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Oh lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood

A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter

September 5, 2019 by Zirza Leave a Comment

On a sweltering summer afternoon, medical examiner Sara Linton is called in to examine a suspected suicide at the nearby college. With her very pregnant sister in tow, she sets out to examine the body. But then the sister is stabbed and suicide becomes increasingly less likely. Chief of Police Jeffrey Tolliver – Sara’s on again, off again significant other – struggles to make headway into the case. First and foremost in his crosshairs is his former subordinate, Lena Adams. Now working as campus security, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: faint cold fear, gore, Karin Slaughter, Rape, thriller

Zirza's CBR11 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: faint cold fear, gore, Karin Slaughter, Rape, thriller ·
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Tom Cruise, though? REALLY?

The Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1) by Lee Child

September 4, 2019 by Zirza Leave a Comment

I hate people who are good at everything.  I mean, doesn’t everyone? They are insufferable, whether or not they’re showing off their skills. And in the case of Jack Reacher, he’s doubly insufferable, because he still manages to be a fuck-up.  In this installment – the first one in a very, very long series – Jack Reacher is arrested on suspicion of murder. Having led a vagabond lifestyle after leaving the army, Reacher, on a whim, decides to get off the bus in the small, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Jack Reacher, lee child, thriller, Tom Cruise

Zirza's CBR11 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Jack Reacher, lee child, thriller, Tom Cruise ·
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A killer debut

Killed It by Lulu Smith

September 4, 2019 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Ally Brown is a mess. Having once harboured dreams of being a stand-up comedian, lately she’s been finding herself avoiding performing and then lying to her boyfriend about it. Meanwhile, at the day job given to her by his wealthy parents, her boss has disappeared and left her at the mercy of an absolute ogre of a replacement. Frustrated and angry, Ally lashes out and accidentally kills a rude jogger in Central Park, and from then on one bad decision leads to another. Killed It […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Fiction, Lulu Smith, mystery, thriller

TheShitWizard's CBR11 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Fiction, Lulu Smith, mystery, thriller ·
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Solid Thriller

One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski

August 31, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on October 1, 2019.  Not too much to say except that I found this to be a solid thriller by Tara Laskowski. I have never read a book from her before, but she definitely does a great job with developing the two leads (Maureen and Allison). She sets up the sleepy beach town with dark secrets very well too. I ended up pitying […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: One Night Gone, Suspense, Tara Laskowski, thriller

Classic's CBR11 Review No:205 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: One Night Gone, Suspense, Tara Laskowski, thriller ·
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Maybe not his best, but not terrible either. Bingo #3

Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo

August 10, 2019 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr11bingo TBR/Bingo #3 There’s nothing like a book sale to help me stock up on a ton of books that I would probably never have given a second glance to otherwise. Last spring, our local library’s book sale coincided with the going-out-of-business sale of the local Warehouse Books. This is how I ended up with Midnight Sun. I recognized Jo Nesbo’s name and figured this was a good opportunity to familiarize myself with his work. Midnight Sun does not feature Nesbo’s well known detective Harry […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, cbr11bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, Jo Nesbo, midnight sun, thriller

ElCicco's CBR11 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr11, cbr11bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, Jo Nesbo, midnight sun, thriller ·
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Too Many Coincidences and POVs

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

July 15, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

So it took me a while to finish this one because the first part of the story drags. Jewell starts off with two POVs with the mother (Laurel) and days before Ellie’s disappearance. But then we get two additional POVs (no spoilers) and I just went grr. I also thought that Laurel was kind of a terrible mother. I can’t imagine what I would do if one of my kids went missing and was presumed dead. She just gets angry her husband is trying to […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Lisa Jewell, Suspense, Then She Was Gone, thriller

Classic's CBR11 Review No:167 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Lisa Jewell, Suspense, Then She Was Gone, thriller ·
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