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A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley

A Red Herring Without Mustard

Flavia de Luce #3

Alan Bradley

399 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0maxac32's review
fiction historical mystery adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Wise Guy by Nicholas Pileggi

Wise Guy

Nicholas Pileggi

missing page info • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0maxac32's review
nonfiction biography true crime dark informative fast-paced
Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr

Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob

Dick Lehr

424 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0maxac32's review
nonfiction crime history true crime dark slow-paced
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet

Sherlock Holmes #1

Arthur Conan Doyle

108 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)

5.0maxac32's review
fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator by Barbara Butcher

What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

Barbara Butcher

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0maxac32's review
nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional informative fast-paced
A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of Murder, Inc. by Michael Cannell

A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of Murder, Inc.

Michael Cannell

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0maxac32's review
nonfiction true crime dark informative medium-paced
Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses by Katie Spalding

Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses

Katie Spalding

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0maxac32's review
nonfiction history science funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Big Bundle by Max Allan Collins

The Big Bundle

Nathan Heller #18

Max Allan Collins

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

5.0maxac32's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced