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Good Dog, Bad Cop - Book Review

Good Dog, Bad Cop Book Review @MacmillanAudio #GoodDogBadCop #Coldcase #Mystery #Netgallery #MacmillanAudio #AudioBook #Dog #K9

I listened to the ‘Good Dog, Bad Cop’ audiobook and enjoyed it. It’s a classic throwback to the gumshoe detective and his gal pal solving crimes, and facing danger, with a cold case twist and a retired police dog. Retired detectives Corey Douglas, Laurie Collis, K-9 Simon Garfunkle, and Marcus Clark are the perfect mix of brain, brawn, and sharp teeth as Capt. Pete Stanton hires them to work…

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miru-p · 3 years

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redrikki · 4 years

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Miscellaneous Fandom Fic Masterlist

The 100

Born to Float - Octavia became a criminal with her first breath. Some people are just born to float. (Octavia Blake, Bellamy Blake, Aurora Blake)

Post-Apocalyptic Ethics 101 - Collection of dribbles & short stories. (Bellamy Blake, Clarke Griffin, Marcus Kane, Jasper Jordan)

Coin Operated Boy - The things John Murphy does to survive. Tag to 3.10. Trigger Warning: RAPE. (John Murphy/Emori, Murphy/Ontari)

Battlestar Galactica

Persephone on New Caprica - It’s winter on New Caprica and they’re all Persephone here. A collection of short stories. (Gaius Baltar/Caprica Six, Felix Gaeta/Eight, Kara Tharce/Leoben Conroy)

Four Loves (The Canoodling on New Caprica Remix) - Three loves which died on New Caprica and one which flourished. Remix of Canoodling & Conspiracies Oh My! by raktajino. (Maya & Isis, Diana Seelix & Jammer, Boomer & God, Laura Roslin/William Adama)

The Broken Earth series Seismic Shift - Schaffa tells himself he will stop if Eitz says no. This one will be allowed to say no. The boy says nothing at all. (Schaffa, Eitz) WARNING: Child Sexual Abuse

Dark Angel

Tricks & Treats - Joshua and Alec go to a party. Joshua eats little hot dogs and is diverting. (Joshua, Alec, Rita)

Another Day at the Office - Insert zombie apocalypse. (Alec, Original Cindy, Normal)

Pooka Boo - Maybe Ben’s hallucinations started out random and fluffy too. (Alec, Max, Logan, Original Cindy, Pooka)

Dollhouse

Ms. Lonelyhearts - Adelle knew Victor was a lover at heart. (Adelle Dewitt/Victor, Sierra/Victor)

Downton Abbey

The Hedgehog’s Dilemma - “Mind my spikes.” Five warnings, four relationships and one revelation. Daemons AU. (Thomas Barrow/Duke, Thomas & Sara O'Brien, Thomas/Edward Courtney, Thomas/Jimmy Kent)

Bluestocking Girl - Four books which didn’t change Edith’s life and one letter to the editor which did. (Edith Crawley, Crawley family)

Snakes & Lions - In Thomas, Jimmy finds that courage isn’t exclusive to Gryffindors. Now if only he could find some himself. Harry Potter fusion. Part one of Houses Alike In Dignity (Thomas Barrow/Jimmy Kent)

The House Elf and the Lioness - “Honestly Sybil, he’s practically a house elf,” Mary exclaimed when she caught them kissing in the stacks. Harry Potter fusion. Part two of Houses Alike In Dignity (Sybil Crawley/Tom Branson, Mary Crawley)

The Owl & the Son-of-a-Squib - Matthew Crawley is quite shocked when an owl swoops down and drops off a letter which changes his life. Harry Potter fusion. Part three of Houses Alike In Dignity (Matthew Crawley, Isobel Crawley, Violet Crawley)

The Dragon Prince

Dragon Scales - Collection of short tumblr prompts. (Rayla, Callum, Ezran, Amaya, Soren) You Fight Like You Practice - Callum’s never been good with a sword, but the right teacher can make all the difference. Two lessons, two teachers, and one real fight. (Callum, Soren, Rayla) The Talk - Rayla and Callum finally talk about what happened the night of the assassination. (Rayla, Callum, Ezran)

