The secondhand bookshop I volunteer at has *loads* of crime books. So we're selling them cheap - by the kilo!

£5 a kilo (equates to about 4 paperbacks, normally £3/4 each!)

4-7 pm in the shop, Thursday the 11th and 18th of December - Edinburgh Community Bookshop, 179-181 Great Junction St, EH6 5LQ.

All profits go to charity - this month's charity is Edinburgh Food Project which provides emergency food and practical support to people across Edinburgh.

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50% OFF Women Who Murder: An International Collection of Deadly True Crime Tales

Female Serial Killers Through Time The fair sex. We've often heard this clichéd expression being used to refer to women. Although it has become increasingly outdated, the mindset still exists that women are the gentle and nurturing sex. When it comes to murder, that notion gets turned on its head. And this isn't a recent phenomenon; we can find plenty of female killers going back in history. In fact, some of the world's most notorious serial killers have been women. These female killers give their male counterparts a run for their money and deserve to be counted among the most famous serial killers. Unearth the disturbing histories of notorious women. From the chilling accounts of infamous black widow murders to the spine-tingling narratives of women who shocked the world with their sinister deeds, this anthology delves deep into the minds of these deadly women. Spanning eras and continents, these tales of true crime offer a chilling exploration of the darkest corners of human nature. If you liked books such as Lady Killers, The Big Book of Serial Killers, or The Best New True Crime Stories, you'll love Women Who Murder.

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Discover how criminal mastermind Paul Le Roux built a global empire of drugs, weapons, and murder in this gripping true crime story.

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“Tears for Jessie Hewitt” by Edna Sherry, 1958. #bookstodon #books #reading #sundayreading #crimebooks #pbo
I was told Tim Dorsey writes like Christopher Moore so I had to check him out.

And the writing style is similar, but where Moore’s characters are a lovable bunch of misfits in a city he obviously loves, Dorsey’s characters aren’t as they are far, far more murderous and ambivalent, and Florida is painted in an unflattering light.

Not that Florida has a lot of stuff that could be shown in a POSITIVE light…

I think it’s the difference in characters that really got me. Dorsey’s characters - even the primary that I hear is supposed to be the hero (or antihero) of the series isn’t so much lovable goof as goofy sociopath.

And sociopath ≠ lovable.

Honestly, a lot of the characters feel like sociopaths or at least homicidally selfish and that made it less fun to read.

And yeah, while I think Florida kinda sucks after living there for too damn long, it’s undeniable that Moore uses his love of settings to make you the reader want to spend time there with the characters and Dorsey doesn’t.

I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as I wanted to, but I didn’t hate it enough to stop and I want to see if these characters grow on me in subsequent books.

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🕵🏾‍♂️I did not enjoy reading this book. I didn't even like it. In fact, I have a long list of why I was disappointed with this book. Some of those thoughts are visible in this part of my review.🕵🏾‍♂️
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ recommendations for January:
📚What Lies In The Woods by Kate Marshall
📚I’ll Never Tell by Abigail Hass

Over 4 stars:
📚 The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
📚 Gone for Good by Joanna Schaffhausen
📚That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally
📚 If You Lie by Caleb Stevens



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Getting old is still killer, especially for Martha, the world's oldest assassin. Get her latest adventures now available for pre-order in The Luck of Assassination at RebeccaSeneseBooks.com. #books #booklovers #amreading #crimebooks #mystery
This is another of Brookmyre’s crime novels that feels so visual that it’s almost auditioning to be filmed. It would make a great prestige tv series. I could almost cast it. (Eileen Atkinson and Chris Pine, eg)
Seriously, though, so many of his books would. The Angelique de Xavia series, say. I’m amazed no one has taken him up on it yet.
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MBR: MBR Bookwatch, June 2023