Books to be read:
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra, May 3, 2022, Pegasus Crime. Source: from publisher for possible review
The first in a cozy crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, India, featuring sari-wearing detective Kaveri and her husband Ramu. The two are determined to find the real killer who struck at the Century Club party.
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Source: review ARC from publisher
The Other Family by Wendy Corsi Staub, February 8, 2022
a family making a fresh start moves into a house which was the site of an unsolved triple homicide."
There's a problem right there, in my opinion - choosing the wrong house for a young family! But this may make a better thriller.
There's a problem right there, in my opinion - choosing the wrong house for a young family! But this may make a better thriller.
Genre: international thriller
About: The novel follows Ariel Price, newly married, after she wakes up in her hotel room during a business trip to Lisbon. Her husband is nowhere in sight and she must find answers to his disappearance on her own.
I haven't started on the first two books and am finishing up the last two ARCs.
Oh my goodness...no! The Other Family sounds terrifying. Why would you bring your young family to a house like that? Even a bargain wouldn't entice me.
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Seems the family didn't know the history of the house before they moved in. Still makes for a scary time.
DeleteInteresting to see another 1920s era woman in India. I'm a fan of the Sujata Massey tales of Perveen Mistry, the first female lawyer in Bombay, India in the 1920s.
ReplyDeletebest... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
I've enjoyed Massey's books and can't wait to see how this is similar or different.
DeleteThe Bangalore Detectives Club looks intriguing. I will look forward to your thoughts on it!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to reading it.
DeleteTwo Nights in Lisbon sounds really good. I don't think I've read a book set in Lisbon before. I hope you enjoy all these books.
ReplyDeleteSettings in books are important to me, so I gravitate to novels set in different places.
DeleteAll of these sound good to me. Hope you enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting, Mark.
DeleteI need to find more books set in India. It's one of the most populated countries, but I don't know much about it.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of books being written now by Indian or South Asian authors - mysteries, rom coms, literary fiction, etc.
DeleteTwo Nights in Lisbon sounds like something I would like-- and the author, Chris Pavone wrote a few other international thrillers about ex-pats that I never got to read.
ReplyDeleteI used to read all the Wendy Corsi Staub books, but that one sounds downright creepy. Hope they got a good price on a home that was a murder site-- the realtor has to disclose that, lol.
In the Other Family, the realtor didn't disclose the murders in the home they rented! They could have gotten out of the lease!
DeleteYeah that seems like a poor housing choice. I love the look of Bangalore as well.
ReplyDeleteEager to read Bangalaore. Lovely cover.
DeleteI loved The Other Family, and now I am very curious about An Honest Lie, with me as the lead character (Lorraine - Rainy), LOL.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your week!
I'm curious about An Honest Lie too, and Las Vegas!
DeleteIt looks like you've read and are reading some fun books this week. I'm going to add An Honest Lie and The Other Family to my TBR. Thanks for putting them on my radar. I hope you have a good week and thanks for stopping by my blog.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy both books!
DeleteEnjoy reading those books - it looks like a great selection. Have a good week.
ReplyDeleteI like the variety.
DeleteCurious about Two Nights in Lisbon as I would love to travel to there again someday... Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy novels set in foreign places that I'm curious about.
DeleteYour books look interesting, I hope you enjoy them :) Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting.
DeleteYour new books are giving you some interesting settings. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteAnne - Books of My Heart
Yes! India and Portugal!
DeleteThe Bangalore Detectives Club sure looks fun. Happy reading! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to getting into it!
DeleteThey all sound intriguing. Hope you enjoy them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting.
Deletethe Other Family and An Honest Lie looking really interesting.
ReplyDeleteBoth look like good thrillers.
DeleteThe Bangalore Detectives Club sounds like something I would really like. I enjoyed another book by Chris Pavone and and am interested in Two Nights in Lisbon. I hope you are enjoying it and your other current reads! Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed other books by Chris Pavone too.
DeleteComing up slowly; slow reader here, lol.
ReplyDeleteTwo Nights in Lisbon is appealing to me, lots of cool books you have! I am a fan of myseteries but I read other generes in between.
ReplyDeleteI like a mix of genres, yes.
DeleteI want to read Two Nights is Lisbon - sounds so good.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a good one!
DeleteI don't believe that I have read a book set in Lisbon before! Have a good week.
ReplyDeleteI haven't visited Portugal so the book interests me.
DeleteAll of your books sound good. I hope you enjoy them. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting, Kathy.
DeleteI keep saying I'm not a big cozy reader, but The Bangalore Detective Agency looks quite good.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week! - Melinda @ A Web of Stories
When its set in the past in India, it is probabaly quite different!
DeleteThe Bangalore has a lovely cover. The three thrillers all sound good too. Happy Reading!
ReplyDeleteRead one of the books and am finishing the second.
DeleteAll these books sound interesting! I look forward to hearing what you'll think of them.
ReplyDeleteI've reviewed the last two on goodreads.
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