Firefly

Firefly, In Brief - Collection of short stories and dribbles. (Firefly crew)

Will to Be Well (The Psychosomatic Remix) - Studies on the efficacy of acupuncture are inconclusive but, if River believes hard enough, learning the art might make her better. Remix of If I Could Will You Whole by Spiralleds (River, Inara, Jayne)

Harry Potter

Have to Start Somewhere (The Words to Rebuild Remix) - This diary belongs to Ginevra Molly Weasley and no one else. Remix of Words to Build by Elennare. (Ginny Weasley)

Interstellar

Eureka Moment - The night she solved the equation, Murph had unprotected sex for the first time in her life. (Murph/Getty)

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Requiescat in pace - In which Jonathan Strange discovers that returning the dead to their natural state is more difficult than he would imagine. (Jonathan Strange, dead Neapolitans)

Miraculous Ladybug

Intrepid Reporter - Alya won’t let a little thing like danger stop her from reporting the truth. (Alya, Marinette, Nino) Better Than Ice Cream - Orange, mint, and raspberry could be a tasty combination. The solution to every love triangle should be polyamory, but sometimes it’s just not that simple. (Marinette, Adrien) St. Athanase Day - Adrien and Marinette’s beret the second time around. She forgets the card but still signs her work. (Adrien, Plagg) No Sleep Til Hawkmoth - An overly-caffeinated revelation helps narrow Alya’s search for Hawkmoth (Alya, Marinette, Adrien, Nino, Chloé)

Misfits

Good Housekeeping - It’s been months since his mum kicked him out, but at least Nathan hasn’t sunk to sleeping under the flyover. He’s got a good thing going at the community center and means to keep it. (Nathan Young)

The (Non)Haunting of Nathan Young -And to think he’d scoffed when Simon had tried to warn him. Everyone you love will die. What a laugh, right? Christ, he’s been such an idiot. (Nathan Young/Kelly Bailey)

Pushing Daisies

Li'l Gumshoe - Young Penny Cod was nine years, two hours, and forty-three minutes old when she found the book which changed her life. Like hundreds of other little black girls who would encounter Li’l Gumshoe, she felt as though it had been written just for her. The difference was, Penny Cod was right. (Penny Cod, Emerson Cod, Lila Robinson, Pie Hole gang)

Orphan Black

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl - There’s something magical about Uncle Felix’s flat. Maybe it’s all the art. (Kira, Felix, Cosima)

Devil’s Trap - Helena and Grace have a lot in common. (Helena, Grace)

Despite All My Rage - Rachel is still just a rat in a cage. So much for self-directed evolution. (Rachel, Aldous Leekie, Ethan Duncan)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Shadow Over Mystacor - After Shadow Weaver’s attack on Mystacor, Adora just wants to relax, but that’s hard to do when it’s all her fault. (Adora, Glimmer, Bow)

Parting Strands - Looking out for each other had been their thing, but Adora’s starting to suspect that’s over. Her thoughts during that scene in “Promise.” (Adora, Catra)

The Good Soldier On the sliding scale between perfect soldier Adora and useless malcontent Catra, Lonnie was closer to the Adora end of the spectrum. How the hell had Catra made Force Captain before her? Catra was just going crash and burn and Lonnie? Lonnie would let her. (Lonnie, Catra, Team Horde)

She-Ra (Modesty) Shorts - Adora/Catra shorts written for the 3 Sentence Ficathon. (Adora/Catra)

A Song of Ice and Fire

The Return - Robb sends Theon home to Pyke. If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention. (Asha Greyjoy, Greyjoy family)

Stranger Things

Smurfete Principle - There can be more than one girl in the party. El and Max work things out at the Snow Ball. (Max, El)

Stranger Side of the Force - While watching Star Wars, El notices she and Vader have a lot in common. (El, Mike, Max, Lucas, Dustin, Will)

