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In June our Book Club did something different. We each picked our own selection and I read Crime of Fashion by Jose’ Latour. I recently won this book in a contest at MysteryBooks.ca.

This is the first book by Jose’ Latour that I have read. In Crime of Fashion a rich woman who was a former model is kidnapped for Ten Million Dollars to be delivered in Euro Bonds. Latour gives a lot of detail about the characters in the story and it took till almost the end to find out who was the mastermind behind the kidnapping.

Other books by Jose’ Latour: Outcast, Havana World Series, Havana Best Friends, Comrades in Miami and more.

This evening at our book club meeting we exchanged books and we will read those in July. I will be reading Mudbound by Hillary Jordan.

In May our book club read The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. This is the first book in the Ladies’ Detective series, which takes place in Gaborone, Botswana, Africa.

We all enjoyed reading this book. The different cases that Precious Ramotswe (the owner of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency) had were very interesting. You also learn about life in Botswana, Africa and about the people who live there. The author also writes about Precious Ramotswe’s father and her life before she opened her Detective Agency.

There are currently 10 books in this series:

• The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
• Tears of the Giraffe
• Morality for Beautiful Girls
• The Kalahari Typing School for Men
• The Full Cupboard of Life
• In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (also known as The Night-Time Dancer)
• Blue Shoes and Happiness
• The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
• The Miracle at Speedy Motors
• Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

In June our Book Club is doing something different. We are each going to read whatever book we like and then when we meet in July we will pass the book we read to another member of the book club.

I have chosen to read Crime of Fashion by Jose’ Latour. I recently won this book in a contest at MysteryBooks.ca.

I received my Mysteries.ca newsletter the other day and their is an article in it about Gail Bowen accepting an invitation to be the writer in residence at the Toronto Public Library, from May 1 to June 30 this year.

Gail Bowen resides in Regina, Saskatchewan and is well known for her Joanne Kilbourn mysteries.  Her first book in the series was Deadly Appearances (1990). Several of her mysteries have been made into TV movies starring Wendy Crewson as Joanne.

If you are interested in reading some of Gail Bowen’s mysteries you can find a few at our website.

A Colder Kind of Death: A Joanne Kilbourne Mystery by Bowen, Gail

A Killing Spring by Bowen, Gail

Verdict in Blood by Bowen, Gail

The Last Good Day [A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery] by Bowen, Gail

If you would like to win free books and are a Canadian resident, be sure to visit the Mysteries.ca website and enter their current contest.

I have been busy listing books and here are some that I have just recently uploaded.

Religion:

• This is our Faith by Dow, John
• A Chronological Harmony of the Gospels by Hartdegen, Stephen J.
• The English Bible A History of Translations by Bruce, F. F.
• Guide for the Christian Assembly Volume I, II, III, IV and V by T. Maertens and J. Frisque

Archaeology:

• The Making of Civilization by Whitehouse, Ruth and John Wilkins

Music:

• The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray by Russell, Tony

Film, Entertainment:

• Ben Hur: A Tale of Christ by Wallace, General Lew
• John Ford’s Stagecoach Starring John Wayne by Anobile, Richard J. (ed)

Sports:

• How to Play and Teach Basketball by Lindeburg, Franklin Alfred

Texts:

• The ABC of Lettering by Biegeleisen, J. I.

Reference:

• Handbook for the Rotaprint R30/90 Model Series G

Social Sciences:

• The Foundations of Political Analysis: Empirical and Normative by Meehan, Eugene J.

Education:

• Selected Readings in Educational Administration from The University of Alberta
• Kindergarten Programming Day by Day by Baker, Faye

Dance:

• Russian Ballets by Stokes, Adrian

Fiction:

• The Ambassadors by James, Henry

Fiction: Mystery:

• What a Body [An Inner Sanctum Mystery] by Green, Alan

Poetry:

• Conversation at Midnight by Millay, Edna St. Vincent
• Rupert Brooke The Complete Poems by Brooke, Rupert

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This evening we had our February book club meeting. We discussed our January selection which was Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark .

If you have not read this book it is about the kidnapping of three-year-old twins from their home in Connecticut. They are being held for a 8 million dollars. The parents were not rich and did not have this kind of money, but the company that the husband worked for met and decided to pay the ransom for them. The ransom was paid and the children were suppose to be returned safely to the family, as per the Pied Piper, who was the person who had planned this kidnapping. But, unknown to him, one of the kidnappers had other plans and kept one of the twins, for herself. You have to wait until almost the very end to find out who the Pied Piper is and it was not the person I thought it was going to be.

