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#TuesdayBookBlog THE BOY AND THE LAKE by Adam Pelzman. A strong contender among my favourite reads of the year #RBRT

Posted on November 17, 2020 by OlgaNunez 22 Comments

Hi all: Another great discovery thanks to Rosie’s Book Review Team. I loved the cover as soon as I saw it, and the content more than matches it. Oh, this book made me think of fellow blogger and non-fiction author extraordinaire, D.G. Kaye (Debby for her friends), and her non-fiction writing. The Boy and the

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog 1960s, 20th century American Novel, Brick, coming of age, Goodbye Columbus, Jewish, mystery, Newark, Philip Roth, race riots, RBRT

#TuesdayBlogPost THE TRAFFICKING MURDERS (THE INSPECTOR SHEEHAN MYSTERIES BOOK 5) by Brian O’Hare (@brianohare26). Harsh realities, engaging mystery, and beautiful teamwork

Posted on October 27, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the review of book 5 in a series that is one of the few I love and follow. The Trafficking Murders (The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries Book 5) by Brian O’Hare Lin Hui and Cheung Mingzhu win scholarships to study at Queen’s University in Belfast. Alina Balauru departs a poor farm

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Belfast, Brian O'Hare, human traficking, Inspector Sheehan series, modern day slavery, mystery, Northern Ireland, police procedural, who-done-it

#TuesdayBookBlog THE KILLINGS AT KINGFISHER HILL: THE NEW HERCULE POIROT MYSTERY by Sophie Hannah (@sophiehannahCB1) (@HarperCollinsUK) #Poirot #mystery Fun, twisty, and light

Posted on September 1, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you another book in the new series about Poirot adventures by Sophie Hannah: The Killings at Kingfisher Hill: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery by Sophie Hannah The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot—legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile—returns to solve a fiendish new

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Agatha Christie, classical whodonit, mystery, Poirot, puzzle, red herrings, Sophie Hannah, twists

#TuesdayBookBlog THE WHISPER MAN by Alex North (@writer_north)( @PenguinUKBooks) An entertaining mix of mystery, paranormal, and psychological thriller

Posted on August 11, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a book today that has been getting a lot of attention, but I was a bit slow catching on. Well, I finally got around to reading it! The Whisper Man by Alex North THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, RICHARD & JUDY PICK & GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR, LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON CRIME NOVEL OF THE

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Alex North, child killer, horror, mystery, police procedural, psychological thriller, Serial killer, The Whisper Man, thriller

#TuesdayBookBlog THE LAKE NEVER TELLS by Alex Tully (@alextullywriter) Will leave readers with a smile #RBRT

Posted on June 23, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a review of another book from Rosie’s Team. Another great find. The Lake Never Tells by Alex Tully Zoe has lived in Sunny Shores Trailer Park her whole life and she knows what the Memorial Day weekend brings—snobby rich kids who serve as a constant reminder of how pathetic

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Alex Tully, depression, feel good, hope, mental illness, mysterious death, mystery, trauma, YA fiction, YA romance

#Bookreview #DOVERONE (A DOVER MYSTERY BOOK 1) by Joyce Porter (@farragobooks) A satirical vintage cozy mystery with an awfully funny (anti) hero #mystery

Posted on December 16, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you something a bit old today but wickedly funny. Dover One (A Dover Mystery Book 1) by Joyce Porter Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? For its own very good

Posted in Book review, Book reviews 1960s, British, cozy mystery, Dover series, Joyce Porter, mystery, police procedural, Scotland Yard, vintage

#Bookreview Closer than You Think (A Broken Minds Thriller) by Lee Maguire (@TCKPublishing) A solid first novel for lovers of psychological suspense and Basset Hounds

Posted on November 18, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi, all: Today I bring you the review of a book that I got sent quite a while ago but had been hiding from me. I’ve finally got around to it, and I hope to catch up on some more that I’m sure are also buried under my long list. Sorry! Better late than never,

Posted in Book review, Book reviews adolescent mental health unit, depression, mystery, psychological suspense, psychologist, PTSD, stalking, suicide, TCK publishing, thriller, trauma

#TuesdayBookBlog THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides (@NetGalley) An intriguing read, but not an accurate depiction of mental healthcare.

Posted on July 2, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi, all: Today I bring you a book that is proving very popular, although… The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides An intriguing read, but not an accurate depiction of mental healthcare. Read the Sunday Times and No.1 New York Times bestselling, record-breaking 2019 thriller that everyone is talking about – soon to be a major film. ‘Terrific’ – THE TIMES Crime Book of

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog mystery, psychotherapy, secure psychiatric care, selective mutism, thriller, UK, unreliable narrator

#TuesdayBookBlog THE HEAD IN THE ICE: A BOWMAN OF THE YARD INVESTIGATION by Richard James (@RichardNJames). A masterful new Victorian #mystery series. #RBRT

Posted on June 4, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the review of the first book in a new Victorian mystery series, another great discovery from Rosie’s Book Review Team. The Head in the Ice: A Bowman of the Yard Investigation by Richard James (@RichardNJames). Who would send a madman to solve a murder? Just released from a Lunatic Asylum,

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog historical fiction, London, lunatic asylum, mystery, police procedural, PTSD, Scotland Yard, Victorian mystery

#TuesdayBookBlog #THELOSTMAN by Jane Harper (@LittleBrownUK)(@caolinndouglas) (@GraceEVincent) (@janeharperautho) As good, if not better, than Harper’s previous books. Read it now! #TheLastMan

Posted on February 5, 2019 by OlgaNunez

I am very grateful for the opportunity to participate in the blog tour for the launch of this fabulous book by an author whose two previous books I have loved so much. And I’m not the only one. The Lost Man by Jane Harper Two brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Australia, Blog tour, Domestic violence, domestic-noir, family secrets, Jane Harper, mystery, outback, suspense, Tuesday Book Blog