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Are you a fan of true crime podcasts and TV shows? Would you like to hear the opinion of a cop on whether the true crime community helps or hurts murder investigations? David Lyons, retired police detective and producer of The Murder Police podcast, has advice for how true crimers can help - or hurt - active investigations. Written in a lively, conversational style, this book was enlightening and fun to read.

A Christmas-themed entry in the Museum of Mysteries. I had fun watching Scarlett encounter danger as she tried to solve the murder.

I attended Stant's class on pacing at a writers' conference. He is an impressive, energetic speaker. I wanted to spend more time on this topic, so I bought the book. It is laser-focused on pacing, using examples from literature and offering exercises to apply to your own writing. Having read it, I plan to go through Write Pacing again, slower, working on the exercises. I found this book well worth the time.

A fun, behind-the-scenes read for anyone who has ever gone to the movies. The author shares dozens of real-life examples of how to behave, and how not to behave, in a movie theater.

Part thriller, part coming-of-age, the story is set in 1955 Denver, Colorado. Based on a true event, the author made the human aspect of a tragic event gripping and moving.

Reading a novel in a sunny Greek setting felt like taking a little vacation in the middle of winter. I enjoyed the coded main clue, and Scarlett and Allie's attempts to solve it.

I had a hard time getting into the story. I'm not sure why - it was a bit slow-paced. Might have been my mood. But the story did pick up as I continued reading. I need to go back and read the series in order. I've read a couple of the early stories.