Vey interesting whodunit. It took me a while to get into it, but it was worth persevering. Not only don't you know the murderer until the final moment, but you don't even know the victim until past half-book ! But once you get hooked.... worth it !!!
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Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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68% complete! François has read 71 of 104 books.
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François started reading No place to park by Alexander McCall Smith

No place to park by Alexander McCall Smith
short story about a crime writer who is challenged at a panel discussion to write a novel about a mundane …
François finished reading Dead Famous by Ben Elton
François finished reading The Long Sunset by Jack McDevitt
François started reading Dead Famous by Ben Elton

Dead Famous by Ben Elton
One house, ten contestants, thirty cameras, and forty microphones. Everybody knows the rules—total strangers are forced to live together while …
François started reading The Long Sunset by Jack McDevitt

The Long Sunset by Jack McDevitt
Hutch has been the Academy’s best pilot for decades. She’s had numerous first contact encounters and even became a minor …
François finished reading Stone mattress by Margaret Atwood OG
Not at all what I expected. I wanted to read an Atwood that was not Handmaid's tale. This is a surprise. The style is what it is, and she has a definite technique. All in all a very interresting book - give it a try.
François started reading Stone mattress by Margaret Atwood OG

Stone mattress by Margaret Atwood OG
A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband. An …
François finished reading Starhawk by Jack McDevitt
François started reading Starhawk by Jack McDevitt

Starhawk by Jack McDevitt
Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins has finally realized her lifelong dream: She’s completed a nerve-bending qualification flight for a pilot’s license.
Her …
François finished reading Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
François started reading Cauldron by Jack McDevitt

Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
The year is 2255. The academy that trained the starfarers is long gone and veteran star pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins …
François finished reading 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
I was going to write *more of the same", but that wouldn't do justice to the book. Of course there is a certain amount of repetition if you have read recently, as have I, both his previous books. Whereas the first was concerned with the past and the second with the future, this one delves right into the present, and boy, he don't take no prisonners. Definitely a must read. Not necessarily an easy book, as he goes against a lot of "generally accepted" ideas, but scientific as ever, everything is documented. Very very very recommended.
François started reading 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative …