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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR List...I'm considering them...no guarantees



This is a weekly event hosted by The Broke and The Bookish, where bloggers relate their "top ten" of a certain topic.  This week's topic - Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR List.  All of these books looked interesting to me.  Some are more of a lock-in than others...can you say Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire book?  Yep, that one is a "must".  Also, Carola Dunn's Daisy Dalrymple book and Jane Casey's.  Since I participate in the Waiting on Wednesday event each week, I've already listed several of my "yes, I wanna read it" books, but none of these.  Take a look at these and tell me what you think.  I'll give a little teaser to whet your appetite.  No particular order.  All will be published between March 17th and June 9th.


by Mary Louise Kelly

A single bullet, gracefully tapered at one end, is found lodged at the base of her skull. Caroline is stunned. It makes no sense: she has never been shot.




by Susan Crawford

Dana Catrell is shocked when her neighbor Celia is brutally murdered. To Dana’s horror, she was the last person to see Celia alive. Suffering from mania, the result of her bipolar disorder, she has troubling holes in her memory, including what happened on the afternoon of Celia’s death.




by M. J. Carter

India, 1837: William Avery is a young soldier with few prospects except rotting away in campaigns in India; Jeremiah Blake is a secret political agent gone native, a genius at languages and disguises, disenchanted with the whole ethos of British rule, but who cannot resist the challenge of an unresolved mystery. What starts as a wild goose chase for this unlikely pair—trying to track down a missing writer who lifts the lid on Calcutta society—becomes very much more sinister as Blake and Avery get sucked into the mysterious Thuggee cult and its even more ominous suppression.




by Anne Hillerman

Navajo Tribal cops Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, investigate two perplexing cases in this exciting Southwestern mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Spider Woman’s Daughter.




by Craig Johnson

When the largest, most complete fossil of a Tyrannosaurus rex ever found is discovered in Absaroka County, it appears to have nothing to do with Walt Longmire—that is, until the Cheyenne rancher who claims her is found face down in a turtle pond.




by S. K. Tremayne

A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcroft move to the tiny Scottish island Angus inherited from his grandmother, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives.
But when their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity--that she, in fact, is Lydia--their world comes crashing down once again.




by Lori Roy

On a dark Kentucky night in 1952 exactly halfway between her fifteenth and sixteenth birthdays, Annie Holleran crosses into forbidden territory. Everyone knows Hollerans don’t go near Baines, not since Joseph Carl was buried two decades before, but, armed with a silver-handled flashlight, Annie runs through her family’s lavender fields toward the well on the Baines’ place. At the stroke of midnight, she gazes into the water in search of her future. Not finding what she had hoped for, she turns from the well and when the body she sees there in the moonlight is discovered come morning, Annie will have much to explain and a past to account for.




by Emma Kavanagh

Blood stains the carpet of an empty house. A front door slams behind a mother with a suitcase full of secrets. Someone screams. A plane falls out of the sky.




by Jane Casey

Detective Maeve Kerrigan is away for a colleague's wedding, and she's enjoying an excuse to spend a beautiful fall weekend relaxing in the English countryside. It's a much-needed break from the grit and grime of her daily life on the London police force. But even at a wedding, the job is never far away.
Midway through the reception, Maeve and her abrasive but loyal partner on the police force, DI Josh Derwent, are called back to London. A fellow policeman has been murdered, in a compromising position in a public park at night.




by Carola Dunn

In England in the late 1920s, The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, on a convalescent trip to the countryside, goes to visit three old school friends in the area. The three, all unmarried, have recently bought a house together. They are a part of the generation of "superfluous women"--brought up expecting marriage and a family, but left without any prospects after more than 700,000 British men were killed in the Great War.
Daisy and her husband Alec--Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, of Scotland Yard --go for a Sunday lunch with Daisy's friends, where one of the women mentions a wine cellar below their house, which remains curiously locked, no key to be found. Alec offers to pick the lock, but when he opens the door, what greets them is not a cache of wine, but the stench of a long-dead body.


I know this post was ever so long.  Thanks for being patient to the end.  Here's hoping that both you and I can find some good reading in these selections.  Good luck!!

56 comments:

  1. They all sound so good! I've The Pocket Wife on my reading list. I'm going to devour that book after finishing the few books which I'm currently reading.

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    1. I think THE POCKET WIFE comes out today. I'll try it soon.

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  2. I totally forgot about The Bullet - thanks for reminding me! Adding that one to my list.

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    1. I think THE BULLET just sounds intriguing. I may not like it as I've not heard very much about it (and is that really a signal?), but the description seems like I should give it a chance.

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  3. Love the cover of Superfluous Women! I'm really out of the loop when it comes to mysteries... hope you get to enjoy most of these books.

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    1. PS - Meant to say your header photo is gorgeous, too!

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    2. I really keep track of a lot of mystery series, JoAnn - a lot. LOL

      Thanks about the photo - took it in AZ a couple of years ago when all the cactus blooms were out.

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  4. who complains about the length of a post, when it contains delicious reading suggestions????? no reader would do so! ,-)

    I've fallen in love with a few of the titles.

    thank you!

    Tessa

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    1. Tessa, you are sweet. Well, I know that most people only have so much time and a long, long post is maybe not completely desired. LOL

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  5. Great book choices and a couple new titles to me!

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  6. All of these sound quite promising. Thanks for the recommendations!

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    1. Not a problem, Deb. Maybe you should try one after your MIDDLEMARCH read this week. :-)

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  7. I've got my little eye on The Pocket Wife...sounds like a good one ;)

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    1. Yes, you and me both. I think THE POCKET WIFE comes out today.

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  8. The Bullet sounds interesting, and of course I want the new Jane Casey and the Craig Johnson!