It Lingers - The Mind Flayer is gone, but El can still feel it clawing underneath her skin. (El, Joyce, Will, Jonathan) Date Night - Everyone and her mother seems to think they’re together and Robin’s getting pretty sick of it. (Robin, Steve, The Party)

Temeraire

Epistolary - Dear Lady Allendale….yours, etc., Emily Roland (Emily Roland)

Umbrella Academy

Heroes for Ghosts - Eudora waits for Diego and things at the hotel go very differently. (Klaus, Diego, Ben, Eudora, Hazel, Cha-Cha, Ghosts)

Peanut Butter and Marshmallows - Stuck in the apocalypse, Five reads about Vanya leaving him sandwiches. (Five, Delores)

Iconic - When Vanya learns Klaus is gay from an article in a teen magazine, she’s upset for more than a few reasons. (Vanya, Klaus) Feed Your Head - Three shitty things young Klaus did for drugs and one thing they did for him. (Klaus, Reginald, Grace) When Evil Rains - Umbrella Academy shorts (Klaus, Diego)

Voltron: Legendary Defender

Players Only Love You When They’re Playing - Coran kept staring at Romelle like she was walking miracle, but Allura couldn’t look at her without thinking of Lotor and his betrayal.

White Collar

Eyes on the Target (The Solid Ground Remix) - Peter asked her to keep an eye on Neal for him while he’s stuck in jail. It could be going better. Remix of Keep Your Feet on Solid Ground by frith_in_thorns. (Dianna Berrigan, Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke)

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gotham-ruaidh · 7 years

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Have you ever read The Pigs of Silver by Lindsey Davis? There's quite a few parallels between it and Outlander. And Marcus and Helena are also beautiful.

I have not, but the synopsis sounds fantastic:

The intriguing premise of a detective story set in Imperial Rome in 70 A.D. is unpredictably fulfilled by Davis's hero-gumshoe, M. Didius Falco, an iconoclastic young republican. Falco rescues the niece of a senator from a kidnapping attempt, is attracted by both her innocence and the secret she keeps regarding a silver ingot (the ``pig'' of the title) and then stricken when her corpse is found in a spice warehouse. Hired by her family to track down the reasons behind her death, Falco spends the winter in Britain working as a slave in a silver mine. Enduring vividly depicted hardship with customary sharp-witted pluck, he picks up the hints of a plan to overthrow Vespasian, the current emperor. He also meets the senator's divorced, sharp-tongued daughter, Helena Justina, and brings her back to Rome where they work with--and against--each other to bring the well-developed plot to its satisfying conclusion. Wisecracking in ancient idiom, Falco seems, nevertheless, a recognizably up-to-date young man, one whose honor, humor and humanity work him quickly into reader's affection. Davis's story, though couched in period detail, rewards as much for deft handling of plot and depth of characterization as for its historicity.

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crecimientopersonalcoaching · 6 years

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Book clinic: what are the best novels about ancient Greeks and … – The Guardian

The Guardian Book clinic: what are the best novels about ancient Greeks and …The GuardianThe Silver Pigs introduced me to Marcus Didius Falco (her first-century gumshoe) when I was younger than you. Twenty or so books later, and they are still the place I go and hide when I'm feeling gloomy. You could also try ... Leer más - Read more... source https://www.self-helpbook.com/book-clinic-what-are-the-best-novels-about-ancient-greeks-and-the-guardian/

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creativemorningsbuffalo · 7 years

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Book List: Mystery

In the beginning the world was dark and everything was a mystery. As humans, we find questions and answer them in an attempt to understand the world around us. It is no wonder that mysteries still intrigue us, still draw us in around the campfire. At their essence they are the way in which we discover the world. Whether that mystery come from a crime, a conspiracy, the atmosphere of a particular time, or existence itself, mysteries help us makes sense of the things that are difficult or impossible to understand or explain. Below are ten works, in no particular order, that fall under the category of mystery and are part of the human myth pool of questions and answers, questions and answers....

The Top Ten:

Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier | ‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again’. Easily one of the most haunting lines in fiction put out in the last hundred years. Here, the mystery lies in perception. How do the masks we present to the world differ from the actual faces underneath them? How far will some people go to keep a narrative alive? You’ll also find murder, obsession, and as the author herself said: A sinister tale.

