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Scaredy Cat
Scaredy Cat | Mark Billingham
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Now, killing is a team sport.It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at London's Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of Kings Cross station. It is a grisly coincidence that eerily echoes the murder of two other women, stabbed to death months before on the same day.It is DI Tom Thorne who sees the link and comes to a horrifying conclusion. This is not a serial killer that the police are up against. This is two of them. Finding the body used to be the worst part of the job, but not any more. Now each time a body is found, Thorne must live with the knowledge that somewhere out there is a second victim, waiting to be discovered. But whilst the methods might be the same, the manner of the killings is strikingly different. Thorne comes to realise that he is hunting two very different killers. One is ruthless and in control, while his partner in crime is submissive, compliant, terrified.Thorne must catch a man whose need to manipulate is as great as his need to kill, a man who will threaten those closest to Thorne himself, a man, who will show him that the ability to inspire terror, is the deadliest weapon of all...
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MicheleinPhilly
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Enjoyed this even more than the first one. 👍🏼 And now my wife and I can watch the tv series.

She is as addicted to British detective tv series as I am to the books but I often “make” her wait until I‘ve read the corresponding books first. She deserves a medal. ☺️

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MicheleinPhilly
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Unfortunately it‘s back to “reality” for me tomorrow so I‘ve been soothing the Saturday AND Sunday sads with a series read.

I should be sitting on a rooftop patio in Málaga with my in-laws right now. ?

I HATE YOU COVID!!!!

TrishB It‘s just horrible isn‘t it ☹️ but that‘s a great series. 4y
MicheleinPhilly @TrishB I technically could have taken this week too but elected to save it for later in the year in the hopes that we might actually be able to do something while on vacation. Doubtful seeing as we still can‘t even eat in restaurants yet. 4y
squirrelbrain Not sure if you‘re able to watch this Michele... but give it a go. Then you can pretend you‘re on holiday in Harrogate...it‘s not Spain but it‘s not far away! https://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/hif-weekender/saturday/mark-billingh... 4y
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MicheleinPhilly @squirrelbrain It works! Thanks Helen! 4y
squirrelbrain You may find some other interesting talks on there too.... The Crimewriting Festival happens in Harrogate every year and should have been this weekend but, of course, has gone online instead. They always get the best authors and have a different curator each year - Rankin this year. 4y
MicheleinPhilly @squirrelbrain I will definitely have a look at the lineup. It may help ease the return to work if I have them playing in the background. Thanks again! 😘 4y
ValerieAndBooks Are you allowed to have outdoor dining in Philly? We can here in Chester County. I‘m bummed for you that your vacation plans had to be radically changed! 4y
MicheleinPhilly @ValerieAndBooks We have limited outdoor dining but this weather hasn‘t really been conducive to that. 🥵The restaurants in our neighborhood have been doing what they can to increase outdoor capacity but we‘ve been sticking with curbside pick-up. 4y
vivastory It's been terrible. Restaurant dining rooms have opened here, but I just don't feel comfortable hanging out in a public space for long periods of time until there's a vaccine. I've been doing curbside which is nice, but not quite the same 4y
ValerieAndBooks @MicheleinPhilly I get you on the heat. We‘ve tried dining outdoors twice and both times it was just too hot to fully enjoy it. Maybe if we did it later but we don‘t like eating late 👵🏻👨🏼‍🦳. Don‘t want to do it indoors with recirculated air 😓. Makes me wonder how restaurants will fare when it‘s too cold to eat outdoors. @vivastory 4y
MicheleinPhilly @vivastory I feel exactly the same. I‘m cautiously optimistic about the vaccine research that is going on so I‘ll wait. None of what I‘ve been prevented from doing is essential anyway. Let‘s get those folks - healthcare, retail, sanitation, etc. - vaccinated first. 4y
MicheleinPhilly @ValerieAndBooks Well and aside from the heat, these storms have been epic and seem to come out of nowhere. It‘s not like you can run inside when the sky opens. My friend and I were joking the other day about her possibly having a date in the parking lot of ACME or CVS in case of a thunderstorm. 4y
Amiable I hear you. I‘m supposed to be on the deck of a river boat cruising through the Netherlands and Belgium. Instead I‘m swatting mosquitoes in my back yard. Which —spoiler alert—is NOT as much fun. 😖 4y
ValerieAndBooks I think food trucks need to take over ACME and CVS parking lots. That would work well for dates — run into your car or store awning if a storm breaks out! 4y
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ElishaLovesBooks
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Thanks for the tag @LoverOfLearning !
1. I like anything historical.
2. I am the BIGGEST scaredy-cat- Silence of the Lambs scared me for life when I was in high school!
3. I don‘t really read anything in the horror genre.
4. Nope
5. No gore
6. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Clwojick
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Who wants to be scared sh**less? Here‘s some more movie inspiration for those of you who MUST be running out of movies to watch by now 😂 I‘m talking about you, @overtheedge You are a legit movie watching, point-gaining inspiration! And #TeamSlaughter loves you for it!🖤🎬

