Monday, November 14, 2022
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Fun with Cookbooks
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Fun with Cookbooks: Reviews by Jeanne I think of fall as “The Eating Season.” It starts with all the Halloween candy, moves into Thanksgiving, and really hit...
Aubrey Nye Hamilton Reviews: The Water’s Dead by Catherine Lea
Catherine Lea
is an Auckland, New Zealand, author of crime fiction. Her first book about
Detective Inspector Nyree Bradshaw is The Water’s Dead (Brakelight
Press, 2022). Bradshaw is a late 40s divorced woman who has come up through the
ranks of the police force, fighting entrenched misogynism all the way. On a
rainy night she’s called to the site of a suspected homicide: a couple of
tourists found the bound body of a young woman at the foot of a waterfall in a
fast-flowing river. Nothing in her clothing suggested an identity but the
elaborate tattoo on her chin told Bradshaw the victim was Maori. And thus
begins a complex, action-filled piece of crime fiction.
The police easily
learn that the victim is Huia Coburn, daughter of a Maori man and a European
woman. Huia had been spending time with her father, wanting to learn more about
her Maori heritage. A significant thread in the story is the Maori people’s
struggle to maintain their independence and way of life.
Huia was
living with a cousin and was caring for her cousin’s six-year-old daughter
while the cousin worked nights. Bradshaw was alarmed to learn that the child
was missing and had last been seen with Huia. Even worse, the child is insulin
dependent. The search for the lost girl quickly assumes precedence over the
search for Huia’s killer and everything else the local police are working on.
To complicate
matters, the early release from prison and prompt disappearance of a killer who
had vowed revenge on Bradshaw for putting him behind bars makes her safety, as
well as that of the other witnesses against the career criminal, questionable.
The temporary assignment of a senior detective who is envious of Bradshaw’s
success to her station makes her blood pressure soar.
A police procedural with layers. The nuances and politics of the police detective bullpen are vivid and lifelike. Bradshaw is a character of great depth; she is a woman with places to go and things to do. Lea’s description of New Zealand reminded me that the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy was filmed there; it’s a beautiful country, and Lea tells us all about it. Another excellent piece of Kiwi crime fiction. Recommended.
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ASIN: B09R96Q3LR
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Publisher: Brakelight Press; 1st edition
(February 9, 2022)
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Publication date: February 9, 2022
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Language: English
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File size: 1643 KB
Aubrey Nye
Hamilton ©2022
Aubrey
Hamilton is a former librarian who works on Federal It projects by day and
reads mysteries at night.
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Saturday, November 12, 2022
KRL: KRL This Week Update for 11/12/2022
Up on KRL this morning a review and giveaway of another book set at Thanksgiving, "A Good Dog's Guide to Murder" by Krista Davis, along with a fun Thanksgiving guest post by Krista https://kingsriverlife.com/11/12/a-good-dogs-guide-to-murder-by-krista-davis/
And a review and giveaway of "A Trip with Trouble" by Diane Kelly https://kingsriverlife.com/11/12/a-trip-with-trouble-by-diane-kelly/
We also have a review and giveaway of "The Crime that Binds" by Laurie Cass along with a guest post by Laurie about setting a book in a fictional location https://kingsriverlife.com/11/12/the-crime-that-binds-by-laurie-cass/
And a review and giveaway of "Murder in a Cape Cottage" by Maddie Day / Edith Maxwell https://kingsriverlife.com/11/12/murder-in-a-cape-cottage-by-maddie-day/
And a review and giveaway of "Silence Says the Most" by Kathleen Bailey along with an interesting interview with Kathleen https://kingsriverlife.com/11/12/silence-says-the-most-by-kathleen-bailey/
During the week we posted another special midweek guest post, this one by mystery author SA Kazlo about how her books mirror her own life and about her new cozy "A Doggone Death" https://kingsriverlife.com/11/09/how-fiction-mirrors-life-orat-least-my-life/
Up on KRL News and Reviews this week we have a review and ebook giveaway of a mystery set at Thanksgiving-"Neighbors to Die For" by Linda Lovely https://www.krlnews.com/2022/11/neighbors-to-die-for-by-linda-lovely.html
And a review and ebook giveaway of "Secrets in the Stacks" by Lynn Cahoon https://www.krlnews.com/2022/11/secrets-in-stacks-by-lynn-cahoon.html
And a review and ebook giveaway of "Being John Church" by Neil Plakcy https://www.krlnews.com/2022/11/being-john-church-by-neil-s-plakcy.html
Happy reading,
Lorie
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Author is Dead (2022) by A. Carver
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Author is Dead (2022) by A. Carver: The Author is Dead (2022) is an independently published locked room mystery novel by a pseudonymous author, "A. Carver," which is...
Bitter Tea and Mystery: Talking about Detective Fiction: P. D. James
Bitter Tea and Mystery: Talking about Detective Fiction: P. D. James: P. D. James (1920-2014) is best known for her series of novels about Adam Dalgleish, initially a Detective Chief Inspector, later a Commande...
Scott's Take: Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald
Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald
is very different from his previous series.
Raine can see the dead and is currently living in a cult led by a group
of fake witches. The cult members are under siege by a large force of warriors
who think they are real witches. Raine rescues a bleeding woman from dying in
the snow and takes her home. Things escalate from there. A lot of things happen
in this novel that is the first book in the The Redwinter Chronicles.
Where the first book ends is a far different place than how things began thanks
to a number of twists.
The main character is bisexual for
people who care about that sort of thing. There is plenty of action, a lot of
slice of life stuff, some humor, and some cussing. There is quite a lot of blood
and death as one would expect from a dark fantasy read. I am intrigued where it will go in book two.
One is warned that if the reader is expecting
this read to be as grim like his previous series, a reader will be very
surprised. It was so different that I was a little shocked that the same writer
wrote both.
My reading copy came from the Central or
Downtown Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.
Scott A. Tipple ©2022
Friday, November 11, 2022
Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN (?) BOOK: PAPERBACKS FROM HELL
Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN (?) BOOK: PAPERBACKS FROM HELL: Paperback from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix, with Will Errickson (2017) I hope tha...
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