"Mysteries, Deaths and Disappearances in National Parks". This little volume with it's startling cover photo covers cases from the 1920's to the 2020s that have mystified and fascinated investigators and true crime readers for decades. As the opening chapter lets us know, National Parks can be appealing to criminals because the isolation of the location …
Joan Greenwood, the youngest of a ruling family of witches, can't do magic. When she returns home after 7 years away, she finds her indifferent relatives focused on a local debacle: a normal mortal has been turned into a witch by a spell. When her best friend gets involved in trying to help this hapless …
Venice, 1539. When Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence, he's hired to help protect him, but after the attack fails, there's a twist: Someone used the distraction to steal the Duke's private journal, full of incendiary political secrets that threaten the very fabric of society. Now Aldo …
Continue reading Carnival Of Lies by DV Bishop (#5 Cesare Aldo)
In London, Cassandra, a disgraced former bookseller, finds herself in a dangerous game when her former mentor is murdered, and leaves her his bookshop. She knows all of the underground magical bookshops must have a bookseller, but to take this on she must deal with a handsome man who also wants this coveted spot, rival …
This book opens with a content warning, so I want to start my review by letting you know that this book contains a lot of things, including gore, infanticide, rape, violence against animals... and a lot of people doing mushrooms. Moonflow is about Sarah, a trans-woman, who finds herself in financial trouble when her mushroom …
Effy longs to study literature, her love of Myrrdins work being a major part of her life, but in her world women aren't allowed to study it, so she's relegated to being the only woman on the architecture course. Her guidance counselor has sexually harassed her, and the male students constantly hit on her, so …
This week, we return to the Scholastic Bookfair to check out the classic Bunnicula, the story of a loyal family dog Harold who suspects the new family pet rabbit has a sinister secret... A nostalgic dive into the story behind the story and an exploration of the plot of this children's classic. Contains spoilers. This …
Continue reading Return To The Bookfair – Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe (1979)
Ellie and Drake, a recently engaged couple, come across magical cinema one night down a fog covered alleyway. When they enter, they're given ten tickets to see midnight movies that play them significant memories of their lives. Ellie wants to come back, hoping to find out more about a night she can't remember clearly, while …
It's Winter in the 90's in Dalton, Maine. Rose has made a steady life for herself and her two sons, and is even contemplating a romance with Nate, the local policeman, when her abusive ex Tommy returns to town, with a lot of promises to stop drinking and also secretly toting a gun... Meanwhile, college-aged …
Continue reading In A Distant Valley by Shannon Bowring (Dalton, Maine #3)
After several years, Ann Cleeves has brought back DI Jimmy Perez! DI Perez has left Shetland and settled into his new home in the Orkney Islands, with his partner in crime and in life, Willow Reeves, and they're expecting a baby. After a wild storm, Archie Stout, a local personality and Perez's childhood friend, is …
Continue reading The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves (Shetland #9, Perez & Reeves #1)
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