https://www.buzzfeed.com/alliehayes/horror-movies-so-scary-people-lost-sleep-ove...

BeansPage With the exception of Begotten, Eden lake, and The Boy I have seen the rest and I can tell you that a couple of them are pretty good and the rest of them I don't even know why they're on this list 😂😂😂😂 4y
BeansPage I will say this though, thank goodness the bloody Exorcist isn't on this list!!! That darn movie has been on the top 100 horror film list as number one for over a decade. I just don't understand it 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 4y
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Cathythoughts
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Excellent crime book, just finished on this rainy morning . I have #3 lined up ... never a dull moment 👍🏻

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Cathythoughts
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#MarchIntoThe70s #HighwayToHell Home from town... day off ... Reading tagged book with very healthy lunch ( coffee cake & cream ) ... also got the next in the series Lazy Bones ... Scaredy Cat is a fairly dark one #highwaytohell kind of vibe ... loving this Crime author & now have #3 in my possession ( long story ... good story ... Litsy is the best !! @youneverarrived

Tamra Sooo lovely, highly envious! 5y
Cathythoughts @Tamra yes! It‘s a lovely afternoon for sure ♥️👍🏻🍰📚 5y
Kalalalatja Sounds like the perfect lunch 🙌 5y
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Cathythoughts @Kalalalatja this is my usual lunch 😬... I do healthy for breakfast & dinner .... 5y
batsy Mmm that cake and dollop of cream! Enjoy 👌🏽 5y
Tanisha_A Ah! I love me a coffee cake 5y
youneverarrived Can‘t go wrong with coffee cake 😋 5y
Kaye Look 👀 at that cake 🎂 with nuts🥜 on top and whipped cream . Gosh. 😮 5y
Cathythoughts @batsy @Tanisha_A @youneverarrived @kaye ladies you can‘t beat a coffee cake & tea .... especially after doing a lot of #Litsywalking 😍 5y
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Lauredhel
Scaredy Cat | Mark Billingham
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Mr Darcy has seen some things. #catsoflitsy

Dragon 😻 5y
LeahBergen 😆😆 5y
RohitSawant 😂😻 5y
Weaponxgirl 😆 what has he seen? 😆 5y
sprainedbrain 😂😂😂 5y
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robinb
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1. Thriller
2. 🍎
3. Hmmm, both but I guess vampires a little more.
4. Hayride
5. Neither. In all honesty I absolutely 🧡🖤🧡🖤 Halloween, but I‘m a total scaredy cat...go figure. 🤷🏻‍♀️😜🙄
6. @Librarybelle , @MellieAntoinete , @Wife , @BookwormAHN if you haven‘t played...and all who‘d like to! 😊

#tuesdaytidbits
#thisorthat
@JenlovesJT47

JenlovesJT47 🧡🧡🧡 5y
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rockabillybibliophile
Scaredy Cat | Mark Billingham
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This turned out to be a great serial killer thriller!

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rockabillybibliophile
Scaredy Cat | Mark Billingham
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Finally getting into this book I bought ages ago! Yay for reading days!

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bookaholic1
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This book was great. I really enjoyed turning the pages to find out what happened next. Highky recommend

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LauraBeth
Scaredy Cat | Mark Billingham
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“If I sits right here on her feet and let her pet me, she can‘t turn on the monster machine.”

