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I am thrilled to once again be in the land of being able to read the way I used to, and I inhaled two crime novels. I bought and thoroughly enjoyed Bury Me When I’m Dead, which is the start to a PI series. It’s actually three PIs and a secretary working together at their own agency who take on what seems like a simple-ish case of an employee who got caught scamming and disappeared. But as they rack up expenses for travel, get kidnapped, shot at, and discover a whole nest of secrets, they find more danger than answers. If you like PI stories that walk you through the case piece by piece, with great characters and real relationships, here is your next series. (TW parent early stage dementia/ ableism)

And I read The Lion’s Den by Katherine St. John, which deceptively looks like a regular fiction book but is really a crime book à la Real Housewives (frenemies!) if they were on a boat with MURDER. All books are beach reads for me, but this is the kind those who use the term generally mean. I will note there were aspects of the writing for the Filipina character that I was not a fan of. (TW mentions past domestic abuse/ possible suicide attempt, not detailed/ past suicide mentioned, not detailed but a character imagines different scenarios with details/ rape recounted/ attempted statutory assault on page)

My current read: I absolutely loved Boyfriend Material (hilarious romcom) so you better believe that I grabbed Hall’s upcoming book, which is literally a romcom meets Great British Bake Off. You know when you get the most delicious dessert put in front of you and you have to fight between inhaling it because OMG so good and also eating it super slow because OMG so good. That is this book and me being at the halfway mark.

If you like unsolved murder mysteries and small towns, here’s one for $1.99! (Review) (TW suicide attempt/ talk of pedophile)

For a clever cat and mouse fictional serial killer read that strips the perps of their power, this is a great thriller and currently $0.99! (Review) (TW rape/ domestic abuse/ mentions suicide, detail)

For fans of nonviolent true crime stories, here’s one that takes a look at who owns dug up dinosaur bones for $2.99! (Review)