Pages: 77, Kindle Edition

Published: 2011, Random House

I am big fan of Conan Doyle’s writings that include Sherlock Holmes and this year I realised I should try adaptions of same character written by other authors. After reading Martin Greenberg’s anthologies on Holmes’ Christmas Stories I came across Laurie R. Kings Mary Russell series. Mary Russell is a young girl that Holmes after retiring from being a Private Detective and relocating him in Sussex, takes an apprentice of. This short novella can be called the origin of this new series of adventure.

The plot is interesting but the adventure Sherlock Holmes pick up at the age of 54 to save his wealthy orphaned protégée is bit off for me in terms the time it takes to develop.

I did not enjoy this much not because the adaption of Holmes and Mrs. Hudson is actually accurate but the other main character, Mary Russell is too young and clearly being shown as a work in progress.

There isn’t much to conclude for me on the writing style since this book is only 77 pages and I am going to take my chances with her other books in which the characterisation is fully developed.

2 out of 5

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Expected publication: July 4th 2017 by Atlantic Monthly Press

Pages: 432

I have read and reviewed many British crime writers because they have that thrill even without much action, and generating that feeling of thrill & noir through their words is a skill of few. Christopher Brookmyre brings that thrills back to me in his latest book, The Last Hack which is part of continuing series about a reporter Jack Parlabane.

Before getting into details, let me brief you about the story this book revolves around. Do not worry, no spoilers here. This story is told through the perspectives of Jack and Sam. Two interesting characters with a very different background and set of actions. Sam Morpeth has had to grow up way too fast, left to fend for a younger sister with learning difficulties when their mother goes to prison and watching her dreams of university evaporate.

But Sam learns what it is to be truly powerless when a stranger begins to blackmail her online, drawing her into a trap she may not escape alive. Meanwhile, reporter Jack Parlabane has finally got his career back on track, working for a flashy online news start-up, but his success has left him indebted to a volatile source on the wrong side of the law. Now that debt is being called in, and it could cost him everything.

Thrilling, isn’t it? What more thrilling I find are the real-time details from cyber hacking world that author feeds the reader. First few chapters are so hooking and exciting for me personally, that I could easily imagine when Brookmyre decipher the process of  hacks. In between, he has mentioned real-time hackers as the infamous Sabu and hacking communities such as Anonymous, and LulzSec. This clearly reflects how well researched Brookmyre is whether due to passion and interest or due to duty of stating facts which is another question and only he can answer that. The plot clearly make sense with these details and with the set of actions following the point of views (POV) of both main characters which is how the plot moves forward.

One character I could relate to: Samantha. She is an example of struggling identity of a modern human with complete disconnect between the online personality and reality. Fascinating and engaging at the same time. This is a fast paced book and in no time you will be in the middle of the plot. But wait. There’s is still a something left. Even near the ending when I thought it is all over, it isn’t. The plot will surprise you from chapter 1, till the end.

This work is not a complete standalone story as the author provides some references from Jack’s distant past. However, the number of these references are minimal. You will be able to enjoy it even without the knowledge of Jack’s past novels. One additional thing might happen is that these references might hook you up to read any of the other 7 books in Jack Parlabance series.

If you have a weekend to spare, go for it.

4 out of 5

Note: I received this book from the publisher but that doesn’t mean my review is breaking any reviewing rules.

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I recently got my hands on Buzz Books 2017 Spring and Summer edition. After reading many excerpts, I am excited to share some titles that I am eagerly looking to read this year. Yet, I might not be able to read and finish all of them, the sole purpose of sharing these titles right now is that if you decide to read any of them, I hope to read your views on them.

The Last Hack: A Jack Parlabane Thriller

Publication Date: 4 July

Blurb: Internationally bestselling author Christopher Brookmyre, winner of the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and finalist for the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger for his most recent novel, Black Widow, is renowned for his black humor, remarkably well-drawn characters, and killer twists. His new Jack Parlabane thriller, The Last Hack, is his most unstoppable novel yet.

Sounds really exciting!

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Publication Date: 6 June

Blurb: From the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery. Masterful, clever, and relentlessly suspenseful, Magpie Murdersis a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction in which the reader becomes the detective.

He certainly impressed me with his Sherlock Holmes’ book. Let’s see what else he has in bag of mysterious tricks?

The Answers by Catherine Lacey

Publication Date: 6 June

Blurb: An urgent, propulsive novel about a woman learning to negotiate her ailment and its various aftereffects via the simulacrum of a perfect romantic relationship.