GypsyKat So cute! 6y
TrishB Awww.....Sansa hates the hoover! I have to do it now when she goes out for a walk! 6y
Tamra Mine too! They hide upstairs & then downstairs. 6y
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DebinHawaii Aww.. poor Bitsy. 🐶❤️ Max is not a fan either. He runs & hides if it gets anywhere near him and I have to wait until he is out of 'his' room to vacuum it. 😆 6y
Mollyanna We had a dog when I was young that used to attack the vacuum. There were bite marks all over it! And oh the barking when you turned it on... My dog now just eyes it wearily and eventually leaves the room. 6y
britt_brooke My 10 year old Boston Terrier tries to attack it ... especially if I‘m using attachment. He literally growls and bites it. 😆 (edited) 6y
Libby1 ❤️ 6y
Redwritinghood Domino also hates the evil machine. He starts barking as soon as we open the closet door to get it out. 6y
rustoryhuf Our GSD loved my old machine and I had to vacuum her first with the attachment, otherwise she would not leave me alone. She is now boycotting the fact I have a new vacuum. (edited) 6y
batsy 😍 6y
TNbookworm Oh poor Bitsy! 6y
UwannaPublishme Awww Bitsy. 😁💕I'm not too crazy about loud noises either. 6y
LauraBeth @GypsyKat ☺️☺️ 6y
LauraBeth @TrishB aww - poor Sansa 💕 6y
LauraBeth @Tamra they hide wherever you‘re NOT vacuuming 😂 6y
LauraBeth @DebinHawaii “his room” 😹 6y
LauraBeth @Mollyanna 😂😂 6y
LauraBeth @britt_brooke he has to kill it! 😂 6y
LauraBeth @Libby1 she tries her best to distract me from turning it on 💕 6y
LauraBeth @Redwritinghood 😂😂 I have to vacuum so much that I don‘t even bother putting it away anymore 6y
LauraBeth @rustoryhuf 😂😂How could you get a new vacuum?! 6y
LauraBeth @batsy ☺️☺️ 6y
LauraBeth @TNbookworm Well the good news is that thunder doesn‘t bother her 💕 6y
LauraBeth @UwannaPublishme me neither! I am a jumpy person and scare easily 😂 6y
rustoryhuf @LauraBeth exactly, right? She didn‘t care that HER old vacuum went to the great vacuum graveyard in the sky. 6y
Suet624 I love her little ski jump nose. 6y
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Liberty
Scaredy Cat | Mark Billingham
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I find it funny that the cats run upstairs when I turn on the vacuum, but even funnier that they assume the same positions every time. 😂 📚🐾 #catsoflitsy

Cinfhen They are so cute 😻😻 7y
Jinjer So funny!!!! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Hahaha... looks like the old, don't touch the floor to me! 7y
AmyG Even the cats are comforted by books. 7y
LauraBrook Love it! I wonder who decided that was the safe spot first? 7y
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Liberty
Scaredy Cat | Mark Billingham
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Millay and Steinbeck have assumed their "vacuum is running downstairs" positions. ? ?? #catsoflitsy

mcipher What a great room! 7y
Bookladylinda 😂😂 7y
Captivatedbybooks I have half my cats afraid of the vacuum and one that loves me to run the hose part over him 😂😂😂 7y
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Lizpixie How do you find a specific book when you need it?🤔 7y
Liberty @Lizpixie They're mostly alphabetized upstairs. 😊 7y
Lizpixie @Liberty dewy decimal wins every time!🙌 7y
krismlars My Squeak still hasn't got her Vacuum Escape Route down since we moved into our new apartment. We had a high-speed collision last time! 7y
erinreads They look so calm! Mine crouches in corners and looks frantically from side to side like someone just shoved weed down his pants and the principal just walked in. 7y
MelanieMefford If your vacuum is running downstairs and you are UPSTAIRS in your library, I say nice work getting your man to vacuum. 😜 7y
Jinjer So cuuuute!!!!! 7y
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Minervasbutler
Scaredy Cat | Mark Billingham
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Second in the Tom Thorne series. One of my favourite crime writers