Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Knee Rehab Reading - Part Two

My knee-replacement reading binge continues!

Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly is a delightful start to her new series. She evokes village County Cork so beautifully I felt I was there in the rainy green hills hearing the locals speak, tasting the Guiness in the pub, and seeing her American protagonist find out she was related to just about everybody in the tiny town of Leap. I couldn't put the book down right through to the surprising end.

August Moon by Jess Lourey continues her Murder by the Month series. I'm behind, as the December book is already out, but August Moon did not disappoint with another funny mystery solved by Mira James in small-town Battle Lake, Minnesota.

Mourn Not Your Dead brought me along in my project to catch up on Deborah Crombie's fantastic Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series. 


SW Hubbard has been off the publishing radar for a few years, but her new book, Another Man's Treasure, was worth the wait. In Audrey Nealon's hunt for the story behind her disappeared mother's ring, she uncovers more intrigue and danger than she bargained for. The characters are well drawn and the story keeps twisting all the way through.

Polly Iyer's Murder Deja Vu is an intriguing thriller with twice-falsely accused Reese and his new love Dana tracking down the real killer in the first case as well as in the new copycat murder.

Next up? Julie's Hyzy's latest in the Presidential chef series, Fonduing Fathers.

6 comments:

  1. Got some good ones here. I'm not up for having surgery but I sure envy you the reading time.

    Hope the re-hab's going well.

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    1. Thanks, LD! A little slower than I'd prefer, but progress is getting made bit by bit.

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  2. Quite the prolific reader! Hope rehab is going smoothly. I need to read one of Polly's books. Do you have a favorite?

    Hope Clark
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    1. Hope, I meant to add more to my mention of Polly's book and didn't get to it. It is the only one of hers I have read and I thought it was outstanding in storytelling, character portrayal, and romance. I look forward to more of hers!

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  3. Glad you have so much reading time, Mom! Hope the rehab is getting easier. I'm on my way to class now, thought I'd stop in to say hi.

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    1. Thanks, Allan! Dr. Boyle said today I am doing great.

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