Troubled
Blood has layers and layers. As with the other Cormoran Strike novels, Troubled
Blood is infused with the grittiness and craziness of real life and how it
impacts the main characters as they keep plugging onwards.
Cormoran and Robin
are pulled in multiple directions by family, friends, and coworkers, their own
traumas bleeding over and exposing their own all while trying to solve a thirty-plus-year-old missing person's case. The juggling act, especially when having
to deal with Cormoran's aunt's approaching death, is heart-wrenching.
Some of
the uncovered crimes and how society dealt with the mental issues back at that
time are also eye-opening. Loved how the author used the concept of how we make
assumptions about certain roles and how they can blind us to so much to what
would otherwise be obvious. Tons of food for thought!
Winner of the Crime and Thriller British Book of the Year Award 2021
'One of crime's most engaging duos' Guardian
'Magnificent' Sunday Times
'Finely honed, superbly constructed' Daily Mail
'Terrific' Daily Express
Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.
Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of…
I
ran into The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova by accident while doing some research for
my historical cozy mystery series.
While we've all heard the name 'Casanova'
and that he's famous for his amorous dalliances, I had no idea he'd written a twelve-volume
autobiography! I've only read the first volume so far, but I found it
completely fascinating! (Make sure you do not end up with the butchered version
of his memoirs—back at the time the books were thought quite scandalous, and
some got 'doctored.' The originals would be considered tame nowadays. :P)
A
great slice of life back in the 18th century. Most shocking was all the
chocolate they ate and drank!
Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart. He spent his last years in Bohemia as a librarian in Count Waldstein's household, where he also wrote the story of his life. Set of…
Reverse Harems are not typically a genre I read, but
since I know the author well, I made the exception.
I thoroughly enjoyed book
1, especially since she came up with an actual reason reverse harems were
necessary to the otherworld cultures involved. In book 2, we get to learn more
about the paladins and Crystal. Her true birthright revealed, Crystal is going
to fight for the throne—not for the power or prestige, but because she loves
the paladins and wants to save them from their current fate.
Realistic world
problems, realistic politics, and other problems abound that will take effort
rather than sugar-coated easy fixes. A fantasy that works and has consequences.
Loads of surprises, which just adds to the fun.
She keeps her head down and cleans up messes. When the body count starts rising, will trying to make a living get her flushed?
Julia Xero is stuck in survival mode. After losing the only person she loved, the introverted orphan longs to escape her toxic employment for the zen of crime and trauma scene decontamination. But when she lands her dream job and is called to a bloody rooftop with a decapitated corpse, she’s horrified to come face to face with an otherworldly shark-toothed assassin.
Furious to learn she’s been enlisted by a clandestine race of beings against her will, Julia’s dismay fountains when she finds out they implanted her with a neck bomb to ensure her lips stay tightly sealed. Fit to be tied, and her thunderous confrontation with her boss hitting a dead end, the stubborn young woman begins plotting ways to leave the energy-powered entities in her dust.
Can she outwit an ancient civilization before her carotid goes boom?
The Secret Humankind is the gritty first book in The Discoveries of Julia Xero urban fantasy thriller series. If you like fish-out-of-water heroines, complex worlds, and dark truths, then you’ll love Gloria Oliver’s multi-faceted mystery.
Grab The Secret Humankind to match wits with monsters today!
