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FRIDAY FINDS showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (they aren’t necessarily books you purchased).
So, come on — share with us your FRIDAY FINDS
Despite life being extremely hectic over the last couple of weeks I have still managed to acquire a few more good looking reads!
From NetGalley I have a copy of Hide and Seek by Amy Bird
Nobody’s life is ever perfect. Families tell lies. People keep secrets. But the life which Will and Ellie Spears have built together is as perfect as it’s possible to be.
Until one day something is let slip. A discovery is made. And all of a sudden Ellie and Will’s life falls down, as acceptance gives way to an obsessive search for answers. Families tell lies. People keep secrets. But sometimes the truth is much more dangerous. NetGalley
I was kindly given a copy of Murder She Floats by Stephen Kaminski after I read and reviewed Don’t Cry Over Killed Milk by the same author.
Blurb
A suicide note found in a locked room. A shard of glass buried in a scoop of whipped potatoes. A pickle jar filled with poisonous spiders. Precious jewels yanked off of a woman’s neck but left at her feet. It’s just a week in the life of Damon Lassard when he boards The Vitamin of the Seas with his charismatic mother for a ‘relaxing’ Caribbean cruise.
After Damon’s acerbic dining companion is found floating alongside the ship and local police rule the death a suicide, the loveable amateur sleuth is left to find the killer himself. He encounters seductive sirens, cunning con artists, and fascinating family members en route to solving not only the murder but a handful of clever capers as well. Goodreads
and I also successfully begged for a copy of Good Girls Don’t Die by Isabelle Grey after enjoying both the author’s previous books Out of Sight and The Bad Mother.
Blurb
You’d know if someone close to you was capable of lethal violence, right?
Dead wrong.
Accused of grassing up a fellow officer and driven brutally out of home and job, Grace Fisher is thankful to survive some dark times and find haven with the Major Investigation Team in Essex.
One female student is missing, last seen at a popular bar in Colchester. When a second student, also out drinking, is murdered and left grotesquely posed, the case becomes headline news.
Someone is leaking disturbing details to a tabloid crime reporter. Is it the killer? Or a detective close to the case?
With another victim, and under siege by the media, the murder enquiry hits a dead end. The review team brought in to shake things up is headed by Grace’s old DCI. Who is going to listen to her now. Goodreads
Finally after reading several good reviews of the Amy Lane Mysteries I bagged myself a bargain kindle copy of the first in the series, Binary Witness by Rosie Claverton
Police detectives rely on Amy Lane to track the digital debris of their most elusive criminals—when she’s not in the throes of a panic attack. After two students disappear in Cardiff, Amy uncovers photographic evidence that they’ve been murdered. From the safety of her computer, she looks through the city’s digital eyes to trace the steps of a killer.
Amy’s investigation requires footwork, however, and the agoraphobic genius can’t hack it alone. She turns to her newly-hired cleaner, ex-con Jason Carr. Jason is fascinated by both Amy and the work, and can’t refuse even when she sends him into situations that risk returning him to prison.
The killer strikes again and again, and Amy and Jason are the only investigators closing in on him. But Amy’s psyche is cracking under the strain, and Jason’s past is catching up with him. To stop the next murder, they must hold their unconventional partnership together at any cost. Amazon
What have you found to read this week?
They all look good, but especially like the sound of Binary Witness
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I’ve read good things about the second in this series, Code Runner, too.
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You’ve acquired some tasty looking books! I’m off to sign up to NetGalley!
Here are my Friday Finds : http://thegannette.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/friday-finds-2/
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NetGalley is great but you do need to be disciplined if you don’t end up overrun with books to review – note that I don’t follow my own advice 😉
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That’s a very good point. I already have an issue with my TBR list. Its just so hard to resist.
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Cleo – Oh, such interesting variety in your finds this week! I like the sound of Hide and Seek, and although it’s quite different, Murder, She Floats is appealing too. I’ll be especially keen to find out what you think of them.
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Stephen Kaplinski’s Don’t Cry Over Killed Milk had me smiling and it was backed up with a credible plot so when he offered me the latest I couldn’t resist. Sometimes it’s good to mix a little humour with my dead bodies 😉
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La, la, la, I will not be tempted! I will remain strong! (she said, with her fingers in her ears – or should that be with an eye-mask over my eyes?)
Well, to be honest, I’ve got 2 new crime novels I’m really looking forward to: The Hidden Girl by Louise Millar (I really enjoyed her first book, though I haven’t read the second); Finnish writer Kati Hiekkapelto’s The Hummingbird – I’m fascinated by the impenetrable Finnish mind- although in this case the investigator is a refugee from Yugoslavia.
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🙂 I read The Hidden Girl and will be interested to see whether your thoughts mirror mine. I hadn’t heard of Kati Hiekkapelto so had to go and check this one out and this does sound like my kind of reading and I’ll be interested to hear how the protagonist deals with the racist side-kick.
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Hide and Seek sounds pretty intriguing . . . I do enjoy a good juicy “family secrets” book!
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I love secrets and I think this theme is the most popular of all the books I read! I’m hoping for great things from Hide and Seek.
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I’m agreeing with Crimeworm, Binary Witness peaks my interest.
Mine this week is just a short story, found free online – http://wp.me/pZnGI-e8
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I love the idea of linking FF to a short story (which I’m now going to read) thanks for leaving your link. I have a feeling that Binary Witness is going to be a fast and furious read!
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Thanks, Cleo. Linking to the short story just sort of happened. I’ll remember that next time an exceptional one turns up.
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Murder She Floats sounds good! I love cozy mysteries and cruises, so this novel sounds right up my alley!! Here are my Friday Finds: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2014/09/friday-finds-52.html
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Thank you for leaving your link – Stephen Kaplinski spins a good tale so I’m really looking forward to Murder She Floats.
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Murder She Floats sounds like fun and I remember thinking the last one was appealing too. Looking forward to your review… 🙂
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Thank you, I was quite shocked at how much I liked the previous read so I was delighted that the author offered me this one too 🙂
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I’m curious about Hide and Seek and Good Girl’s Don’t Die. thanks, as always, for sharing. 🙂
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🙂 Somehow I have ended up with quite a few books for review in the first couple of weeks in October because I can’t resist another read. I’m especially looking forward to Good Girls Don’t Die,
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I have Binary Witness on my kindle and really must read it. It does sound great. And different from the norm.
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I’m seeing such good reviews about the second in the series that I must get around to reading this one first.
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“Murder She Floats” what a cool title…LOL
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Great fun and hard to resist!
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