PK the Bookeemonster: Izza slow week

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Izza slow week

Wednesday

I finished DEADLY SUMMER NIGHTS by Vicki Delany. 1st of 3 in Catskill resort historical mystery.

I'm giving it 2.5 stars. The murder didn't happen until the end of chapter 5 because of world building. I'm all for creating the sense of place and time in such a unique setting, but with a mystery, ya gotta be quicker on the crime. I'll admit, I skimmed the last half just to finish. It wasn't a bad read; it may have been the wrong timing for me. But also, IMHO, the pacing was slow. This is counting as this weekend's Scavenger Hunt for the reading group with the prompt "Summer".

The next Scavenger Hunt is the following weekend with the prompt "White on the Cover". These are the ones I'm considering. Some I already have, a couple I have as library loans, some are ones I have been meaning to read so this may be the nudge I need.

And I will be starting A TWIST IN TIME by Julie McElwain. 2nd of 5 in Kendra Donovan time travel mystery series.

When Kendra Donovan’s plan to return to the 21st century fails, leaving her stranded in 1815, the Duke of Aldridge believes he knows the reason—she must save his nephew, who has been accused of brutally murdering his ex-mistress.Former FBI agent Kendra Donovan’s attempts to return to the twenty-first century have failed, leaving her stuck at Aldridge Castle in 1815. And her problems have just begun: in London, the Duke of Aldridge’s nephew Alec—Kendra’s confidante and lover—has come under suspicion for murdering his former mistress, Lady Dover, who was found viciously stabbed with a stiletto, her face carved up in a bizarre and brutal way. Lady Dover had plenty of secrets, and her past wasn’t quite what she’d made it out to be. Nor is it entirely in the past—which becomes frighteningly clear when a crime lord emerges from London’s seamy underbelly to threaten Alec. Joining forces with Bow Street Runner Sam Kelly, Kendra must navigate the treacherous nineteenth century while she picks through the strands of Lady Dover’s life. As the noose tightens around Alec’s neck, Kendra will do anything to save him, including following every twist and turn through London’s glittering ballrooms, where deception is the norm—and any attempt to uncover the truth will get someone killed.

Published 2017; 452 pages.

A fantasy trilogy - originally published in 2001 but I read in 2015/2016 -- I absolutely loved and adored was reissued in trade paperback yesterday because a fourth book (!) is being released in August. They were there when I got home from work which made me very happy.