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Originally Posted by Synamon
Hmmm, I haven't posted what I've read for a while so this will be a long list.
At the end of last year I discovered a new mystery series, written by Mark Douglas-Home featuring an oceanographer. The Sea Detective and The Woman Who Walked into the Sea were clever and the unusual detective made them my best find of the year.
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The second Elvis Cole book, Stalking the Angel by Robert Crais didn't disappoint. I enjoy the books that focus on Cole and only have a little Joe Pike, those centered around Pike lack the wit of the earlier books in the series. I also listened to The Suspect and The Two Minute Rule, both standalone novels and both entertaining.
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Coincidentally I listened to The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, which centered around a stolen masterpiece. The book's main character was an addict whose story seemed whiny to me at times and I'm a bit baffled by the critical raves this book received.
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I wandered into this thread looking for some recs to use the Kobo code on, ended up with the Sea Detective and I'm about to go back and see if I can get some of the Elvis Cole novels I've only ever read one and have always wanted to try more.
Super coincidence I am also currently listening to The Gold Finch and totally agree about Theo at this point I just want to slap him about the head a bit very frustrating character and I've found the plot development to be laborious. The language is nice but it feels as if it would've been a ripper story had it been about half it's current length