police procedural

Finding out What She Knew

This week I am reading What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan. I don’t think I’ve read anything else by this author, but I would definitely read another. It has been a good read so far.

The “she” in the title refers to Rachel Jenner, a mom who is out walking in the woods with her son one day when he disappears, apparently kidnapped. It is a good police procedural/psychological suspense novel. Multiple perspectives, you get to see things from the mother’s point of view and the lead investigator’s, as they are both looking back on what happened.

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Dive into The Waters of Eternal Youth

Today’s book is The Waters of Eternal Youth by Donna Leon (which I thought was interesting, as Ponce de Leon was supposed to have found the Fountain of Eternal Youth— But this is book number 25 in the Commissario Brunetti series and appears to be the only book with any eternal youth references.) In this case, “eternal youth” does not refer to the body not aging, but to a character whose development was stymied by hypoxic brain damage after a near drowning in one of the canals.

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Dark Water under the Bridge and other Police Procedurals

It is release day for Dark Water under the Bridge, book #3 of the Parks Pat Mysteries series!

These quick reads can be read as stand alone mysteries, or read the whole series to get your fill of the characters and beautiful settings!

They are free of sex, gore, and swearing, so you can be confident in reading and sharing them with others.

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An Italian Treat: Rounding the Mark

With 28 books in the series, I feel like I should have run into Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano Mysteries before now! These are English translations of the original Italian, a series of Police Procedurals set in Sicily, full of sensory and culinary detail. Rounding the Mark is book #7 in the series. While Inspector Montalbano is threatening to resign, I would assume by the fact that there are 21 more books following this one, that he never quite gets around to retiring.

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