It’s All a Game starts off with the ancient games of senet, the “royal game of Ur”, and the many forms of mancala, then delves into a truncated history of chess before moving on to the board games many of us grew up playing.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Mind Games, by Nora Roberts
I read Mind Games twice in 2024 and once (already) in 2025, which tells you something about how good it is; the book has already joined the ranks of my favorite non-fantasy Nora Roberts novels. Written with Roberts’s usual skill, Mind Games pits Thea Fox, a young woman with the sight, against the psychopath who killed her parents. . .
Hideaway, by Nora Roberts
I enjoyed Hideaway just as much as I did the first time I read it. However, it doesn’t quite rise to the “favorites” level, in part because Hideaway is lighter on both romance and suspense than my favorite NR books.
A Midnight Puzzle, by Gigi Pandian
A Midnight Puzzle is the third book in the Secret Staircase Mysteries, a delightful cozy mystery series featuring Tempest Raj, a stage magician/illusionist, and her family. The series gets its name from her father’s architecture-and-construction company, which specializes in secret rooms, hidden staircases, and other architectural puzzles. Tempest’s skills in creating and figuring out illusions come in very handy as she and her friends investigate several murders, each involving the Secret Staircase firm’s clients or jobsite in some way.
Inheritance, by Nora Roberts
Inheritance, the first book in Nora Roberts’s Lost Brides trilogy, provides the perfect blend of wish-fulfillment fantasy, friendship, romance, and deliciously spooky atmosphere.
Identity, by Nora Roberts
Identity by Nora Roberts Published by St. Martin’s Press on May 23, 2023 Genres: Romantic suspense Pages: 448 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Dark Witch, Shadow Spell, The Collector, Night Moves, Whiskey Beach,… April 28, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★
Death at High Tide, by Hannah Dennison
Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison Published by Minotaur Books Genres: British mystery, Cozy Mystery Pages: 304 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Murder at Honeychurch Hall, Deadly Desires at Honeychurch… August 16, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Giveaway 4 ★★★★
The Last Passenger by Charles Finch
The Last Passenger by Charles Finch Series: Charles Lenox #0.3 Published by Minotaur Books on Feb. 18, 2020 Genres: British mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 304 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: An Old Betrayal,… February 27, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★★
The Vanishing Man by Charles Finch
The Vanishing Man by Charles Finch Series: Charles Lenox #0.2 Published by Minotaur Books on Feb. 19, 2019 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 304 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: An Old Betrayal, The Laws… July 26, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 11 ★★★★★
Gone Before Christmas (a Charles Lenox novella) by Charles Finch
Gone Before Christmas by Charles Finch Series: Charles Lenox #10.5 Published by Minotaur Books on October 3, 2017 Genres: Christmas, Historical Mystery Pages: 80 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also in this series: An Old Betrayal, The Laws of Murder,… December 11, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★
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