During the story the author writes about how the twins were communicating with each other and how they felt each other’s pain. Do you believe that twins can communicate with each other? Do they feel each other’s pain? This is one of the themes in this book and I found it quite interesting that if one twin was ill the other twin was also ill.

Mary Higgins Clark is known as the Queen of Suspense and she has written many books. Be sure to visit her website where you will find a list of the books she has written and a brief biography.

For February we are reading three (3) classics: The Old Man and The Sea by Hemingway, Why Shoot the Teacher by Max Braithwaite and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

Happy Reading!!

Well summer is here. A great time to read your favorite fiction books whether it be romance, mystery, horror, or science fiction.

We have featured some of our fiction books under $10.00 on our homepage. Save on shipping when purchasing more than one book.

A Medicine for Melancholy by Bradbury, Ray

From book “…..a new trade edition of thirty-one of Bradbury’s most arresting tales - timeless short fiction that ranges from the farthest reaches of space to the innermost stirrings of the heart.”.

Crossover: Star Trek the Next Generation by Friedman, Michael Jan

Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al by Maitland, Alan

A selection of scary stories including: A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner; Silent Snow, Secret Snow by Conrad Aiken; The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens; The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe; and more.

Cry of the Wind by MacIvers, Sarah

From book “…..Charlotte Price came to Ravenwood, entrusted with the care of a child whose mother had died. But she did not know that the mansion’s stately grace was shadowed by a hideous secret, or that voodoo drums in the dark of the bayou throbbed with the horror of its curse.”.

A Walk to Remember by Sparks, Nicholas

From book “…..Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High………Certainly the last person he thought he’d fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town’s Baptist minister………”.

Enemies, A Love Store by Singer, Isaac Bashevis

From book “Herman Broder has three wives, all alive and well and living in New York City.”.

A Trouble of Fools [A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery] by Barnes, Linda

From book “In Boston, betrayal can quickly lead to murder…….”.

To find more of your favorite fiction books you can browse by Subject: Fiction, Fiction - Mystery, Fiction - Horror and Fiction - Science Fiction. You can also do a search by Keyword: Romance, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, and Fiction.

Looking for Canadian Fiction, visit our Canadian site and you will find featured some of our Canadian Fiction books under $10.00.

Happy Reading!!

This past week we have been adding many of our Mystery/Suspense books. Be sure to check these out if you love a good Mystery.

The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout - A Nero Wolfe Mystery.
From book “Nero Wolfe risks Archie’s neck in pursuit of the mysterious wearer of the Golden Spiders - and a vicious killer who murders souls as well as bodies.”.

Some other titles just listed by Rex Stout: Three at Wolfe’s Door: A Nero Wolfe Threesome; Red Threads ; Before Midnight and more.

The Player on the Other Side by Ellery Queen.
From book “The murders began with a note: Dear Walt: I know who you really are. I know the skill of your hands……”.

Other Ellery Queen books just listed: The Fourth Side of the Triangle; Mystery Jackpot; The Glass Village; A Fine and Private Place; and The Killer Touch.

Murder Against the Grain [John Putnam Thatcher Mystery] by Emma Lathen.
From book “Tipping off an international crisis…Before John Putnam Thatcher can recover the missing million dollars the Russians have made as a down payment on wheat, he has to answer some rather pecular questions…..”.

Coffin Corner by Alfred Hitchcock.
From book “Alfie’s back - with a coffin full of devilish new delights”.

Dead Men’s Plans by Mignon G. Eberhart.
From book “A young bride and a dead tycoon lead to a baffling mystery and murder.”.

Other titles just listed by Eberhart: Never Look Back; The Pattern; Deadly is the Diamond and Three Other Novelettes of Murder; While The Patient Slept and more.

Voice on the Wind by Dorothy Daniels.
From book “Janet’s legacy from her late uncle is a sinister mansion - and his mortal enemies.”

Castle Skull by John Dickson Carr.
From book “When the great magician Maleger was seeking a home that would be ‘appropriate’ for his needs, he bought the eerie Castle Skull…..Not long after, this master of exceedingly black humor was reported to have died a sudden and inexplicable death.”.

Other titles by Carr: The Men Who Explained Miracles: Six Short Stories and a Novelette and Death Turns the Tables.

Stalemate by Evelyn Berckman.
From book “Murder most cool. Fawsher was undersized, ugly and timid. Braddock was big, attractive and powerful….They were both inextricably bound to women they despised.”.

The Trouble in Thor by Charlotte Armstrong
From book “Many truths, deceptions, hidden dramas, and strengths and weaknesses of character are revealed in the climactic hours when every muscle, mind and nerve in town is centered on the effort to dig a group of trapped men out of a cave-in…”.

Be sure to drop by and check out our other mystery and suspense books.

Happy Reading!!