Tag Archives: Mystery
A Fatal Grace: A Chilling Mystery
I have finally read a mystery where I successfully guessed the culprit before the end! YES!!! As I say this I feel strange. I could have sworn that I had successfully beaten the author of a mystery book before, but … Continue reading
How to Read a Mystery Novel
There is a big difference between solving a mystery and solving a mystery novel. The mystery novel is specifically designed to lead you in the wrong direction until the very end where you kick yourself for not being able to … Continue reading
The Secret of Chimneys: Not All Is As It Seems
I don’t know what it is about mysteries lately, but they’ve got their hooks in me. I finished reading Still Life, by Louise Penny, and had a couple days before I could get the sequel, so I started reading The … Continue reading
Still Life: A New Favorite Mystery Author
Every genre is it’s own specific art form. Fantasy and science fiction require a great deal of world creation that may include changing or modifying the very laws of nature. Horror stays mostly realistic while bringing us in as close … Continue reading
The Killing Kind: The Darker Side of Mystery
I’m not sure if it’s the depression or if I’ve just been in a mood for this specific genre, but I’ve been reading a lot of horror/thriller/mystery novels lately. I took a break near the end of last year to … Continue reading
30 – Stiletto: The book I finished in 4 days after waiting 4 years.
So you know those books you read and fall in love with? Well that’s what happened to me after reading The Rook. I finished it back in 2012 (the same year it came out) and looked forward anxiously for the … Continue reading
22 – Grave Peril: Every Series Has a Low Point
I didn’t finish this book, but I’m counting it toward my 75 books because I read more than half of it and gave it my best effort. In the end I just couldn’t get invested in it. I read the … Continue reading
14 – City of Blades:
To summarize in a sentence, this book, as well as its predecessor, are fictional manifestations of The Pedagogy of the Oppressed. What I found enlightening is that when one group is oppressed and given the opportunity to become the oppressors … Continue reading
4 – The Eyre Affair: One Woman’s Journey to Save the Literary World
My name is Thursday Next. I am a Literary Detective in the Special Operations Network located in Swindon, England. This is a record of what transpired during The Eyre Affair. What began as an investigation into the impossible theft of … Continue reading
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