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Paris Apartment, The

Another Generic Thriller Author: Lucy Foley Jess is a stranger in Pairs, a girl on the run from a job turned sour, looking for her pretentious brother and a place to crash. Instead, she finds an elaborate, empty apartment, a spot of blood, and a building full of strange people with secrets. In the darkness of shadows and wealth, Jess is alone, and she doesn’t know if she can trust anyone. This is my first venture into the hyped world of famed mystery/thriller author Lucy Foley. I have some of her other books on my shelves, curtesy of Book of the [...]

2022-08-26T09:41:43-07:00August 20th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , , |

Homicide and Halo-Halo

Homicide, Hairdos, and Heroics Author: Mia P. Manansala Lila Macapagal finally has her dream, but after her near-murder and the lingering effects of her previous investigation, life has become a nightmare. She is about to open her new café with her best friend, Adeena, but her mind is caught back in time. She can’t cook, she can’t make new recipes, and she can’t move on. What she needs to get back in touch with herself and her friends and family is a good distraction . . . and that distraction has just come to town. As a former beauty queen, Lila [...]

2022-08-11T17:42:03-07:00August 11th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Alienist, The

To Catch a Predator Author: Caleb Carr It is 1896, New York, a world teaming with opulence and severe oppression. The seedy underbelly of society is thriving: brothels are teaming, criminal organizations and crime lords run rampant, immigrants live in sordid tenements, and everything that seems innocent is underpinned by the money and political influence of the malevolent. Worse yet, a sadistic killer is on the loose, a man who targets young boys working out of brothels and leaves them carved open, mutilated and abused. He has struck before, and he will strike again. But these are forgotten boys; they come [...]

2022-07-31T19:15:02-07:00July 31st, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |
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