments, Mengele, Reichstag

Valyruh's CBR7 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Berlin, Germany, hitler, hypnotism, medical experiments, Mengele, Reichstag ·
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