Recent Books
The Water Knife
Everyone is fighting over Colorado River area water rights in the near future United States. Good story.
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5/2026
Murder By The Book
Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery #1. Several people die and they end up being related. The deaths, that is. Well, and some of them are related.
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5/2026
Prologue To Murder
Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery #2. Miss Newsy, a newspaper columnist, suggests Addie might be involved in the murder of the town's librarian.
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4/2026
Remarkably Bright Creatures
I enjoyed reading this story about a widow, an orphan (I guess), and an octopuss.
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4/2026
Gone Before Goodbye
Co-authored with Harlan Coben.
Doctor Maggie does some illegal elective surgery on a Russian oligarch who then tries to murder her, or maybe he doesn't, things are moving fast. This summation isn't the half of it.
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4/2026
Epilogue To A Christmas Murder
Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery #11.
Addie has to help her friend who is accused of murdering her ex AND figure out how to straighten out her own life. During Christmas AND a big ol' wedding.
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On a tiny tag her name was scrawled in neat cursive letters. -- How can it be both scrawled and neat?Read:
4/2026
Voidverse
People living on rocks aligned that one can float between. I liked the book, but that was weird! Full Disclosure: I did not read any long sentences that were several pages long.
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4/2026
Mortal Coil
Skulduggery Pleasant, #5.
Valkyrie goes on a date to a big dance.
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3/2026
The Faceless Ones
Skulduggery Pleasant, #3.
Oh no, the Faceless Ones get through! Three of 'em, anyway.
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..."Apparently, the only lesson you've learned since you were last here is how to shut that girl up."
"Bite me,"Valkyrie snapped.
"And even at that you fail," Guild sighed.Quote:
"Would you like to drown?" she inquired.
"No," Valkyrie said. "No, thank you."Quote:
..."You know, sometimes I think I'm better than even I think I am."
"Is that possible?"
"I wouldn't have thought so."Read:
3/2026
Darks Days
Skulduggery Pleasant, #4.
Skulduggery seems to be lost in a weird world of evil beings. I don't know, I haven't read book #3 yet!
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3/2026