c.j.'s selections ten ten ten
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 | The Darkest Corners - Kara Thomas
I just finished this and wow. Lady knows how to spin a web. There are some slow bits, but it's worth sticking with. There are so many twists, so many threads that weave in surprising ways, and a lot of fun investigative stuff for the procedural lovers. |
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If You Find Me - Emily Murdoch
This book does not get enough credit. It's the story of two sisters in the deep woods, an abduction, a murder, a daring rescue. It's raw and shocking and tense. |
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| Pretty Girl-13 - Liz Coley
A crime after the fact. A kidnapping. Three years of amnesia. Angie is left broken, scattered into multiple personalities, and sorting through their secrets may be the only way to solve what happened to her. |
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Dead Girls Don't Lie - Jennifer Shaw Wolf
It begins with a murder. A gang hit, the police say. Easy to pin it on the migrant workers. But Jaycee doesn't believe it. Her investigation pits her against the darkest of enemies--the ones you never suspect.
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| Far From You - Tess Sharpe
Sophie's a junkie. An addict. So no one believes her that her best friend's murder was more than a drug deal gone wrong. And Sophie will face her own deepest secrets to reveal the truth. Such awesome friendship and romance, too.
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 | A Madness So Discreet - Mindy McGinnis
A historical crime thriller with Sherlock-inspired deduction, the genesis of criminal profiling, and asylums. Who doesn't love asylums? It's a chilling murder mystery that blurs the lines between justice and crime. |
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 | These Shallow Graves - Jennifer Donnelly
A little trite, but still a satisfying historical mystery, this time in the shinier part of the Victorian era. Jo can't believe that her father killed himself--literally. Her search for the truth leads her down a crooked pathway of shameful family secrets, alleyway gangsters, and the greatest adventure of her life. |
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 | The Steep and Thorny Way - Cat Winters
Murder most foul meets 1900s Oregon, where racial tensions are high and the murder of a black man is easy to pawn off as an accident. But Hanalee won't let her father's killer run free--even if it means exposing a whole town's evil underpinnings and jeopardizing her own life. |
Almost all of these are on my tbr list but I still haven't gotten my hands on a copy (local bookstores suck. ugh.). I've seen These Shallow Graves around but when I came back for it in the bookstore, it was gone.. but soon. definitely soon..
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Have not gotten to these books yet.
ReplyDeleteI love a good crime story and while I haven't read any of these, I've heard great things about A Madness So Discreet and These Shallow Graves especially so I'll likely start there but thanks for ALL of these recs CJ ♥
ReplyDeleteI hear peopel talk about Cat Winters ALL THE TIME and I so want to try one of her books!! And omg If You Find Me is spectacular and disturbing and so beautifully written and ajfdkalsd THOSE POOR SISTERS. I LOVE THAT BOOK. My favourite crime book is probably How To Lead a Life of Crime. Very evil. Very helpful. (I'm just kidding. XD It's not actually a "how to" book but STILLLLLL.) Here's my TTT!
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