Mystery
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Note 131 – May 2026 Books
Total Books: 2 Total Pages: 522 Longest: 286 Shortest: 236 Genres: 2 (Mystery – 1, Thriller – 1) This is the lightest book-reading month in terms of completed books and number of pages I’ve had in 3 years. I almost got a third in – but it’ll have to wait for my June list. Lee…
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Note 130 – April 2026 Books
Total Books: 4 Total Pages: 1363 Longest: 360 Shortest: 315 Genres: 4 (Biographical Fiction – 1, Fiction – 1, Mystery – 1, Thriller – 1) LJ Ross – Berwick I started off April with the latest (#24!) in Ross’s DCI Ryan series. This series, set in the Northumberland region of England along the Scottish border,…
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Note 129 – March 2026 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 2107 Longest: 592 Shortest: 272 Genres: 2 (Historical Fiction – 1, Mystery – 4) Anthony Horowitz – Marble Hall Murders Horowitz is back with another Susan Ryeland murder mystery (Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders). Susan is back in England and looking for a new job as an editor. She takes…
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Note 107 – October 2025 Books
Total Books: 2 Total Pages: 602 Longest: 315 Shortest: 287 Genres: 2 (Fiction – 1, Mystery – 1) I didn’t get a lot of reading done in October as we were on our Mediterranean Odyssey cruise – which I’m still trying to complete blogging about. And, obviously, I’m behind in posting my monthly reading as…
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Note 98 – September 2025 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 1344 Longest: 384 Shortest: 94 Genres: 3 (Fiction – 2, History/Memoir – 1, Mystery – 2) A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz This is the 3rd in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series in which the author plays sidekick to former DI Daniel Hawthorne as his biographer of sorts. This…
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Note 97 – August 2025 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 1563 Longest: 443 Shortest: 118 Genres: 5 (Fiction – 1, History – 1, Historical Fiction – 1, Mystery – 1, Science – 1) Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson Living near the Texas Gulf Coast all my life, I grew up with a healthy respect for tropical storms and hurricanes. Any…
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