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Barefoot Ways by Stephen Cherry My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

What Sam Knew by Steve Higgs My rating: 3 of 5 stars Yawn. Patricia Fisher's husband cheats on her, she goes on a world cruise and solves a few crimes, and then a Maharajah gives her the use of his estate in her home town and ail of his luxury cars and his staff for perpetuity, so she goes home, starts a detective agency, and lives like a rich woman even though she isn't. She also doesn't actually seem like a very good detective since she ignored major clues that were obvious to readers but hidden to her, and she talks about that cruise incessantly. Apparently there is a whole series about the cruise, and so she is just talking about it in case we didn't read that series. I did not. She also talks about her cars and the size of her house. She also doesn't know what a booty call is and doesn't take the time to Google it, but mentions several times that she doesn't know what it is despite the fact that people keep saying tha...