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Perfect Crime by Helen Fields

The Donor by Clare Mackintosh

Fractured by Karin Slaughter

September 25, 2022 by Zirza 1 Comment

The Perfect Crime (Helen Fields) *** Stephen Berry is having a rough night. Or a rough life, really; he cannot seem to get his bipolar disorder under control and his long-suffering girlfriend has left him. Desperate for some quiet, he intents to jump off a bridge, but a suicide counsellor who happens to be nearby intervenes. Stephen is quietly grateful, but then his body is found dead a few weeks later at the bottom of a tall tower. The cause of death seems like a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: APD, Atlanta, Clare Mackintosh, DI Callenach, donor transplant, edinburgh, Fractured, GBI, Helen Fields, Helen Sarah Fields, James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes, Karin Slaughter, little book of misogyny, Luc Callanach, Perfect Crime, scotland, sex crimes, sexism, The Donor, Trigger Warning, Will Trent, Will Trent Series, women, women in crime fiction

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: APD, Atlanta, Clare Mackintosh, DI Callenach, donor transplant, edinburgh, Fractured, GBI, Helen Fields, Helen Sarah Fields, James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes, Karin Slaughter, little book of misogyny, Luc Callanach, Perfect Crime, scotland, sex crimes, sexism, The Donor, Trigger Warning, Will Trent, Will Trent Series, women, women in crime fiction ·
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“Failure cannot be understood in theory, only in practice, sometimes over and over and over again.”

James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes by James Acaster

August 28, 2021 by ElCicco 1 Comment

Cbr13bingo Free! Bingo #2 – diagonal I received this book as a gift from my husband last year because we are big fans of British panel shows and comedian James Acaster, who is all over them. Look at me reading another memoir, my fourth in a row!! This one is clearly different from the previous three in that it is by a male and it is comedic. James Acaster is a thirty-something British comedian, perhaps not terribly well known in the US but a popular […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: #memoir, CBR13, cbr13bingo, ElCicco, humor, james acaster, James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes

ElCicco's CBR13 Review No:44 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: #memoir, CBR13, cbr13bingo, ElCicco, humor, james acaster, James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes ·
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