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Mike

mikerspencer@bookwyrm.social

Joined 3 years ago

Recovering academic based in Scotland. Enjoys crime fiction, period classics and adventure.

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Currently Reading

Alexandra Benedict: Christmas Murder Game (2022, Poisoned Pen Press)

A slow start, especially to like the characters. Well worth the early effort though. I'm really enjoying a Benedict as a Christmas tradition, even though I have no intention of solving the puzzles 😂

stopped reading Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Inkheart Trilogy, 1, bk. 1)

Cornelia Funke: Inkheart (EBook, 2003, The Chicken House)

A twelve-year-old girl named Meggie discovers that her father, Mo, can transport fictional characters out …

Slow and ponderous to read out loud, and there's much less of that now my son is nearly twelve!

Agatha Christie: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Paperback, 2002, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)

The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay …

Well, that went in directions I didn't expect! I was slightly worried it was heading in the direction of The Big Four, but thankfully not.