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PennyK

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22. I'm deep into the Gaslight Mysteries

Sun Aug 5, 2018, 05:39 PM

Aug 2018

Author is Victoria Thompson. The take place in the 1890s in New York City, and each one is named for a different neighborhood. Our heroine is a midwife who solves murders alongside a police detective. Their relationship starts out rockily, but I have a feeling that will change over the course of the 21 books. Yeah! 21.

I pre-ordered Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding (arriving Tuesday) by Rhys Bowen, the next in the Royal Spyness series. Bowen is quite versatile, and has recently written two wartime books, In Fairleigh Field and The Tuscan Child.

I have to read fast because I'm having ptosis surgery on Friday...it will be audiobooks for me for a bit. But after that, I'll be able to see a whole page at a time!

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What Fiction are you reading this week, August 5, 2018? [View all] hermetic Aug 2018 OP

Just finished "Primordia' by Greig Beck. Trying to decide what is next. dameatball Aug 2018 #1

Ah, decisions decisions... hermetic Aug 2018 #5

yes, I already ordered it on Amazon. The first book was better than I expected. dameatball Aug 2018 #15

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Trumps tweets.... Glamrock Aug 2018 #3

I agree about your Connelly book Ohiogal Aug 2018 #4

Nice, thanks! hermetic Aug 2018 #7

Um, C.J. is a "him" Ohiogal Aug 2018 #8

Ooops hermetic Aug 2018 #9

Just finished Blackout, murielm99 Aug 2018 #6

I've GOT to read this one hermetic Aug 2018 #10

You need to read Blackout first, murielm99 Aug 2018 #16

One of all my all time favorites... Ohiya Aug 2018 #18

I've tried Connie Willis matt819 Aug 2018 #20

I'm reading old Agatha Christies.... dawg day Aug 2018 #11

I like your logic hermetic Aug 2018 #13

Me too! Basic LA Aug 2018 #26

I was disappointed with Origins dhol82 Aug 2018 #12

Thanks hermetic Aug 2018 #14

You could try The Lost Symbol or Inferno dhol82 Aug 2018 #17

Let's see matt819 Aug 2018 #19

David Rosenfelt hermetic Aug 2018 #21

I'm deep into the Gaslight Mysteries PennyK Aug 2018 #22

Lots of good stuff there hermetic Aug 2018 #23

Thanks for the thread, hermetic. Will put the Michael Connelly book on my list to japple Aug 2018 #24

I always get 3 books from the library each week, Tracer Aug 2018 #25

The Long Silence by Gerard O'Donovan PoorMonger Aug 2018 #27

Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura PoorMonger Aug 2018 #28