05-05-2012, 10:27 PM | #13126 |
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The Buried Pyramid by Jane Lindskold is on hold right now. I've listened to a couple of freebie books and have just started The Curse of Senmut by Vickie Britton, another freebie from our Deals forum and a just joined MR author. This one is holding my attention, although I'm not far enough in to really know how good it will be.
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05-06-2012, 07:59 AM | #13127 |
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"Colour Scheme" by Ngaio Marsh
Just finished "Colour Scheme", the 12th book in the Inspector Alleyn series. Published in 1943, this book is set in New Zealand (Marsh's native country) and features secret agents, 5th columnists, and everything else one might expect in a story set (and written) in the middle of WWII. It's unusual in that Alleyn doesn't feature very heavily in it - or does he? You'll see what I mean when you read it.
I really enjoyed this one. Well up with Marsh's best, and with very interesting descriptions of Maori life and culture in it, too. Well worth a read. |
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05-06-2012, 11:30 AM | #13128 | |
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05-06-2012, 01:01 PM | #13130 |
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I am currently reading "Cradle of Solitude" in the Rogue Angel Series. Just finished the third book in the Storm of Prophecy Series by Michael von Werner.
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05-06-2012, 01:14 PM | #13131 |
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I'm finishing Executive Power by Vince Flynn.
On an unrelated topic, can you see what people have edited in their posts now? |
05-06-2012, 02:28 PM | #13132 | |
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05-06-2012, 04:01 PM | #13133 | |
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Kate Shugak Series by Dana Stabenow and Night Passage by Robert B Parker
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Now I'm going back to Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak series to read Breakup, $4.99. |
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05-06-2012, 04:36 PM | #13134 | |
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Breakup is possibly my favourite Stabenow book. It's funny, totally tongue in cheek, and she clearly was trying to see just how far she could go. Charlie. |
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05-06-2012, 11:03 PM | #13135 | ||
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Parker and Stabenow
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Wow! I just read the first 3 chapters of Breakup!! Are the remaining fifteen chapters as crazy as these were? Love it so far! |
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05-07-2012, 07:10 AM | #13136 |
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05-07-2012, 09:05 AM | #13137 |
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Because of other reading I was doing and other issues, it took me longer than usual, but I just finished The Case of the Substitute Face by Erle Stanley Gardner. First published in 1938, this was one of the early Perry Mason books, and one of the best. He and Della really took some bold risks in those early books. Paul did, too, but reluctantly, and only because not only was Perry his most lucrative client, but also a friend. Playing by the rules wasn't nearly as important in those early books (picture Jack Black* as Perry Mason) as it would be to the Perry Mason of the 50s and 60s (think Raymond Burr).
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05-07-2012, 09:20 AM | #13138 | |
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I am currently reading Star Trek: DTI: Forgotten History by Christopher L. Bennett.
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