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Difficult entry for the series, with bad things happening to Cooper's life. As usual, the main 'character' is the setting. The moors and the Peak district front and center at the heart of the story.

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PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 3mo

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Find Them Dead | Peter James

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Book 71 of the year done and my second by @peterjamesuk like the previous book I really enjoyed this one and found myself reading big chunks of this book in one go, now to discover the rest in the #grace series #bookstagram #book #books #booksbooksbooks #read #readtoreset #reader #crime #thiller #whodoneit #bookreview #bookworm

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Dead at First Sight | Peter James

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This was my 69 book read of the year and my first by Peter James. Really enjoyed it I have another to read in my tbr pile am looking forward to it and checking out his other books! #bookreview

LoverOfLearning Hey welcome to Litsy!! Hope you return and continue posting content and reading 😃 3mo

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majkia

The Devil's Edge: A Cooper & Fry Mystery | Stephen Booth

I love this series. It is so atmospheric and pays so much attention to the landscape and personalities. Lots of odd characters, surprising twists, nicely written.

Kimzey I enjoyed this one on audio. Wishing more in this series were available on audio in the U.S. 6mo

majkia @Kimzey oh agreed. I'd like the audio too. 6mo

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andrew61

The Killing Habit | Mark Billingham

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15th Thorne novel finds him on the trail of someone who is killing cats which as anticipated ramps up to a possible serial killer. Nicolas Tanner and he then investigate this as well as a drug gang killing possible witnesses. Usual very readable thriller with characters who are well established and enjoyable.

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Dark Water: A Totally Gripping Thriller with a Killer Twist | Robert Bryndza

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Another good read in the Erika Foster series. A girl who‘s been missing for ages is found - murdered. Erika is on it, but her own life is turned up side down in many ways. Good plot, great character development. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #serieslove2023

Andrew65

Andrew65 Another of the many good series out there. Well done 👏👏👏 1y

Tove_Reads @andrew65 I‘ve read at least 180 chapters today - stopped counting 🤣🫣🤷🏼‍♀️ 1y

Andrew65 @Tove_Reads That‘s a lot 🙌🙌🙌 1y

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andrew61

Love Like Blood | Mark Billingham

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Last weekend's reading was 14th in the excellent Tom Thorne series which never fails. Here a DS ,whose partner has recently been murdered is on compassionate leave and asks Tom to help as she seeks revenge. The search moves into the realm of honour killing and Tom's lack of sensitivity stirs the waters.

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Only the Truth | Adam Croft

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Normally I wouldn't review a bail like this, but since it was one of my #22booksin22 for @jb72 's challenge, I thought I would mention it. This one has been on my Kindle since February 2017. Dan is traveling for work, as he always does, and is banging the hotel receptionist, as he apparently also always does (no matter where the hotel is). He comes back from supper to find his wife, who was supposedly at home 70 miles away, dead in the shower. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Instead of calling the police like a normal human being, Dan assumes that the police would blame him yadda yadda so he takes off. As he is getting in his car, the receptionist jumps in with him. He confesses to her what is going on and she's like “yeah you're right, we gotta get out of here! I'll come, too!!“ And right there, within the first 50 pages of the book, I was already pretty much checked out, because this story already didn't ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) make much sense. Over the next few chapters, Jess is magically calm and in control - Dan comments on it CONSTANTLY how he's panicking but Jess just “knows what to do“ (which definitely isn't SUSPICIOUS, right DAN?!). The foreshadowing was incredibly heavy and clunky, but I found myself doubting it, because what could Jess's motive possibly be?? She just met Dan two days before and never met his wife, right?? There was this weird ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) flashback thing going on where we see parts of Dan's childhood where he was living in an orphanage run by nuns who were, of course, abusive, as all nuns are, right? It also makes perfect sense that nuns would be in charge of an all-boy orphanage where the boys live until they're 16. It also makes perfect sense that the nuns would regularly be visited by a random man who has no particular connection to the church that I could determine ⬇ 2y

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) and apparently just shows up to rape boys?? The nuns are cool with it?? When Dan fights back and the police get called in, the boys are like “oh this random dude who visits the nuns is obviously a Very Good Guy so we just need you to behave yourself and be grateful that you aren't on the streets, why would we call Child Protective Services or look into this at all?“ What!?!?!? This entire childhood flashback story literally also made no ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) sense and was driving me absolutely crazy.

For someone who wasn't going to talk about this book I am really rambling on. If you want to know the spoiler ending, because I skipped to the end, I'll post it below. However, I didn't find the flashback conclusion so I still have no idea why it was remotely relevant or necessary to the rest of the story, and I didn't care enough to try to find those particularly passages lol (edited) 2y

TheAromaofBooks Guys, obviously Jess was abused by her stepdad when she was young and she's also a psychopath who literally burned down her house with mom and stepdad inside of it to kill them and now gets jobs at random hotels around England and has sex with guys who are married to “test“ them and then destroys their lives!! It makes perfect sense that to “punish“ Dan (a stranger) she would lure his wife to the hotel and murder her! Way to score one against ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) against the patriarchy, Jess!!! I just...?!!??!!? How does that remotely make sense!?!?!?!? And even setting that aside, how did she know Dan was going to do a runner?? The entire rest of this “ruining his life“ thing hinges on him running out and jumping in his car and taking off - NOT logical behavior! Yet that's what she “planned“ to have happen!??! I just couldn't read this book any more because my eyes were rolling too hard 😂 2y

MicheleinPhilly This review is golden. 😂 2y

jb72 Loved the review! 2y

TrishB Brilliant 😁 2y

Clare-Dragonfly Oh my goodness 😂😂😂 2y

TheAromaofBooks @MicheleinPhilly @jb72 @TrishB @Clare-Dragonfly - Thank you for enjoying this one... once I got started I apparently had a lot more rage bottled up than I anticipated! 😂 2y

Laughterhp Hahaha oh my goodness 🤣🤣 2y

bthegood The best recap of a bailed book EVER!! Thank you for making me smile this morning - make a great day 🌞 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Laughterhp @bthegood - I got a little carried away 😂 2y

robinb So…did you like it?? 😆 2y

TheAromaofBooks @robinb - Well, it wasn't my favorite read of the month 😂 2y

robinb @TheAromaofBooks 😂😂😂 2y

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andrew61

Time of Death | Mark Billingham

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#20in4 @Andrew65
I definitely read 20 chapters yesterday of the 13th in the great Tom Thorne series. Here Tom and Helen Weekes are on holiday when the disappearance of a teenage girl in the Midlands Town where Helen grew up leads them into the centre of an investigation where Tom's heavy handed methods are not welcome to the local police.
Not sure I'll get 20 hours reading in before Tuesday but should make some headway in my current read.

Andrew65 Fantastic, well done 👏👏👏 2y

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Cazxxx

Find Them Dead | Peter James

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Another good one in the series. A bit different to his usual books as it‘s set in a courtroom a lot of the time. Still very enjoyable

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