A Potpourri of Opinions

  Partners In Crime (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries #2) Agatha Christie Orig. Pub. June 7, 1929 Genre: Mystery Rating: 3 🍷🍷🍷 Summary: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leap at the chance. Their first case is a success—the triumphant recovery of a pink pearl. Other cases soon follow—a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates. But can they live up to their slogan of "Any case solved in 24 hours"? My thoughts: This is my first Tommy and Tuppence book and I enjoyed the refreshingly witty relationship that the two had. The overarching plot was that the two were posing as the owners of the Blunt's Detective Agency in order to assist Scotland Yard with apprehending Russian spies. During the course of their time at the agency they took on other cases to solve. With each case they atte...

  Any Where You Run Wanda M. Morris Publication Date: October 25, 2022 by William Morrow & Company, Harper Audio Genre: Historical Thriller Rating: 4 👢👢👢👢 Summary: From the award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets comes yet another gripping, suspenseful novel where, after the murder of a white man in Jim Crow Mississippi, two Black sisters run away to different parts of the country . . . but can they escape the secrets they left behind? It's the summer of 1964 and three innocent men are brutally murdered for trying to help Black Mississippians secure the right to vote. Against this backdrop, twenty-one year old Violet Richards finds herself in more trouble than she's ever been in her life. Suffering a brutal attack of her own, she kills the man responsible. But with the color of Violet's skin, there is no way she can escape Jim Crow justice in Jackson, Mississippi. Before anyone can find the body or finger her as the killer, she decides to run. With the help o...

  The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams (Daughters of La Lune #4) M. J. Rose Publication date: Feb. 7, 2023 by Blue Box Press Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 5 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Summary: A captivating tale of two passionate women separated by decades but united by a shared vision. One, the famous jeweler Suzanne Belperron, fighting to protect her company and rescue the man she loves. The other, a young auctioneer whose exceptional gifts reveal a secret that endangers her very life. “Only one thing saves you, and that is not losing sight of beauty.” Paris, 1942. Suzanne Belperron is known as one of the most innovative jewelers of her time. Elsa Schiaparelli and the Duchess of Windsor are just two of her many illustrious clients. What no one knows is that Suzanne and her dear friend, American socialite Dixie Osgood, have been helping transport hundreds of Jewish families out of France since the war began. But now, the war has come to Suzanne’s front door—the Nazis have arrested her business partne...

  The Motion Picture Teller Colin Cotterill Publication date: Jan. 17, 2023 by SoHo Crime Genre: Mystery Rating: 3 🍷🍷🍷 Summary: An enchanting new standalone novel from CWA Dagger winner Colin Cotterill, set in Bangkok: a mystery without a crime, where the line between fact and fiction blurs, and nothing is as simple as it appears Thailand, 1996: Supot, a postman with the Royal Thai Mail service, hates his job. The only bright spot in his life is watching classic movies with his best friend, Ali, the owner of a video store. These cinephiles adore the charisma of the old Western stars, particularly the actresses, and bemoan the state of modern Thai cinema—until a mysterious cassette, entitled Bangkok 2010, arrives at Ali’s store. Bangkok 2010 is a dystopian film set in a near-future Thailand—and Supot and Ali, immediately obsessed, agree it’s the most brilliant Thai movie they’ve ever seen. But nobody else has ever heard of the movie, the director, the actors, or any of the crew. ...