Reading this second volume of James Herriot's memoirs is like sidling up to your favorite bar stool and listening to a local legend legend regaling you with the stories of his life. Such joy, humanity and compassion in all of his stories!
Anyone who knows me knows I adore diners, so this delightful mystery was right up my alley! Charming characters, amidst glorious settings and the unending mentioning of the diner food all thrown together with a twisty mystery to solve. Plenty of sly humor dots the landscape, as the mystery is wrapped up (I did figure it out toward the end of the book). This will be a fun series!
A fascinating look at the creation of and history of the Metropolitan Police and Scotland Yard as told through some of their most famous cases.
A fun book for puzzle hobbyists and enthusiasts alike. Beautiful photos of the art on jigsaw puzzles covering decades from the Puzzle Panic of the 30s through the late 60s, accompany a brief history of the jigsaw puzzle and the types of art used on them. I found the biographys ection absolutely fascinating, if only because I knew of most of those artists exclusively from jigsaw puzzles and had no idea of their artistic careers!
Oh, Boy! This one did not go where I thought it was going! A tense first person narrative of a crime, trial prep, and the trial, with plenty and I do mean plenty of twists along the way. Ellis drags you in and doesn't let go until the very last moment. With a satisfying tie up to every loose end, this one is a stunner of a read!
I have to admit, this one made me uncomfortable. I had a difficult time finding an "in" with any of the characters. Despite that, it was still incredibly gripping, infuriating and finally a tinge of hopefulness. Families, parents and children, husbands and wives...are the lies we tell ourselves or others of comfort to us or to others? And at what price. Another stunner form Randy Susan Meyers!
I came to the RSM game late-my first introduction to her literary world was Accidents of Marriage. I then read The Widow of Wall Street, then Waisted and now I'm starting at the beginning...and what a beginning! The Murderer's Daughters is stunning! A deeply disturbing, upsetting and infuriating tale, but ultimately ending with a glimmer of hope. This will haunt you, and put you in Lulu or Merry's shoes wholly or alternately. I adore any book that lingers on the palette and makes on think long after the book is closed!
