Monthly Archives: July 2018

Current Reading: Rhys Bowen, Lissa Evans

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Rick Robinson

I hope you’re having a pleasant Summer, enjoying the green, beautiful world and also getting some reading done. Here’s my reading of late. In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen. Historical Mystery. The setting is early World War II and Paris has … Continue reading →

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FFB: Crime Through Time edited by Monfredo & Newman

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Rick Robinson

This is a revised version of a post that originally appeared in The Broken Bullhorn Crime Through Time edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo & Sharan Newman Berkeley Prime Crime 1997 – paperback – historical mystery short story collection I have been reading a … Continue reading →

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Current Reading – Gailey, Dozois, Goldman

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Rick Robinson

It’s hot! Thank goodness for books and air conditioning. Here’s what I’ve been reading. River of Teeth, and Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey collected in American Hippo. Fantasy. These are two novelettes (perhaps novellas, not positive about the word count) set in … Continue reading →

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FFB: The Jewel That Was Ours by Colin Dexter

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Rick Robinson

The Jewel That Was Ours by Colin Dexter, Ballantine (Ivy), 1991, paperback, mystery, police procedural – Inspector Morse This is Inspector Morse’s ninth outing, if I have the count right, and though I’ve tried to read these in order it’s been a while … Continue reading →

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Current Reading, July 16: Ryan, Horowitz, McBride, Cole

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Rick Robinson

Confession: I’m still catching up, so some of these were read slightly more than a month ago. The Other Woman by Hank Phillips Ryan – thriller/mystery – One of the many blogs I visit is Jungle Red Writers, contributed to by seven or … Continue reading →

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FFB: West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Gar

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Rick Robinson

another in my series of forgotten or seldom read books West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Gar by Raoul Whitfield – Altus Press, May 11, 2013 (edited by the Black Mask Library series general editor Keith Alan Deutsch) I … Continue reading →

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Current Reading July 9, 2018 – McGown, Buck

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Rick Robinson

Murder At the Old Vicarage by Jill McGown – I liked the first couple of the Lloyd and Hill detective stories I read, the first two in the series, and this seemed like a good one to try next. However, … Continue reading →

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FFB: Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming edited by Gardner Dozois

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Rick Robinson

Another in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming edited by Gardner Dozois, 2001 St. Martin’s Griffin trade paperback I’ve long admired the editing of Gardner Dozois, and I have many of his anthologies, … Continue reading →

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Current Reading July 2, 2018

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Rick Robinson

It’s been a while since I did a Current Reading post, and it’s good to be back. Now that we’ve gotten caught up on my past reading in the nine-part What I Read posts I can get to more recent things. … Continue reading →

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