Picked by Paladins of Crystal fans

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Gloria Oliver Author Of The Secret Humankind

From Gloria's 3 favorite reads in 2023.

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Gloria Oliver Why Gloria loves this book

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!

By Robert Galbraith ,

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2 authors picked Troubled Blood as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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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…


Book cover of The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Vol. 1 the Venetian Years

Gloria Oliver Author Of The Secret Humankind

From Gloria's 3 favorite reads in 2023.

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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!

By Giacomo Casanova , Arthur Machen (translator) ,

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1 author picked The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Vol. 1 the Venetian Years as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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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…