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    1. Well of course you want a visit with Walt and Maeve. Who doesn't?

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  9. That's a great list! I too have my eye on The Pocket Wife and The Strangler Vine. So many good books this spring!

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    1. I think THE STRANGLER VINE sounds very interesting. The whole Thuggee cult thing sounds very Indiana Jones like. ;-)

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  10. I just started to read The Bullet but I am reading it alongside The Book of Strange New Things, so I may not get to much of it tonight.

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    1. I'm going to try THE BULLET soon. From what I've heard, THE BOOK OF STRANGE NEW THINGS sounds like THE SPARROW to me. Are you liking it?

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  11. Ooh, some great-sounding titles I didn't know of and now want to look for--The Bullet, The Ice Twins etc.-- and some I've heard of but don't have yet, the new Anne Hillerman (I read her first one last year) and the Jane Casey series. Hope you enjoy these, wonderful post!

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    1. Doesn't THE ICE TWINS sound interesting. Thanks so much!

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  12. You've come up with a great list, Kay! The Pocket Wife sounds like it will be good, although I have heard mixed things about it. Don't talk about Craig Johnson's books. :-( I'm so far behind.

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    1. I'm actually behind on my Walt reading too, Wendy. My husband is not though and he will be wanting this one as soon as it is available. He and I don't read many of the same authors, but Craig Johnson is one we both like.

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  13. What a fabulous list, I wonder how many you'll get to read? The Kill is fantastic and I have After We Fall on my list, I've read Hidden her next book and it was an amazing read. Here is my Tuesday post https://cleopatralovesbooks.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/tuesday-first-chapter-first-paragraph-march-17/

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    1. Well, there's a reason I said "no guarantees". LOL

      Good to hear about The KIll.

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  14. Stop it, Kay! Seriously, if you make me add any more books to my TBR mountain chain it's going to topple for sure :) THE BULLET, THE POCKET WIFE, AFTER WE FALL, THE ICE TWINS ... all sound amazing. How am I ever going to find the time to read all these books??

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    1. Susan, you break my heart! Don't you know that my aim is to add more and more and more books to everyone's TBR piles? It's my duty! LOL

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    2. Well, you're doing a great job of it!

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  15. The Ice Twins sounds really good! I hope you enjoy it. :D I haven't heard of most of these books but I'm going to have to add some to my TBR pile because they sound really good! Happy Reading!

    Thanks for stopping by my list.
    Alex @ The Book Banner

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  16. The Bullet sounds very intriguing! As does the new Walt Longmire (have not read all of that series yet). I had no idea there was a new Daisy Dalrymple due out, I'm up to date bar one book. The new one sounds excellent.

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    1. I'm a little further behind on the Daisy books. I'll catch up at some point.

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  17. I like Daisy Dalrymple when I need a break from "heavy" books. And am a big fan of Longmire. Ice Twins grabbed my attention too.

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  18. I love the covers for The Strangler Vine and The Ice Twins!
    Thanks for stopping by The Local Muse

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    1. I just love covers period. They always catch my eye.

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  19. We definitely have the same reading tastes, because these ALL look good to me, Kay!

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    1. I think we do have some of the same reading tastes. I always love finding reading "twins".

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  20. I got a bookish package from a friend yesterday and I *think* she included The Pocket Wife. I haven't heard anything about it so I'm glad to see it on your list.

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    1. I'm planning on trying it soon. Think publish date was yesterday maybe? We'll see how it goes. If you don't see it here, I likely tried it and didn't like it.

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  21. The Ice Twins sounds intriguing! And I think I remember seeing good things about The Pocket Wife. Happy reading and happy (almost) spring!
    P.S. Love the cactus flower picture in your header. So pretty!

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    1. Thanks for coming by! I love cactus flowers too. They always seem unexpected.

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  22. India? That alone would sell me on The Strangler Vine.

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    1. That's part of what caught my attention too.

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  23. those all look interesting especially the first one. I recently saw the Hillerman book offered as a kindle daily deal. I almost got it, but decided to pass. I wonder if I'll regret that choice.

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    1. My mystery book group is discussing the first Anne Hillerman book this summer and so this one, the 2nd, is definitely on my radar.

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  24. I pretty much need to just copy this list. The Pocket Wife looks fantastic and I'm intrigued by The Strangler Vine. I love Tony Hillerman and would love to try Anne's books. I hope you get to these because I want to see you think of them!

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    1. I'll see what I can do for at least part of them. Not sure all will appear. LOL

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  25. There are so many great books to look forward to! You've just reminded me that I have not read a Carola Dunn book in forever. That is a really cute series but I'm very behind.

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    1. I'm behind on that series too. Not sure how many books. Another one that I hope catch up on this year. Can you see that 'catching up' was one of my goals? LOL

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  26. I'm sorry I missed this post last week, but I'm glad I found it this week. I'm so glad to see that two of my favorite authors have new books coming out. That is Anne Hillerman and Craig Johnson. I'm going to go pre-order right now. One more book, Let Me Die In His Footsteps, I already have for a book tour. I'm curious as the author is new to me. Looks like we have happy reading days ahead for both of us. Thanks, Kay.

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    1. Oh, good. Glad to give you info about some upcoming books, Margot. I'll watch for your review of Let Me Die In His Footsteps.

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  27. The Pocket Wife sounds very good and the description reminds me a bit of Alice LaPlante's Turn of Mind (my review here), which I loved.

    Great list, Kay. I think everyone in the blogosphere is very happy you've returned with all your recommendations and lists. :)

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    1. You've reminded me that I meant to read Turn of Mind. I'll make a note of that. Thanks! I do love the "sharing the wealth" part ob blogging.

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