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| | | checkbox | position | cover The Ballet of Dr Caligari and Madder Mysteries | title The Ballet of Dr Caligari and Madder Mysteries | author Oliver, Reggie | isbn | isbn13 | asin B07MB6CGXJ | num pages 232pp | avg rating 4.27 | num ratings 49 | date pub Dec 30, 2018 | date pub edition Dec 30, 2018 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Especially loved the nod to Oscar Wilde (Dorian Gray) in "Love and Death," and for the most part, this was another terrific collection by Reggie Olive Especially loved the nod to Oscar Wilde (Dorian Gray) in "Love and Death," and for the most part, this was another terrific collection by Reggie Oliver. I'm home Sunday so next week I will have some time to post about all of the Oliver books. I'm positively loving them. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 1 | votes 8 | # times read 2 | date started Nov 14, 2024 Nov 15, 2024 | date read Nov 15, 2024 not set | date added Nov 14, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Holidays from Hell | title Holidays from Hell | author Oliver, Reggie | isbn | isbn13 | asin B01N14WTX6 | num pages 328pp | avg rating 4.03 | num ratings 58 | date pub Jan 25, 2017 | date pub edition Jan 25, 2017 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 10, 2024 | date read Nov 13, 2024 | date added Nov 10, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi | title The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi | author Thompson, Wright | isbn 0593299833 | isbn13 9780593299838 | asin B0CQWWWRLJ | num pages 448pp | avg rating 4.49 | num ratings 916 | date pub Sep 24, 2024 | date pub edition Sep 24, 2024 | Nancy's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 4 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 04, 2024 | date read Nov 09, 2024 | date added Nov 04, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Jerusalem | title Jerusalem | author Moore, Alan * | isbn 1631492438 | isbn13 9781631492433 | asin 1631492438 | num pages 1,266pp | avg rating 4.00 | num ratings 3,047 | date pub Sep 13, 2016 | date pub edition Sep 13, 2016 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 30, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover A Case of Matricide | title A Case of Matricide | author Burnet, Graeme Macrae | isbn 1916812171 | isbn13 9781916812178 | asin 1916812171 | num pages unknown | avg rating 4.06 | num ratings 66 | date pub 2024 | date pub edition unknown | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 30, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Masquerade | title Masquerade | author Fu, Mike * | isbn 1959030841 | isbn13 9781959030843 | asin 1959030841 | num pages 336pp | avg rating 3.52 | num ratings 50 | date pub Oct 29, 2024 | date pub edition Oct 29, 2024 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 29, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Murder in the Snow | title Murder in the Snow | author Mitchell, Gladys | isbn 1784708321 | isbn13 9781784708320 | asin 1784708321 | num pages 220pp | avg rating 3.09 | num ratings 793 | date pub Jan 01, 1950 | date pub edition Nov 02, 2017 | Nancy's rating it was ok | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review full post here at my online reading journalhttp://www.crimesegments.com/2024/10/...I don't actually remember the last time I was begging for a book to full post here at my online reading journalhttp://www.crimesegments.com/2024/10/...I don't actually remember the last time I was begging for a book to be over, but it happened here.Murder in the Snow is the twenty-third installment of Gladys Mitchell's Mrs. Bradley series and book seven in my ongoing poison pen mystery reads this year. Starting late in a series is sometimes but not often problematic for me, but definitely had an impact this time around. It wasn't due to missing previous character development, but rather it was the fact that if I liked the books that came before, having a clunker once in a while is okay if those preceding were pretty good. In this case I had nothing by way of comparison, so I had no clue if this book was an example of one-off awfulness or if the entire series is this poorly written. Obviously, I didn't care for Murder in the Snow all that much -- quite honestly, as the story progressed so too did my confusion and utter boredom. After a few poison pen letters, a series of murders, and a disappearance or two, one would believe that the story is ripe for a few hours of armchair detection, but I to say that this book is actually one of the most murky and boggy mysteries I've ever encountered, so that by the time I got to the final denouement I could have actually cared less, only happy that the book was over. It is incredibly rare that this happens to me, but in this case my mantra became "oh please get on with it." To be up front about it, I have no clue as to how Mrs. Bradley arrived at the solution she did given the meandering plot she offered her readers. As for the poison pen angle, that part started out strongly, with one major point connecting the letters to the overall murder plot, but it was still not enough to keep my interest strong. I have a few of Mitchell's books, so I'll give the first one in the series (Speedy Death, 1929) a go to see if perhaps Murder in the Snow was an anomaly in terms of plot and writing. This one, sadly, I don't really believe I can recommend to anyone, even the hardest-core vintage crime readers. