Audiobook Review: The Good Thief’s Guide to Berlin by Chris Ewan

by Carol3 Comments
Title: The Good Thief's Guide to Berlin (Good Thief's Guide #5) Author: Chris Ewan Reader: Simon Vance Category: Mystery Audio published: September 1, 2013 by AudioGo Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound Charlie Howard, part-time writer, part-time thief, has been engaged in a veritable spree of larceny and misappropriation since moving to Berlin. He's supposed to be working on his next novel. But high rent and a love for thrill-seeking has been hard on his word count. But Charlie's larcenous binge is interrupted by the call to duty on behalf of Her Majesty's Government. Four embassy employees are suspected of stealing a sensitive item. Charlie is to break into their homes, find the culprit, and recover the stolen property. But there's a catch. The item is so sensitive, Charlie isn't told what he's looking for. Not its size, not its weight, nothing. He's only told that he'll recognize it when he sees it. Charlie has been a successful thief because he follows his own...
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Thursday’s Tale: The Death of the Little Hen

by Carol7 Comments
I know it's Friday, but I had a spotlight scheduled for yesterday so I pushed my weekly tale back to today. "The Death of the Little Hen" is one of the Grimms' stories that I'd never heard before. It's not a happy tale, starting out with the hen's death and ending with the line "And then everyone was  dead." Lovely, huh? The little hen and a little rooster go to Nut Mountain and agree to share a nut when they find one, but when the hen finds a big nut she decides to be selfish and keep it all for herself and swallows it whole. And chokes on it. She sends the rooster for water and he runs off to the well, but the well sends him to the bride and she sends him to the willow and all in all by the time he gets back, the hen's dead. The little rooster was very sad. Six mice built a carriage, hitched themselves...
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Spotlight: Be Careful What You Wish For by R. K. Avery

Spotlight: Be Careful What You Wish For by R. K. Avery

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About the Book: Bunting Valley, North Dakota—a scenic and picturesque town where nothing dreadful ever happens—is a place where people feel safe leaving their front doors unlocked and their cars running in the driveways. So when beautiful, blue-eyed, three-year-old Maggie Taylor mysteriously vanishes, the Bunting Valley Police Department begins a kidnapping investigation that uncovers unthinkable crimes spanning many years—not only in Bunting Valley, but also in surrounding states and jurisdictions. Bea Miller is a penniless widow, living a meager existence among the town’s residents with her four young, rambunctious boys. Her entire life she wished and dreamed of having a little girl of her own. When everything she did to have one of her own failed, Bea takes matters into her own hands and lives by the chilling words of her estranged father, “If you want something, take it.” She and the boys visit a local beach and find the little girl of her dreams. She snatches the girl and they disappear in...
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R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril, VIII

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  I can't believe fall is almost here. I'll admit it, I'll miss summer when the temperatures start falling, but there are some good things about fall - apple cider, pumpkin pie, lovely leaves, and, of course, Carl's R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Challenge, now in its 8th year. September 1st is right around the corner.  It is time to begin. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. Dark Fantasy. Gothic. Horror. Supernatural. Or anything sufficiently moody that shares a kinship with the above.  That is what embodies the stories, written and visual, that we celebrate with the R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril event.  As time has wound on he's honed this event down to two simple rules: 1. Have fun reading (and watching). 2. Share that fun with others. As he does each and every year, there are multiple levels of participation (Perils) that allow you to be a part of R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril without adding the burden of another commitment to your already busy lives. There is even a...
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