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Slam
Nick Hornby
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Erik Larson
Heavenly Hydrangeas: A Practical Guide for the Home Gardener
Joan Harrison
The Uninvited Guests
Sadie Jones
As The Pig Turns - M.C. Beaton After reading the blurb on the back of the book, I thought I was going to just love this character: "Agatha (Raisin) is like Miss Marple with a drinking problem, a pack-a-day habit, and major man lust." The protagonist, Agatha Raisin, is a 50-something detective working in an English village. It turns out she's not as spunky as I was expecting and she's not really a terribly clever detective. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why the bad guy Tulloch came back to murder Simon after everyone knew he was a bad cop and were on the lookout for him. Nothing could be gained by killing Simon. Anybody have a clue about this? One thing really grossed me out and stuck with me for the rest of the book. Right at the beginning, while at a pig roast, Agatha notices that the pig has a tattoo. On closer inspection, she realizes that a pig's head has been attached to the torso of a man and he's being roasted. Ok, that's pretty disgusting. But what I couldn't get out of my mind was how anyone could even for a moment think a man was a pig. What about his not-so-private parts which were exposed in all their glory? What about the missing legs and hooves? I didn't like it, not one bit. Apparently, there are 21 of these mysteries and the author splits her time between England and Paris (sigh) so I may just be missing something here.