So firstly my Day 8 of my 2018 Musical Advent Calendar and then the books I bought today.
Bill's 2018 Musical Advent Calendar - Day 8.
1. Zedd ft Alessia Cara - Stay. Zedd is a Russian / German producer who has produced some favorites of mine. He usually has feature singers; Foxes, Hayley Williams, Selena Gomez. On this song he features Canadian singer Alessia Cara. Enjoy the song.
New Books (Courtesy Chronicles of Crime)
"A beautiful model who should have been watching her figure never dreamed that one little piece of candy could kill her. But it did. And her untimely death put Nero Wolfe in line for the supreme insult of his career—another murder, right in his own home. He had to solve the case to save his pride. But the only clue was an odd red box—and, oddly enough, that had disappeared!"
"Here is another incredible tale of the perilous adventures of Sir Denis Nayland Smith--a terrifying thriller in which Dr. Fu Manchu cunningly plots to fulfil his most gargantuan dream: to be the dictator of the United States. Can Nayland Smith stem the terrible tide that threatens to elect the arch-fiend's puppet to the presidency? The world waits breathlessly for the answer." (I don't imagine he'd be any worse than the current dictator wannabee. I bet he'd spell his tweets correctly)
"In Sleeping Beauty, Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands--including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of Nembutal, a six-figure ransom, and a stranger afloat, face down, off a private beach. Here is Ross MacDonald's masterful tale of buried memories, the consequences of arrogance, and the anguished relations between parents and their children. Riveting, gritty, tautly written, Sleeping Beauty is crime fiction at its best."
"The second Sergeant Cribb mystery is set in the world of Victorian bare-fisted pugilism—an illegal sport. Constable Jago is sent, undercover, to Radstock Hall by Sergeant Cribb, who suspects that when fighters who train there lose, they are murdered."
"Dreary Cnothan's most hated man is dumped into a tank filled with lobsters then eaten in Britain's best restaurants. Exiled there with his dog Towser, Hamish Macbeth misses his beloved Highland village Lochdubh, Priscilla, and easy lazy days. His superiors want the business hushed up, a dark-haired lass wants his body, and a killer is out for more blood."
"Judge Crowdy Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind the deadly Simister gang. After four attempts on his life, he ends up seeking the help of Albert Campion."
"Laura Hunt was the ideal modern woman: beautiful, elegant, highly ambitious, and utterly mysterious. No man could resist her charms—not even the hard-boiled NYPD detective sent to find out who turned her into a faceless corpse. As this tough cop probes the mystery of Laura’s death, he becomes obsessed with her strange power. Soon he realizes he’s been seduced by a dead woman—or has he?"
"Rex is a private eye and a case leads him to Ireland and to France, where he is trying to find a man left a legacy by an aunt. The man is involved with a large haul of diamonds, and Rex has to deal with people about to trade these stolen diamonds for heroin."
Well, there you go. I'd say I had a successful book shopping trip this weekend. Most enjoyable. I've also decided to take it easier the next couple of years as regards book buying. My book shelves are full. I'll limit myself to a bit less time spent in local book stores and try to keep my shopping on visits limited to our annual trip to Victoria. We'll see of course.. lol
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