The Twilight Zone: Complete Stories, by Rod Serling | For those of us who watched the Sci-Fi channel as kids, one of the best parts of it were the black and white reruns of the original Twilight Zone series. These stories and their expected twists debuted in an era of corporate censorship, civil unrest, and stories like, The Monsters are out on Maple Street, and The Shelter, called into question the mystery of what it means to be a human being. Never knowing what’s really going on until almost the final moments (and sometimes not even then) the Twilight Zone is a very American experience, and touchstone in our cultural mythology.

The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins | To add the your collection of Snapple Cap Facts, enter The Moonstone as the first full length detective novel written in the english language. It set the ground rules for detective fiction including the locked-room mystery and red herrings. Aside from simply heralding in a new genre, The Moonstone also reflected Collins’ enlightened social attitudes in his treatment of the servants in the novel.

Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane | Three boys, three lives, one day. When Sean Devine and Jimmy Marcus see their friend Dave Boyle abducted by two men pretending to be police officers, all of their lives will be sent on different courses. Nineteen years later Jimmy's daughter has been murdered, Dave is a suspect, and Sean is now a police officer on the case. The mystery is what can become of a life? What creates us, and how much does where we come from and what happened stay with us?

Watchmen, by Alan Moore | Who killed The Comedian? Who watches the Watchmen? The only graphic novel to be listed on TIME's Top 100 Novels list, Watchmen is a dense and beautifully complex story involving the deconstruction of the superhero, an atmosphere of government distrust among Cold War fears, all wrapped up in a whodunnit as the heroes try to find out who is hunting them down.

And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie | Some people become engrained in their genre, become a staple that can’t be overlooked. Agatha Christie is mystery. And Then There Were None is one of those books that immediately come to mind when you think of the genre. Eight people arrive on an island and one by one, begin to be killed off. This classic has been retold and retread a million times, but the original is still worth the context.

11/22/63, by Stephen King | Mystery isn’t always about a crime being committed, or a murder being solved. Sometimes mystery is more about the wonder of the natural world we exist in. 11/22/63 is a story about time and the way it affects how we live. Time falls into that beautiful category of ‘things we only kind of understand a little’ and therefore it has huge implications still in the quest of question/answer, question/answer. Oh, and there’s the whole JFK getting assassinated conspiracy stuff. I guess that’s pretty mysterious, too.

Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane | “She smiled darkly and shook her head. 'I'm not crazy. I'm not. Of course what else would a crazy person claim? That's the Kafkaesque genius of it all. If you're not crazy but people have told the world you are, then all your protests to the contrary just underscore their point. Do you see what I'm saying?” Two detectives go to an island to solve a mystery about a missing patient. The real mystery takes place within the individual. How much are we who we are, and how much does the world decide for us?

The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler | Just as no list of mysteries can be complete without mentioning a work from Agatha Christie, no list can skip Raymond Chandler whose name is synonymous with hard-boiled detective fiction. While some will say that The Big Sleep or Farewell, My Lovely, Chandler himself proclaimed The Long Goodbye as “my best book”. The novel is notable for using hard-boiled detective fiction as a vehicle for social criticism and for including autobiographical elements from Chandler's life.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Just as no list of mysteries can be complete without mentioning a work from Raymond Chandler or Agatha Christie, no list of mysteries can pass on mentioning the most well-known gumshoe, Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street. In the complete edition, all four full-length novels and fifty-six short stories about the colorful adventures of Sherlock Holmes can be found.

Author: Benjamin Brindise

Benjamin Brindise is a poet, fiction writer, Teaching Artist at the Just Buffalo Writing Center, and curator of the Creative Mornings/Buffalo book list. He is a Buffalo based writer, facilitating youth poetry workshops across the city, and in his spare time spits late 90's and early 00's hip hop lyrics with his band, Surviving Friday.

#creativemornings #cmbuf #cmbooklist #cmmystery

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miru-p · 3 years

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