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Death Of A Valentine

Beanton, M.C.
Hamish is set to marry the woman of his nightmares, but before that he solves the murder of a local beauty queen. CRUD, I picked the WRONG SPELLING of the author name!

Words I Had To Look Up:

Irn-Bru (pg. 87) -- Very popular fizzy drink sold in Scotland, rivals Coke!

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9/2010

Love, Lies And Liquor

Beanton, M.C.
Agatha hooks up again with James, they fight, he splits, she sulks. Oh, yeah, a couple people get murdered, including a would-be rival for Jamesssss affections. Very cute Snot-On-Sea snowball book jacket, with sparklies!! EDIT AUTHORS NAME

Smoke Quote:

Sunbeams were the enemy of smokers, thought Agatha, highlighting hust how much of the poisonous stuff you were sending out into the surrounding air.

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11/2006

There Goes The Bride

Beanton, M.C.
James is getting married, but his fiancee is found shot to death just before the ceremony. This is almost a sub-plot to Agatha's continuing series of romances and encounters with a killer.

Words I Had To Look Up:

Dessert was that Cotswold favourite--icky-sticky pudding (pg. 235) -- Seems to be a cake-like dessert with a toffee sauce.

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8/2011

Ancestral Night

Bear, Elizabeth
White Space book 1. Haimy Dz is a partner on a space salvage tug. Good story!

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4/2019

Blood Music

Bear, Greg
A wonderful book. Gave me the same feeling as Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke.

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6/1998

City At The End Of Time

Bear, Greg
A big story, full of cats and books and mysterious peoples doing mysterious stuff. And you gotta love a book that starts out with a Firesign Theatre quote!

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11/2008

Darwin's Children

Bear, Greg
I found this sequel a real page-turner. I always forget to check for a glossory, and there it is at the end!

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10/2003

Darwin's Radio

Bear, Greg
Made my head hurt, all that biology! Very interesting story, reminded a little of Childhood's End by Clarke.

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7/2002

Dinosaur Summer

Bear, Greg
Teenage Peter travels to the "Lost World" of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with a expedition to return Circus dinosaurs to their natural habitat.

QUOTE:

"Makes you hate nature, doesn't it?" he said in disgust--pg.254

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3/2003

Foundation And Chaos

Bear, Greg
Part of a trilogy based on the books by Isaac Asimov. Pretty good!

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7/1998

Killing Titan

Bear, Greg
War Dogs #2. Master Sergeant Venn is back on Mars. For a while, then on to Titan!

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5/2023

Quantico

Bear, Greg
Techno-thriller. FBI agents search for bio-terrorists.

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5/2007

Vitals

Bear, Greg
Scientist searches for life extension, uncovers big plot. Pretty good. Explains all those hang up phone calls we get, too.

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4/2002

War Dogs

Bear, Greg
War Dogs #1. Intriguing story of space marines sent to battle alien invaders on Mars. At least, that is the story told by the alien "benefactors" on Earth...

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5/2023

A Highland Christmas

Beaton, M.C.
A missing cat, a lonely girl, and stolen Christmas lights make Hamish Macbeth's holiday. .

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8/2000

Agatha Raisin And The Love From Hell

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha is married to James, but the marriage is rocky. James girlfriend/psycho Melissa is murdered and James disappears.

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4/2003

Agatha Raisin And The Murderous Marriage

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha is about to marry James next door, when her FIRST husband turns up...for a while.

QUOTE:

The rendering of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" was, Agatha reflected sourly, music to stun pigs by.

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6/2000

Agatha Raisin And The Quiche Of Death

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha moves to the country after retirement, enters a quiche in a local contest, and the judge dies!!! .

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6/2000

Agatha Raisin And The Terrible Tourist

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha goes to Cyprus hoping to reconcile with James after their aborted marriage, but of course someone dies!

QUOTE:

[James says] "What a blabby little thing you are, dear. Why didn't you give him your knicker size when you were at it?"

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7/2000

Agatha Raisin and the vicious vet

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha has her usual romantic ups-and-downs, including with a veternarian who hates cats and ends up dying.

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7/2005
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