Other Girl Books, mystery and non-mystery, I've found on my Kindle:
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Other Girl Books, mystery and non-mystery, I've found on my Kindle:
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From my bookshelves:
The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith, October 2016, Simon Schuster
Genre: WWII historical fiction, romance
The setting is Venice during the time of Mussolini in WWII, the German occupation of Italy during and just after the war, with the various partisans and their politics. Holding all this together is a love story between a simple fisherman and a girl he found floating in the lagoon, feigning death for her safety.
I learned a lot more about Italy during the war and the role of Il Duce, who changed sides during the war and who was shot by partisans at the end.
Book beginning:
Without a moon, small islands disappeared and Venice sank into the dark. Stars, however, were so brilliant that Cenzo felt drawn to them, even as mud oozed between his toes. The faint report of church bells carried over the lagoon, from farms drifted the smell of manure, and once or twice he caught the tremolo of a German gunboat plowing the water.
Page 56:
"The SS is raiding hospitals. It makes no sense," Cenzo said.
Would you read on?
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Genre: psychological thriller
This novel is for next month's library book club, which rarely schedules thrillers. Someone at the library must have really liked this book!
My goodreads comments:
The mystery had me guessing till near the end, when I saw the only solution to the questions the story presented. So the ending was not a total surprise, but to have so many bad guys in the picture was different.
This interesting psychological thriller had many serious themes: PTSD, child abuse, family dysfunction, mental illness, and of course, murderous individuals.
For a book tour:
A Mother's Tale and Other Stories by Khanh Ha. I've finished the first two of many stories: tales of war and the aftermath of war.
Other reading:
I have numerious ebooks on my reader, but these days I prefer to read paper books from the library.
I'm also not getting used to the cooler weather. I'm not ready for flannel pjs as yet!
What are you reading this week?
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The Guide by Peter Heller, August 24, 2021, Knopf
Genre: thriller set in Colorado
Source: library book
My comments:
A thriller set in modern days, in an isolated area of Colorado, where the very wealthy go for R & R and for fly fishing. Our main character, Jack, is the assigned guide for a famous young singer, Alison, whose only interest is in enjoying the lodge and its amenities for fishing during her week-long stay.
The two get into deep waters, however, when they suspect there is something more sinister going on at the lodge than harmless outdoor recreation, and they risk their lives trying to find out the problem, and to fix it.
Nature lovers will enjoy the author's prose and descriptions of the surroundings, the canyon, river, forests, and fly fishing itself. They will also get pulled into the story that becomes more complex and compelling, as time goes on, than a leisurely time on the river.
Next on my reading list:
Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews, Matrch 2, 2021, Little, Brown & Co. Genre: suspense Source: library bookI almost didn't borrow this book because I thought the title was unimaginative and the cover too subtle. But then I glanced at the book blurb and thought the novel was just up my alley. A case of an assistant assuming an author's identity during a trip to Morocco. Just enough suspense to get my attention.
What are you reading this week?
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What are you reading this week?
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The Cat and the City by Nick Bradley, August 1, 2021, Atlantic Books
Genre: stories set in Tokyo. Source: library book
Book beginning:
Tattoo
Kentaro held the cup of hot coffee to his lips and blew at the rising steam. The back office of his tattoo parlor was dimly lit, and the light from his laptop screen gave his dirty white stubble a blueish hue. Reflected in his glasses, a long list of links on an open webpage scrolled up slowly. His hand gripped a Blutooth mouse, the buttons covered with greasy finger marks...
Page 56:
Street Fighter II (Turbo)
The screen froze, went white, then displayed two words.
GAME OVER
"What the hell!" I beat the side of the machine with my fist. "Come on."
Comments from readers...interlocking stories of cats, Tokyo, loneliness and redemption. (David Mitchell, via Twitter)
The Cat and The City is a love letter to Japan and its literature.... He is also very clearly a man with a great tenderness for cats. (Rowan Hisayo Buchanan)
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What are you reading this week?
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