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Monthly Archives: December 2025
Surviving without modern infrastructure
I think sometimes of writing a novel about a viral apocalypse, and to that end, I like to read or view materials about surviving without modern infrastructure. I watched a video today about how not to freeze in your own … Continue reading
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The last one of these I’ll suffer through (Book 5)
The previous book ended with a cliffhanger: Doctor Logan and Detective Riley intruded on and contaminated a crime scene and found a huge pool of not-yet-congealed blood with a child’s shoe in it in an otherwise empty cabin. Tedious B … Continue reading
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Searching for Dani (Book 4)
I disposed of the B plot, such as it was, previously. An Ineffective Search In the A plot, the FBI has arrived to look for Dani, Logan’s daughter, who was kidnapped by Jamie, the daughter-by-rape of Dani’s deceased mother, Marie. … Continue reading
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Serial killer number four (Book 4)
The B plot of book 4 is that yet another serial killer is operating in this area of small towns where everyone knows everything. This guy meets up with men hiking alone in the woods, injects them with a fast-acting … Continue reading
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Maybe I’m just tired (Book 3)
Moving on to the next book in the series, maybe I’m just tired of the plot holes. I didn’t make extensive notes this time. One thing that really struck me about this book: Logan was an ER doctor. His wife … Continue reading
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Jamie (Book 2)
Carrying on from my previous comments, in Book 2, we get to see Jamie’s viewpoint. Jamie is psychotic. She has auditory hallucinations of Marie telling her she has to get her hands on Marie’s daughter, Dani. Starting off, this is … Continue reading
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Killer cop and accomplice (Book 2)
In my previous comments, I said the killer cop, Blaese, had to have an accomplice to make the logistics work out. I even have a suspect: his police partner, Rainwater. When word somehow leaked out that a cop was suspected, … Continue reading
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And the sequel murder mystery, with more plot holes (Book 2)
A woman named Delilah disappears. We see her in the preface running for her life through the forest at night (which is also how the previous novel started). Her pursuer is catching up, so she picks up a branch, meaning … Continue reading
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Another murder mystery with plot holes and loose ends (Book 1)
I already went over the (*ugh*) romance. So here are some points that I particularly noticed. The phone rang and she [his nurse] picked it up. “All the ladies want to work here to look at you.” The caller must … Continue reading
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Another murder mystery, with a side of “meet ugly” (Book 1)
This one includes a “meet ugly” growing into an “enemies to lovers” trope. Ugh. The protagonist, Riley, is a police detective who sprained her wrist and went to see the new doctor in town, Logan. “How did you do this … Continue reading
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