I was fascinated by Lacey’s writing in Nobody Is Ever Missing and I am looking more or same with her upcoming book.

Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane

Publication Date: 17 May

Blurb: Since We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel’s marriage. As does Rachel herself.

Sounds like Shutter Island all over right? 

Publication Date: 6 June

Blurb: A saga of love, family ties, and twisted passions from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obsession.

I have never read Nora Roberts before, may be it’s a good time to start?

Ten Dead Comedians by Fred Van Lente

Publication Date: 17 July

Blurb: A darkly clever take on Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None and other classics of the genre, Ten Dead Comedians is a marvel of literary ventriloquism, with hilarious comic monologues in the voice of every suspect. It’s also an ingeniously plotted puzzler with a twist you’ll never see coming!

Another Murder Mystery on the list of To Read and I think this one looks more closer to aforementioned Agatha Christie’s title.

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I must confess the Hercule Poirot is not one of my favourite detectives. Not even close. But that’s personal opinion. What I enjoy most Poirot’s cases or I must say, Agatha Christie’s writing is the how the cases unfold in the end after reaching the climax. This book has a brilliant ending, that’s all. No spoilers. I enjoy her writing which never fails to create a tension on the reader to get to the end of it. And Then There Were None is the best case scenario.

Curtain is the last novel starring Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. Narrated by Captain Hastings, Poirot’s friend who never fails to represent himself as a sidekick. Poriot has summoned Hastings to him in order for them to investigate one last case together at  Styles. Poirot now elderly and unable to walk is bound on a wheelchair. Even though in his pitiful situation, he assures his friend, Captain Hastings that he still the same man and his core, the mind, or the grey cells as Poirot refers to a multiple times are working as much as they were in their first meeting in The Mysterious Affair at Styles. He tells Hastings about a mysterious “X” who Poirot believes to be a connection in five murders. Poirot believes that “X” is going to strike again and someone at Styles will be murdered. Since Poirot cannot interview and pick people’s brains per usual, Hastings is to be his eyes, ears, and legs in this case.

Interesting point to note is that, Poirot is at his close to best in this book. The best book of Hercule Poirot that I have read and can recall, please note I have read very limited amounts of Poirot’s, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Other characters in this book are somewhat misleading but none of them gives a feeling of the usual red-herring until the read reaches the end of the book with narrator himself. There’s not much of Poirot’s mind games but nonetheless, I have came to a realisation, he’s not that sort of a detective.

Plot follows a steady pace, not so fast but nor a slow one. Some might feel an adrenaline rush in their bodies towards the end of the book. That’s where the climax is. Brilliantly done. This novel produces a clever solution that I desperately failed to even come close to. However, at the same time, I disliked that not a single hint or glimpse of an adrenaline rush, through a red-herring or something else, was given in between the tale. The author discuss the possible red-herrings just before the ending.

If you haven’t read it, go read it.

3 out of 5

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Ethan Cooke Security and their bodyguard team return to action in Deceiving Bella – book eleven in Cate Beauman’s Bodyguards of L.A. County series.

With over 7700 reviews and a 4.4 rating for the entire series, see why the Bodyguards of L.A. County is a multi-award winning series.

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Isabella Colby has always yearned for normalcy. Now that she’s settled in LA, she finally has it. Good friends, a pretty home, and her thriving career as the Palisades’ top skincare specialist are a dream come true. Bella is content until she meets her hunky new neighbor, but her attraction to the blue-eyed cutie is the least of her worries when contacting her long-lost father threatens to destroy her happy life.
Reed McKinley is more than ready to forget the past. His seven-year stint as an NYPD detective nearly got him killed. His wounds have healed and he’s starting over as Ethan Cooke Security’s latest recruit. With sixty-hour workweeks and little time to himself, the last thing on his mind is a relationship. Then he bumps into the gorgeous woman next door.

Reed and Bella become fast friends. Before long, Reed discovers that Bella is keeping dangerous secrets. Bella may have the answers to decades-old questions he’s been searching for. Reed will risk it all to uncover the truth, but he soon realizes that the deeper he digs, the direr the consequences.

The Unofficial Deceiving Bella Soundtrack

I love music! I can’t imagine a world without catchy tunes playing, especially when I’m writing. Music is inspiration. Melodies, beats, and the mood of each song help me portray emotions and feelings as I tell a story. It’s a rare day when I don’t have my headphones in place, bopping my head, while my fingers race across the keyboard. You can listen to the “soundtrack” for each book on my website www.catebeauman.com.

The soundtrack, of sorts, for Deceiving Bella:

• Favorite Song by Ben Rector
• Lay It All On Me by Rudimental w/Ed Sheeran
• Into You by Ariana Grande
• Cake by the Ocean by DNCE
• Truth by Steve Moakler
• Any Other Name by Thomas Newman
• Rock Bottom by Hailee Steinfeld
• All I Want by Kodaline
• Crash by Usher
• Stand By You by Rachel Platten

Cate Beauman “Fun Facts!”

1. Most of my story ideas come from watching hours of crime television/documentaries.
2. Music is a major part of my writing process. Great songs are very motivating—kind of like when you find an amazing jam to exercise to.
3. I like to try recipes I think my characters would want to eat.
4. I often dream that my finger is stuck on the delete key or that I’m rewriting scenes that are perfectly fine.
5. When I’m writing the first draft of a new book, I hardly sleep.
6. My husband reads every word I write and critiques my stories.
7. When I get writer’s block I take a shower. For some reason it seems to get ideas flowing again!
8. I usually fill an entire spiral notebook with additional ideas for a story by the time I’ve completed a novel.
9. At some point during each novel, I’m certain I don’t want to be a writer any more. Then I finish the book and I can’t imagine doing anything else.
10. I keep notebooks in my car, purse, etc. because I never know when an idea will come to me.

Read an excerpt from Deceiving Bella:

They kept a slow pace, strolling in silence as the breeze plastered their clothes to their bodies and the constant sound of waves hypnotized, lulling Reed into relaxing by degrees.

“Thanks for coming with me tonight. It’s nice having company.”

He looked at Bella, staring at the fading light playing off her eyes. “The water smells better than a bunch of sweaty guys.”

“Your gym.” Her brow creased ever so slightly as she held his gaze. “What do you do for fun?”

“Work and box.”

“Sounds…like a good time.”

“I like it.”

“Do you smile?”

He frowned. “Huh?”

“I was wondering if you ever smile—or laugh. I haven’t seen you do either since we met.”

He sent her an exaggerated grin.

She laughed.

He smiled for real this time, finding her laughter infectious.

“You do smile. I wasn’t sure if you had some sort of facial paralysis we hadn’t discussed yet.”

He grinned.

“You should do that more often.” She hooked her arm through his.

He almost missed a step as the warmth of her skin met his, surprised by her casual gesture. He wasn’t used to people being so touchy-feely. “I do it plenty.”

“I’ll have to take your word for it.”

How was it possible she smelled even better now that they stood so close? It had to be her hair. “I don’t know what to say to that.”

She stopped abruptly. “Are you seeing anyone?”

He studied her, not sure that he liked where this was going. “No. You interested?”

She shook her head. “You’re not really my type.”

He tried to ignore the direct hit to his ego. “You’re not mine either.”

Another smile warmed her face. “I think we could be great friends, and I like projects—love them, actually.”

His frown returned. “And that means…”

“It means I like you. And I love that you don’t seem to have any interest in getting into my pants.”

Years of concealing any and all facial expressions kept his eyes from popping wide. “Wow.” He ran his hand through his hair, speechless once again. “Okay.”

She laughed. “I’m a big fan of honesty—putting it right out there.”

He chuckled as he settled his sunglasses on top of his head. “Clearly.”

They started walking again.

“There’s something about you that feels…safe.”

He raised his brow, taken aback. He’d been called many things, but this was a first. “Safe?”

She nodded. “Safe. It’s a good thing, but you’re pretty serious. We need to lighten you up. You need to play more.”

“I play plenty. I box.”

She scoffed, “Beating someone’s face in can’t lead you down the road to happiness.”

Her side brushed his with every step. He imagined he should ease away, break their connection, but he liked the way she felt, that she trusted him. “There’s more to boxing than beating someone’s face in.”

She looked at him as if she wasn’t so sure.

“I’ll have to show you—” He glanced over his shoulder when he realized they hadn’t seen Lucy for a while and laughed as the dog lay on her back in the sand with her front paws in the air. “What is she doing?”

“Sunbathing.”

He laughed again, shaking his head. “I’ve never seen anything like that.” His eyes met Bella’s as she stared at him. “What?”

“You have a great laugh.”

To his surprise, he was having a great time. It shocked him further that he liked Bella as much as she seemed to like him. Being here with her was exactly what he’d needed. “How long do you want to stay?”

“The sun sets soon. It’s the best part.”