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 2 | votes 7 | # times read 1 | date started not set | date read Oct 19, 2024 | date added Oct 26, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Mother London | title Mother London | author Moorcock, Michael | isbn 0684861410 | isbn13 9780684861418 | asin 0684861410 | num pages 512pp | avg rating 3.76 | num ratings 646 | date pub Feb 13, 1988 | date pub edition Jan 05, 2004 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 25, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Weird Tales of Dorothy K Haynes | title The Weird Tales of Dorothy K Haynes | author Haynes, Dorothy K. | isbn 0712355766 | isbn13 9780712355766 | asin 0712355766 | num pages 288pp | avg rating 4.25 | num ratings 12 | date pub unknown | date pub edition Oct 24, 2024 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 23, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Halloweird | title Halloweird | author Mains, Johnny | isbn 0712355022 | isbn13 9780712355025 | asin 0712355022 | num pages unknown | avg rating 4.12 | num ratings 16 | date pub unknown | date pub edition unknown | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 23, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Great When (The Long London Quintet, #1) | title The Great When(The Long London Quintet, #1) | author Moore, Alan * | isbn 1635578841 | isbn13 9781635578843 | asin 1635578841 | num pages 336pp | avg rating 3.73 | num ratings 469 | date pub Oct 01, 2024 | date pub edition Oct 01, 2024 | Nancy's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review as soon as life gets a bit slower, I will write something more about this amazing book. For now, five stars alone on entertainment value, but there's as soon as life gets a bit slower, I will write something more about this amazing book. For now, five stars alone on entertainment value, but there's much more to this novel than mere entertainment. It's definitely a no-miss for fans of Arthur Machen -- I had to go dig out my copy of The Green Round and his story "N" to reread after finishing The Great When -- but also a look at the changes to the psyche of the city brought by World War II, especially the Blitz. Oh my god, this was just incredible. I seriously can't wait for the next installment. more soon. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 2 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 19, 2024 | date read Oct 24, 2024 | date added Oct 19, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Oceans of Cruelty: Twenty-Five Tales of a Corpse-Spirit: A Retelling (New York Review Books Classics) | title The Oceans of Cruelty: Twenty-Five Tales of a Corpse-Spirit: A Retelling | author Penick, Douglas | isbn 1681377667 | isbn13 9781681377667 | asin 1681377667 | num pages 184pp | avg rating 4.03 | num ratings 35 | date pub unknown | date pub edition Oct 01, 2024 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 01, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Elevator in Sài Gòn | title Elevator in Sài Gòn | author Thuận | isbn 0811238547 | isbn13 9780811238540 | asin 0811238547 | num pages 192pp | avg rating 3.54 | num ratings 275 | date pub Jan 01, 2013 | date pub edition Oct 01, 2024 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 01, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story | title The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story | author Tokarczuk, Olga | isbn 0593712943 | isbn13 9780593712948 | asin 0593712943 | num pages 320pp | avg rating 3.96 | num ratings 7,390 | date pub Jun 01, 2022 | date pub edition Sep 24, 2024 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Sep 30, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The 17th Letter | title The 17th Letter | author Disney, Dorothy Cameron | isbn | isbn13 9798886011210 | asin B0DDRP2ZTF | num pages 212pp | avg rating 3.71 | num ratings 7 | date pub Jan 01, 1944 | date pub edition Sep 01, 2024 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review like a 3.8, rounded up.Read earlier in September; full post is here at my reading journal:http://www.crimesegments.com/2024/09/...Published just this like a 3.8, rounded up.Read earlier in September; full post is here at my reading journal:http://www.crimesegments.com/2024/09/...Published just this month, The 17th Letter is my introduction to the work of Dorothy Cameron Disney. She was the author of nine novels, written between 1936 and 1949; The 17th Letter comes in at number seven. According to the introduction in this Stark House edition by Curtis Evans, the novel "draws heavily" from the real-life story of Franz von Werra, a German prisoner of war in England who, after being transferred to Ontario, Canada along with other prisoners, escaped by jumping out of the window of a train and eventually made his way back to Nazi Germany. The 17th Letter is, as Evans says, a "flight-and-pursuit thriller," and somewhat of a departure for the author, whose previous books were more in the "classic style of mystery godmother Mary Roberts Rinehart." For someone like me who devours vintage crime, that departure and the turn to something different is most welcome. The main characters in this novel are Mary and Paul Strong, two journalists who live in a New York apartment overlooking Washington Square. The story begins when their friend, another journalist Max Ferris, fails to return home after completing a news assignment and being stuck in Iceland for six weeks just waiting for a way to get back to the US. He'd been sending his friends a series of letters, sixteen in total, with a number denoting their order on the envelopes. Paul believes that only something important would have kept him off of his flight back, and his suspicion increases when he and Mary receive a cable from their friend telling them that there will be a seventeenth letter in the mail, and that they should "be understanding." The weirdest part of the message is in Max's signature, where he adds a strange middle name -- Icarus. The promised missive arrives, but again it's obvious that something out of the ordinary is going on, since all it contains is a theater program for a show that had run five months earlier. Add to all of this the theft of some of Max's letters, new neighbors in the building, a strange man in the park who seems to know a great deal about Paul and Mary and finally some devastating news about Max, and Paul decides that it's time to go and find out what's going on with their friend, setting off aboard a ship. Mary, who has been left behind, stumbles upon some sensitive information that she knows she needs to report immediately, and finds herself with her husband, as a stowaway. But the action really picks up when the ship reaches Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the two find themselves in serious jeopardy. I love espionage stories, especially those set during the first and second world wars as well as the cold war era. Here, Disney starts with a strange mystery which leads to a slow-building suspense before moving on into full-blown page-turner mode. I have to share that while reading The 17th Letter, I had to employ the old suspension of disbelief here and there, and I noticed myself doing the inner eye roll at the coincidences that pop up, but when all is said and done, this story worked well for me. What comes through very strongly is the wartime setting which highlights the urgency of the Strongs' plight as they desperately try to find anyone in authority they can trust to share the information they carry, all the while trying to prevent themselves being captured. And finally, who wouldn't love a dog named Bosco? I can recommend this one to people who are looking for something a bit off the beaten path in vintage crime, or to those who would like to read more by lesser-known American women mystery writers, or to people who enjoy books featuring husband-and-wife crime-solving teams. My review copy came from the publishers, to whom I owe many thanks -- hopefully there will be more books by this author in the works. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 2 | # times read 1 | date started not set | date read Sep 15, 2024 | date added Sep 30, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Pedro Páramo | title Pedro Páramo | author Rulfo, Juan | isbn 080216093X | isbn13 9780802160935 | asin 080216093X | num pages 144pp | avg rating 4.05 | num ratings 78,842 | date pub Mar 19, 1955 | date pub edition Nov 14, 2023 | Nancy's rating it was amazing | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review How appropriate that I read this novel at the beginning of October, set in a town filled with ghosts. I will have more to say about it shortly but for How appropriate that I read this novel at the beginning of October, set in a town filled with ghosts. I will have more to say about it shortly but for now -- I loved this book. I will also say that anyone considering giving it a read may be tempted to buzz through it due to its short length, but that would be a serious mistake.More to come. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 8 | # times read 1 | date started Sep 25, 2024 | date read Oct 05, 2024 | date added Sep 25, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | checkbox | position | cover Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror | title Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror | author Ni, Xueting Christine | isbn 183786117X | isbn13 9781837861170 | asin 183786117X | num pages 448pp | avg rating 4.09 | num ratings 91 | date pub Sep 24, 2024 | date pub edition Sep 24, 2024 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 1 | # times read 1 | date started Oct 02, 2024 | date read not set | date added Sep 24, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover In the Shape of a Boar | title In the Shape of a Boar | author Norfolk, Lawrence | isbn 0802139671 | isbn13 9780802139672 | asin 0802139671 | num pages 336pp | avg rating 3.47 | num ratings 273 | date pub Jan 01, 2000 | date pub edition Dec 10, 2002 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Sep 24, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | checkbox | position | cover The Children of the Pool | title The Children of the Pool | author Machen, Arthur | isbn 1528704134 | isbn13 9781528704137 | asin 1528704134 | num pages 28pp | avg rating 3.41 | num ratings 27 | date pub 1936 | date pub edition Mar 23, 2018 | Nancy's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Sep 24, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | |

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