365 Books: A Burglar’s Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh

What if an architect turned his mind to crime? That is precisely what Geoff Manaugh, an architect, does in this book. But he starts his story with the tale of another architect who turned his mind to crime in the 19th century. That man, George Leonidas Leslie, formed a gang that one official surmised was …

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365 Books: The Family Outing by Jessi Hempel

What are you concealing in your hidden quadrant? The family of Jessi Hempel, podcaster extraordinaire for LinkedIn had quite a bit that they weren't talking about. Jessi herself came out of the closet, her sister joined her, her other sister announced she was Trans-male, and her father came out as gay (and, in once scene, …

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365 Books: The Bilbao Looking Glass by Charlotte MacLeod

Hm, whose priceless mirror is that in my entryway and how did it get there, and is this going to end up being my fault somehow? That is the question that Sarah Kelling Kelling asks herself when she uses the (mostly avoided) front entry of her "summer" house on Cape Cod. She inherited this drafty …

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365 Books: Cold Steal by Phoebe Atwood Taylor writing as Alice Tilton

Maybe you know Phoebe Atwood Taylor from her Asey Mayo mysteries (which I will cover some other time). But she also had another writing career as Alice Tilton, author of Leonidas Witherall Mysteries. Sometimes mystery authors carry on two series at the same time, under different pen-names, with very different styles. Charlotte McLeod had her …

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