He'd Rather Be Dead by George Bellairs
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It took a while to get into the style of writing but I got there eventually.
It's the 1940's and the mayor of Westcombe, Sir Gideon Ware has made many enemies during his stay in the town. Which means once he has been murdered there are a long list of suspects. In comes Chief Inspector Littlejohn from Scotland Yard to process the evidence and determine the murderer.
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A Cast of Falcons by Steve Burrows
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

In northern Scotland one man watches another fall down a cliff face to his death and then retrieves items from the body.
When Domenic Jejeune of Norfolk police is shown the bird book from the body with his name on he can truthfully say he had never seen the book before.
Then coincidentally his brother, Damian, appears in Scotland and they travel back to Norfolk so Domenic can determine the murderer of a scientist. Is there any connection between the two deaths?
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The Lion's Mouth by Anne Holt
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This is the first Hanne Wilhelmsen book that I have read and I just didn't like the characters and so probably will not go back to the beginning of the series.
Basically the plot is - after only been in office for a few months the Prime Minister of Norway is shot while sitting at her desk. What could be the motive - a personal one against her or against the office of P.M. (I did work out the solution).
I felt the book would work well as a film but did drag as a book.
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A Deadly Truth by Joyce Proell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Although Doyle Flanagan's wife committed suicide, society in Chicago 1881 has decided he is guilty of causing her death.
As Cady Delafield goes looking for one of her missing students she finds her dead in the home of Flanagan. But Cady begins to believe he is being framed just as she starts to have feelings for him.
We have mystery, romance and I really enjoyed reading this NetGalley free book. Intending to read the next in the series.


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Dead in a Dumpster by B.L. Blair
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

After working late at her store, Leah Norwood discovers a body in the nearby dumpster. The body is the manager, Isabel Meeks, of the next door store - Patina - someone she dislikes so she becomes a suspect in the murder. As Isabel was generally disliked there are quite a few suspects.
Can Leah, a reader of mystery books, discover the murderer before the trained police.
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An Evil Mind by Chris Carter
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

When a freak accident uncovers two heads in the back of his car the driver proclaims his innocence . When the FBI take over the case, with the help of Robert Hunter, he starts telling them his involvement and the help he can give them in tracking down the killer. But is all what it seems.
A NetGalley book - I think I need to look out for more in this series - enjoyed the story.

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Dead Easy by Phillip DePoy


In my version too many missing spaces between the words - made it difficult to read and so I had to give up
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