The sand wasn’t bothering him much, and he couldn’t remember the last time his shoulders felt so loose. “I don’t have a blanket.”

“We can sit on our shoes.” She tossed hers down. “We can plunk ourselves right here.”

Lucy rolled to her side, stood, and ran their way.

He shrugged, dropping his flip-flops to the ground. “I guess this is as good a place as any.”

“It’ll be spectacular.” She took his hand, pulling him down next to her. “You won’t regret it.”

“We’ll have to remember a blanket next time.”

She smiled. “You want to come back?”

He stared ahead, petting Lucy when she curled up next to him, breathing in Bella with each inhalation. “I could see myself doing this again.”

She gave his shoulder a bump. “Good. You can be my beach buddy.”

He nodded, liking the idea. “Yeah, sure.”

“Great.”

“Great.” He crossed his ankles in the sand, his foot brushing Bella’s as they settled in to enjoy the show. It had been too damn long since he watched a sunset.

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International bestselling author Cate Beauman is known for her full-length, action-packed romantic suspense series, The Bodyguards of L.A. County. Her novels have been nominated for the National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, National Indie Excellence Award, Golden Quill Award, Writers Touch Award, and have been named Readers Favorite Five Star books. In 2015, JUSTICE FOR ABBY was selected as the Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Gold Medalist, while SAVING SOPHIE took the Silver Medal. SAVING SOPHIE was also selected as the 2015 Readers Crown Award winner for Romantic Suspense and FALLING FOR SARAH received the silver medal for the 2014 Readers’ Favorite Awards.

Cate makes her home in North Carolina with her husband, two boys, and their St. Bernards, Bear and Jack. Currently Cate is working on her twelfth full length romantic suspense novel.

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Rebus is back. And he’s not getting old, age seem just a number for him and his creator, Ian Rankin. He’s 21 books old now. Rather Be The Devil is the new entitlement released on November, 3rd. When I heard earlier this year that Ian Rankin has rejected to my request for an interview with for a third time in three years, I thought, ‘Oh Boy! Either I am a pretty bad interviewer or he’s upto something really good. Probably a new Rebus novel. I’ll take that gladly, sir.’

Rebus is into his retirement for almost a couple of years now. But curiosity is a disease and when one’s neurone start sending the type of electrical signals, the giant awakens. Mind gets to work and pulls bits and pieces out of the back of itself. It happens to humans, generally. Nonetheless, Rebus breathe and lives to the extent you can almost smell the cigarette he’s been smoking, but not this time, anyway.

So now you know the process, Rebus mind draws his conscious attention to a cold case from 1970s involving a murder of a female socialite in one of the Edinburgh’s luxurious hotels. An unturned stone for over forty years, and no one was found guilty. Lacking hobbies in his sixties, Rebus, starts up a personal investigation with series of meetings with some old frenemies like Big Ger Cafferty and an ex-cop. Things have already begin to turn nasty in Edinburgh when both DI Siobhan Clarke and Malcolm Fox come across each other once again despite their lack of communication over time to look into those nastier things themselves. Local crime boss and entrepreneur is hurt. Money problems, shell companies, skeletons in the closet and a dangerous mobster hovering over the city of Edinburgh.

What I like about this book the most is the characterisation in this novel is mature enough. Accurate. Or if there’s better word. There are no side-kicks or underdeveloped characters. For example, let’s take a look on John Rebus. As I have mentioned before and in this essay, Rebus is a living creature. He has his own way of thinking, talking, his own demons and the terrifying nature of being alone. He is difficult to define in an exact single word, just like any other human being. It is just the complexity. Like Rebus other characters like Malcolm Fox and Big Ger Cafferty are compelling and unique. You can’t ignore them and not think of them like they are in front of your eyes when they are introduced in the text. This thing drove me to read each and every John Rebus novel, to understand the complexity, his tangled humanity.

Other than characters the plot is not flat as you may find in most crime fiction novels. The beauty of Edinburgh reflects in this book too. It is a good thing that Rankin inhabits the place where he has set his characters. There is a surprise and I bet you cannot crack the whole story before reaching the end. This books plot makes it unique because of this spirally twisty plot.

I personally want to thank Mr. Rankin for writing this novel and maybe this time when I contact him for the interview he’d have time to spare for some questions. What a birthday gift.

Highly Recommended.

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Lord Peter Wimsey, as I like to imagine, is an unusual sort of character to be a detective in detective fiction with his reputation in London’s Society and the wealth of his family.

