![]() ![]() He eventually calls his assistant, Sergeant Gemma James, to help him when a second murder happens.Ī Share in Death is just a delight, and yes, I’m aware of the irony here! It’s one of seventeen in the series, so if you like it there is a lot of reading to be done here. Even though he’s on vacation, he has a hard time leaving work at home… especially when a body is discovered floating in the whirlpool! As Kincaid gets to know each guest he starts to try to put the pieces of this mysterious murder together, even though he is trying to let the local authorities handle it. After investigating an intense string of murders, he is looking forward to some rest. Scotland Yard’s Superintendent, Duncan Kincaid, has been gifted a week’s holiday at a time-share in Yorkshire, England. But unfortunately, it was only available in the e-reader format… so I did like any curious reader would do, I broke out my rarely used Kobo and dug in. She had said that Deborah Crombie’s series will give you all the Louise Penny vibes, so I immediately put the first book on hold. ![]() I stumbled upon this series when I was listening to the Currently Reading Podcast with Anne Bogel as a guest. ![]() ![]() The cooler fall weather has me craving two things… red wine, and cozy mysteries. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The fears were unfounded as the old general had been suffering from an ailment. She felt the servants must have complained and the messenger had come to arrest Sadao. In the evening a messenger in uniform arrived. Hana wanted Sadao to get rid of the American quickly. Hana had to do all the household work on her own. The gardener was there since he was a boy. On the seventh day, the servants leave Sadao’s house. The gardener felt the prisoner should have been allowed to bleed to death. Sadao removed the bullet from the wound and declared that the American would survive. Hana observed that there were red scars on the soldier’s neck and realised that he had been tortured. Hana had never seen an operation and she felt like vomiting. He wanted her to give the patient the anaesthetic. He washed his back and asked Hana to help him. He turned over the wounded soldier who lay unconscious. He returned with his surgeons’ emergency bag. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That roman legion mentioned? It’s the titular IX or Legio IX Hispana. Snatched away from Earth at the moment of death to a failing planet far away, these misfit soldiers must unite against a relentless foe, where the cost of victory may be more than they’re willing to pay. Jerry Pournelle’s Janissaries and Alan Dean Foster’s The Damned series for fans of military history and technology, there’s probably no better sandbox to play in than being able to pit an Alexandrian Phalanx against a WWII German Tiger tank, or a troop of equites romani against an SBS squad.Īndrew’s novel is described by Perseid Press as “Roman legionnaires, far from home, lost in the mists of Caledonia a US cavalry company on a special mission for Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln and a Special Forces unit from the 21st century, desperate to prevent nuclear catastrophe: Perhaps best exemplified previously by Dr. A former UK Marine, he has retired to the Greek Isles, where, in addition to writing for Amazing and enjoying the deep blue Mediterranean, he has turned his hand to a rarely practiced sub-genre of the military science fiction novel – the mixed historical era, humans fighting for aliens tale. ![]() Weston has been a regular contributor to Amazing Stories for quite some time now. ![]() ![]() It is like when you are upset and you hold the radio against your ear and you tune it halfway between two stations so that all you get is white noise and then you turn the volume right up so that this is all you can hear and then you know you are safe because you cannot hear anything else. I make this noise when there is too much information coming into my head from the outside world. For a boy like Christopher, so often confused by other people, this is a daunting undertaking: I rolled back onto the lawn and pressed my forehead to the ground again and made the noise that Father calls groaning. If he did relate to others better, he might have been able to guess who hated Mrs Shears enough to kill her dog.Īs it happens, Christopher can't guess, and so he embarks on a quest to solve the murder mystery, just like his favourite detective character, Sherlock Holmes. That's a form of autism and it means that he doesn't understand or relate to other people the way most of us do. It is lying on the front lawn skewered through the heart by a garden fork, and that is a mystery to Christopher which needs to be solved. ![]() Here's a murder mystery story, told by someone with a different view of life.Ĭhristopher Boone finds his neighbour's dog murdered. ![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Mo lives with his family in Massachusetts. Before he turned to making picture books, Mo was a writer and animator on Sesame Street, where he won six Emmys. His books are perennial New York Times bestsellers, including Knuffle Bunny Free, Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator!, and the Cat the Cat series. ![]() A three-time Caldecott Honor winner (for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny, and Knuffle Bunny Too), he also won two Geisel Medals and two Geisel Honors for his Elephant and Piggie books. One dayfor no particular reasonthey decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying temperatures. and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway. Mo Willems knows a Good Idea when he sees one. Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur. ![]() ![]() ![]() But it’s not all sunshine and roses for him. He’s a rich kid who can basically get anything he wants-and is used to being waited on hand and foot. Magnus is the complete opposite of Andromeda. Most, if not all, of these lessons have come from her mentor and guardian Jember. ![]() Life on the street has taught her valuable lessons, like how to fight demons, how to survive, and how love is a weakness she can’t afford to have. Let me start off by saying that my tastes as of late have been drifting closer and closer to the horror aspect of dark fantasy, and this book gave me everything I wanted and a whole hell of a lot more.įirst and foremost, let’s introduce you to the cast of characters: Set against a Victorian-era backdrop, we first meet Andromeda the debtera, which basically means she’s an exorcist. I don’t know if I’ve ever anticipated writing up my thoughts about a novel as much as when I sat down to write this Within These Wicked Walls book review. Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood is a luxuriously dark fantasy that mixes horror and romance in such a way that it will leaving you gasping for more. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her reward is a sentence of death.įleeing into the unknown, she is drawn into a team of outcasts:Ī broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he’s forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home.Ī drunken prince, who steps out from his beloved brother's shadow and claims a purpose of his own.Īn imprisoned thief, who escapes the crushing dark and discovers a gleaming artifact-one that will ignite a power struggle across the globe. ![]() This audiobook includes a special introduction written and read by James Rollins.Īn alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling thriller-master James Rollins.Ī gifted student foretells an apocalypse. It’s aided by a capable reading from Barber, who invests Rollins’ characters with a variety of British accents that help make each a distinguishable, real person." - The Providence Journal "The story touches on many familiar fantasy plot points-magic, an ancient language, an ability to commune with wild creatures, a climactic battle between the forces of good and evil-yet manages to be satisfying. ![]() ![]() ![]() Inspired by the stunning, true story of Private Williams, this American heroine ![]() At war’s end, having tasted freedom, Cathy refuses to return to servitude and makes the monumental decision to disguise herself as a man and join the Army’s legendary Buffalo Soldiers.Īlone now in the ultimate man’s world, Cathy must fight not only for her survival and freedom, but she vows to never give up on finding her mother, her little sister, and the love of the only man strong and noble enough to win her heart. Her means of deliverance is Union general Phillip Henry “Smash ‘em Up” Sheridan, the outcast of West Point who takes the rawboned, prideful young woman into service. According to her mother, she was a captive, bound by her noble warrior blood to escape the enemy. ![]() ![]() Though born into bondage on a “miserable tobacco farm” in Little Dixie, Missouri, Cathy Williams was never allowed to considered herself a slave. “Here’s the first thing you need to know about Miss Cathy Williams: I am the daughter of a daughter of a queen and my mama never let me forget it.” This program includes a bonus conversation with the author and is read by acclaimed narrator Bahni Turpin, whose voice listeners will recognize from The Hate U Give, Children of Blood and Bone, and The Underground Railroad.įrom author Sarah Bird comes the compelling, hidden story of Cathy Williams, a former slave and the only woman to ever serve with the legendary Buffalo Soldiers. ![]() ![]() Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog. Recorded with permission of Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. ![]() ![]() But Skye has her sights on becoming the world's first plus-sized K-pop star, and that means winning the competition, without losing herself. What she doesn't count on are the highly fat-phobic beauty standards of the Korean pop entertainment industry, her sudden media fame, and scrutiny, or the sparks that soon fly with her fellow competitor, Henry Cho. When Skye nails her audition, she's immediately swept into a whirlwind of countless practices, shocking performances, and the drama that comes with reality TV. ![]() She'll challenge thousands of other performers in an internationally televised competition looking for the next K-pop star, and she'll do it better than anyone else. But Skye dreams of joining the glittering world of K-Pop, and to do that, she's about to break all the rules that society, the media, and even her own mother, have set for girls like her. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These are women who preserved and handed down the old stories. The women in Wild Irish Roses are not always nice girls or even good girls, but they are women who know how to get things done, whether on the battlefield or in the bedroom. Wild Irish Roses is a fascinating look at wild Irish women throughout history serious information imparted in Trina Robbins' trademark style, with verve and humor. From the ancient warrior queens Marrigan, Macha, and Badbh to the labor-movement maven Mother Jones, Irish women have backbones of steel. Real Irish women were no cream-puff debs. Forget the myth of the sweet Irish colleen. ![]() |