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The book is intense and remains dark.
Shasta looks to solve her own recovery whilst simultaneously stepping off the planet as the institutions do what they consider the right thing. Institutions of Government in the mentally ill cases and sex offenders get a bad wrap for collective neglect and personal neglect of staff.
What is unfolding is whether Shasta’s father Steve is part of the crime that is interesting.

This book is dark, violent and brings out in no uncertain terms the impact of domestic violence both close and people remote to the source of the violence.
Through the eyes of Shasta in this book it is heavy reading. I would not say compulsive however as a human who grew up in a domestic violent environment this book way surpasses my experience.
I am reading in the knowledge I am mature enough not to crash.

Just started and the book is stark and dark.

“Keep me abreast of anything Robert.i’ve a bad feeling about this guy.”

Yes it’s good read. If fiction is based on fact it’s a gruesome horrifying image of the extremes in LA.
Halfway and Jon Reznick is gonna be in some gripping scenes himself before coming out of them a hero.
Well that’s why I am reading it. It’s predictable yet a good read.

Gritty, aggressively complex with undertone of violence and social tensions. A protagonist that holds the position of a District Coroner battling Internal politics, national security issues, liars whilst the events of her current review happened 8 years prior.
All up it’s an intense uncomfortable read. Jenny Cooper the Coroner has personal problems and is anchored by a Psychiatrist which gives some relief.

Bloody good read, now reading Allan Conway’s book in the Moonflower Murders book by Anthony Horowitz.
What an entertaining author. Oh so clever.

Book 2 in the series and it picks up a very enjoyable read from book 1 into another enjoyable read. Authors writing about Authors who are writing crime fiction who end up dead and the former editor is back on the job putting pieces together of related murders. Great read I could go on about how good this book is , money sex and violence all so terribly readable. The book is sitting on a comfortable 4 stars so far.

I am a fan of Chris Hammers fiction however his ideas must have an origin in non fiction . So I am reading his non fiction.

I am not the targeted reader for this book. I chose this book from its title and write up to learn something of the current publishing industry and the younger voice of reason and survival in today’s world.

I am learning on both counts. I am glad of my random choice. To the author thank you from a retired accountant not wanting to be a completely out of date retired accountant.

The story is unfolding. It’s a good read.

Interesting read , Kendra Elliott’s second book in the Noelle Marshall series. It has been some time since I have read book 1 and appreciated the references back as it did trigger scenes from book 1.
In this book the author interrupts dialogue and inserts what goes through a characters minds. It is in different font. I do not recall if book 1 had this writers trick ( I guess you call it) it works well.

Good reading so far.
However I am no further in the process of finding out who dunnit.

Great reading. So well written and the characters come to life. Two murders and too many suspects. Who dunnit indeed. And there is s story inside the story however not there yet.

Tense just waiting for the watcher to strike.

Ploughing on and disturbed by humanity.

Interesting and disturbing that I am reading about true crime and not fiction.
The structure factual. Numerous extracts of the Authors words in court. These were joined by a dialogue telling the story and why the Author handled his wording and matters as a Prosecutor in court.
To say enjoying knowing it is true crime is alluding me. I am engrossed in the story and feel for those impacted. It is a very good read .

This is an account of a woman found guilty of killing her partner and her plot to pass it off as a suicide. It is a true story.
The above is an over simplification of the details in this book.
It is a sobering yet worthwhile read.
What happens in plain sight is not easily articulated when planning to report to the police.
Written very well by the journalist who was made aware of the perpetrator of this crime.

Probably a tad too much prone to domestic violence for my liking and the watcher a tad sinister. However crime is my go to genre so am sticking with it.

This story is just so easy to read and enjoy.
It’s delightful family dysfunction seen from another dimension.
Father and son have arrived in San Francisco after an interesting flight over the Atlantic.

Fast and furious, 5 out of 6 dead, 4 murdered and the protagonists are having to consider their marriage date and now the plot thickens because there was fire all those years ago.
The reasons for murders will arise out of the ashes. Good reading so far.

Enjoying the book so far.
Occasionally I feel I should have started DI Nick Dixon at book 1 and not book 14 however as a stand alone it’s a good read.

Enjoying each page. 5 star rating.

The book is nearly finished.
It is well written by Stuart Coupe. His having been an important influence in Paul Kelly’s life in his careers infancy and then to publish this book in 2020 taking the reader through the evolution of Paul Kelly the singer songwriter poet and person it is a thank you from this reader. So much content so well covered.

The book gets better as the story progresses.
Enjoyable read. An endearingly complicated icon of Aus music and his story is like a spiritual experience as are his concerts. There is an edge to each page and Paul Kelly does not fall over although he pivots.

The book is a 4 star read at this point.

I am at that part of the book where a reader dreads the inevitable finding out how lives will crumble, friends will be let down, love hurts and life is a zero sum game. Well my heart was being ripped apart leading up to this. Like life nothing worked as a protagonist and the reader would wish. It all turns ugly. Like life the book handles it as life is that it’s grim , however it’s not all that bad I think!!!!!!!

The book rips your heart out page after page.
I doubt this book anticipated a 76 year old retired accountant being a reader.
I have read one other Colleen Hoover book and It was a good read.
I needed a break from crime , a favourite genre of mine and selected this Colleen Hoover on spec.
Cannot call it romantic however it is well written and themes of love in a family and protective sense are strong.

Fascinating story at this point Paul Kelly living in the shared house and constantly taking in the business of show business. Have to smile at his muso mates who are a bit mystified as to the size and types of books he reads.
His star is starting to shine, his songs are different to pop rock templates and he only wants to sing his own songs.
The legend is mid apprentice ship.