In good sense, he is curious, just like Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson, he has his own sidekick in the form of Bunter who is his butler and is almost all the time associated at his command. (Bunter also  buy books for his lordship is his lordship is unable to attend an auction of rare books, and does not overspends. How good is that!) If the reader is familiar with the writings of P.G. Wodehouse, on reading Whose Body? will believe at first that Lord Peter Wimsey is a creation of the wit and humour essentially provided by Mr. Wodehouse.

Lastly, my friend Emmie on her fascinating book blog Another of Reading, discussed in a blog post about how she is reading 5 books at one time. Haven’t read multiple books at same time in months,her post got me thinking, and with the finale of this week, I am ending it up with Wilkie Collins’ Woman in White & Dante Alighieri’s La Divina Commedia’s second part: Purgatorio.

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This one certainly one of the most famous Agatha Christie’s crime tale. Whomsoever I am talking with about crime fiction, does bring up Agatha Christie (even if they haven’t read her). The queen of crime as they like to call her, but Hercule Poirot certainly not the king of detectives.

Murder on the Orient Express is a renowned locked room mystery. A locked room mystery, if elaborated is a crime that sounds impossible to ensue. The plot starts on the famous Orient Express train that promises to take her passengers to a journey across the Europe, but is stuck somewhere in between due to heavy snow. Now this is a real incident, an experience the queen of crime has shared with us, her readers from the memorabilia of her life.

This locked room mystery is based on the whole coach of the Orient Express and Hercule Poirot happens to be in that coach. The deed is done, the culprit runs away and Poirot is given the task of bringing the culprit into the spotlight and by deducing his every move, to satisfy his own curiosity as well as the readers of the book.

The book is fast paced, a companion that arouses some amount of thrill in one’s mind as it moves forward with Poirot being clever with his investigation. The characters are developed through conversations between the investigator and each character. As the deed of deduction goes on, I realised the book is loosing its thrill. The queen of crime fails to grab my attention by the end of the book unlike she has done before. I was intact, calm and not thrilled at all on hearing Poirot’s terminating conclusion which I had guessed a few pages back when he is in middle of elaborating every passenger’s identity with his investigation.

But that’s not the case of the lost thrill, after reading And Then There Were None (another wondrous locked room mystery) and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd I had my expectations held up high which is an unsatisfactory thing to do so. I would say go ahead, and read this one. If you are acquiring the world of Christie and coming to point where hers and yours adjoin, welcome, this is a good novel to start. Otherwise if you are familiar with her and haven’t read this one (like I procrastinated for years), you have to.

3 out of 5!

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Hanging Garden is Rankin’s complete novel and is 9th John Rebus novel, and becomes more fascinating.

My Rating 5 out of 5!

It’s winter and what will be better, if not be in Russia. At least Tom Rob Smith’s Child 44 can take us there. Stalin’s Soviet Union, a paradise in books but not in reality. This thrilling novel is the first of Leo Demidov’s trilogy.

My Rating: 4 out of 5  

Another gripping novel, full of thrill and after reading it, there will be some amount of adrenaline rush left inside you. Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

My Rating 4 out of 5

Three years since its publication and it continues giving chills to who ever reads it. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

My Rating 4 out of 5

The latest edition to John Rebus saga, yes it’s Even Dogs in the Wild, released last month in November.

My Rating 3 out of 5

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The evolution and popularity of the genre increased in late nineteenth century in UK and USA, offering cheap paperbacks and mass producing them. Author like Arthur Conan Doyle made a huge contribution in the development of this literary genre for the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.

If we have to categorise crime fiction genre, we must do it in two parts as follows:

• Whodunit
• Locked room mystery

Now, the subgenre whodunit is the most common form of the this fictional category. It features a plot driven story in which a reader is supplied with clues to identify the executioner or the commuter of crime before the solution is revealed in the end. The best examples are Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose and Gillian Flynn’s Dark Places. The whodunit is vast and is written in many ways. Spy novels, legal thrillers, police procedurals, and psychological suspenses are some ways.

The Locked Room Mysteries is another kind of whodunit but with a special condition in between that is the crime is committed under an impossible circumstance which happens to be that no intruder could have tempered as in entered or left what is now called the crime scene. Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, and Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four.

Crime Fiction is a huge category in itself under the fiction and is a widely read genre. We all might not be having thrilling jobs as those detectives do, most of us don’t get to carry flashy badges and nor we carry those Beretta’s and Glocks but we do like to be thrilled in our beds, practice our own deducing abilities and feel a bit accomplished if we solve the written mystery that we are holding in our hands before it is supposed to be.

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