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Carolyn J. Rose

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Carolyn J. Rose grew up in New York's Catskill Mountains, graduated from the University of Arizona, logged two years in Arkansas with Volunteers in Service to America, and spent 25 years as a television news researcher, writer, producer, and assignment editor in Arkansas, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. She lives in Vancouver, Washington, and her interests are reading, gardening, swimming, and NOT cooking. ...more

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	No Substitute for Murder (Subbing isn't for Sissies #1) 3.68 avg rating — 380 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Place of Forgetting 3.61 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Substitute for Money (Subbing isn't for Sissies #2) 3.93 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Uncertain Refuge 3.71 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Substitute for Maturity (Subbing isn't for Sissies #3) 4.09 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Substitute for Myth (Subbing isn't for Sissies #4) 4.17 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hemlock Lake (Catskill Mountains Mystery #1) 3.78 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Substitute for Mistakes (Subbing isn't for Sissies #5) 4.24 avg rating — 66 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Substitute for Motives (Subbing isn't for Sissies #6) 4.37 avg rating — 54 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Substitute for Misinformation (Subbing isn't for Sissies #7) 4.44 avg rating — 48 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Temptation of Forgiveness (Commissario Brunetti, #27)

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Carolyn Rose rated a book really liked it The Devil's Half Mile by Paddy Hirsch (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Fascinating time and place. The setting felt real as did the characters.
Apr 28, 2026 05:55AM · like · see review
Carolyn Rose rated a book liked it Beat the Devils (Morris Baker, #1) by Josh Weiss (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3.5 stars. Fascinating look at alternative history. Those who studied this period or lived through it may "get it" more than others. I liked Morris and his sidekicks, but at times I felt the plot was a little too convoluted. ...more
Apr 25, 2026 03:01PM · like · see review
Carolyn Rose rated a book it was amazing Last One Out by Jane Harper (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The slowly building sense of suspense and danger isn't for those who like their action fast and furious. But I was totally engaged by the strong sense of place and the depth of characterization. ...more
Apr 23, 2026 01:06PM · like · see review
Carolyn Rose rated a book really liked it Animal Future by Robert McGraw (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The title didn't speak to me, but the blurb caught my eye and I picked this up at a thrift store and enjoyed it. Action. Humor. And a mission. ...more
Apr 20, 2026 06:54PM · like · see review
Carolyn Rose rated a book really liked it The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1) by Paul Doiron (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Maine Woods. Murders. Lies and deceit. What's not to like? ...more
Apr 15, 2026 06:29PM · like · see review
Carolyn Rose rated a book really liked it GigaFlood: The Largest of the Lake Missoula Floods In Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington by Rick Thompson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Good overview of flood-shaped landscapes in the NW. Plenty of photos.
Apr 13, 2026 12:41PM · like · see review
Carolyn Rose rated a book really liked it Missing by Karin Alvtegen	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Time shifts and POV jumps had me confused at the beginning, but then I caught on. Interesting motive.
Apr 12, 2026 07:52PM · like · see review
Carolyn Rose rated a book really liked it Ellipsis (John Marshall Tanner, #14) by Stephen Greenleaf	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Solid procedural. Some gruesome events.
Apr 10, 2026 07:00PM · like · see review
Carolyn Rose rated a book it was amazing Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6) by Terry Pratchett	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Not my usual read, but thanks to being a loyal fan of the Time Police tales, I got the hang of this quickly and enjoyed it.
Apr 08, 2026 06:19PM · like · see review
Carolyn Rose rated a book really liked it Mortal Fall (Glacier Mystery #2) by Christine Carbo (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I liked this less than the first in the series. The procedural was interesting and held my attention, but Monty's marriage situation made me want to grab his shirt, smack him, and tell him to wake up and get on with his life. ...more
Apr 05, 2026 05:56AM · like · see review

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“History was littered with examples of those who demanded or sanctioned slaughter in the name of what they thought was right.”
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“Control, he said, wasn’t like electrical current. It didn’t have to alternate in equal degrees. Neither did it have to flow just one way. Control was like water that could be released or dammed or diverted. It could wash in and out like the tide. It could even evaporate”
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message 3: by John

Nov 30, 2015 11:13AM

Carolyn,
Your book THE DEVIL'S TOMBSTONE is on my DorothyL list of "Best Books Read in 2015" list.

Your fan,

John Bohnert,74
U.S. Navy veteran
Grass Valley, CA

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message 2: by Carolyn

Aug 13, 2011 02:09PM

No. I haven't figured out how to do that. Care to drop clues?

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