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Goodreads Synopsis: Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective’ work on the internet (AKA checking up on her son to see if he’s dating anybody yet). But when Vera wakes... Continue Reading →
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. Today's Book: A Beautiful Heist by Kim Foster Publisher: Kensington Publishing Publication Date: June 6, 2013 Date Read: December 27, 2014 Favorite Quote: “Sooner or later everyone behaves badly. Some of us... Continue Reading →
“Everyone needs things that serve no greater purpose than to make them happy.”― Kelley Armstrong, A Stitch in Time Goodreads Synopsis: Thorne Manor has always been haunted… and it has always haunted Bronwyn Dale. As a young girl, Bronwyn could pass through a time slip in her great-aunt's house, where she visited William Thorne, a boy her... Continue Reading →
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. This week I decided to go with a series instead of just one book. Today's Books: Cooking Class Mysteries Publisher: Berkley Published: 2006-2009 Series Description on Goodreads Annie Capshaw, recently divorced, and... Continue Reading →
Top Five Wednesday is a Goodreads group that responds to weekly bookish prompts. May 17th: Mysteries May is considered “Mystery Month,” so let’s share some of our favorite mystery reads! I prefer mysteries which are not graphic, and focus more on characterization and motive. I read an occasional thriller, but lean more towards historical or... Continue Reading →
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. Today's book: Snow White Red-Handed by Maia Chance Publishers: Berkely Prime Crime Publication Date:November 4, 2014 Date Read: September 3, 2016 My Rating: 4 stars Favorite Quote: Goodreads Synopsis: Miss Ophelia Flax... Continue Reading →
"I knew I was keeping it together by only the thinnest of threads, but that was better than not keeping it together at all." Paige Shelton, Thin Ice Goodreads Synopsis: Beth Rivers is on the run - she's doing the only thing she could think of to keep herself safe. Known to the world as... Continue Reading →
The Pirate Vishnu Goodreads Synopsis: A century-old treasure map of San Francisco's Barbary Coast. Sacred riches from India. Two murders, one hundred years apart. And a love triangle... Historian Jaya Jones has her work cut out for her. 1906. Shortly before the Great San Francisco Earthquake, Pirate Vishnu strikes the San Francisco Bay. An ancestor... Continue Reading →
The Survivors by Jane Harper I discovered Jane Harper when I was planning my trip to Australia in 2018. Harper does a great job of capturing the Australian terrain and lifestyle. Aside from the setting, I love that her books are character driven mysteries. Even minor characters feel real. Kieran Elliott's changed forever as a... Continue Reading →
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