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A book from the year of my birth!

The Suspect (Karl Alberg, #1) by L.R. Wright

December 5, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I’m not quite sure how to talk about this one! I had never heard of it before I went searching for a book to fill this specific Read Harder challenge (⇣), and I’d never heard of the author, either. I don’t think it’s because she was Canadian, I think it’s because she was popular in the 80s and early 90s, and then she and her books faded into the place where books go when they aren’t popular anymore and haven’t been inducted into “the canon”. […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Canadian, crime, Edgar Award Winner, L.R. Wright, Laurali R. Wright, mystery, read harder challenge 2022, Suspense, The Suspect

narfna's CBR14 Review No:213 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Canadian, crime, Edgar Award Winner, L.R. Wright, Laurali R. Wright, mystery, read harder challenge 2022, Suspense, The Suspect ·
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Backpacking in Thailand goes terribly wrong

The Suspect by Fiona Barton

January 25, 2019 by CaribbeanClaire Leave a Comment

I pre-ordered this book and it was delivered to my Kindle on January 22nd, just as I finished my previous book.   Perfect timing.  Fiona Barton is a UK author and the book is set in the UK and Thailand.  Two 18 year old girls go backpacking in Thailand at the start of their Gap Year.  A Gap Year is largely an English “thing” (although South Africans and Australians tend to do it too), where teenagers take a year off between school and college.  They work […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Fiona Barton, The Suspect

CaribbeanClaire's CBR11 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Fiona Barton, The Suspect ·
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