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Puzzlebook: 20 Easter Puzzle Quizzes by The Grabarchuk Family

5 stars

(Excerpt from Amazon) Here is a special Easter present for all lovers of the Top Rated Puzzlebook series. In this new puzzle collection you will find 20 holiday themed, pictorial, hand-crafted puzzle quizzes. Be sure to check Puzzlebook: 100 Puzzle Quizzes, Puzzlebook: 101 Puzzle Quizzes, and Puzzlebook: 102 Puzzle Quizzes for more!

The Grabarchuk’s have done it again. The makers if so many wonderful puzzles and quizzes for the Kindle have come out with a special Easter themed puzzle book. This book has the standard index with icons representing each puzzle, the different answers, either a wrong answer, and being redirected back to the puzzle or the correct answer with an explanation to why that was the correct answer.

I love the variety of the puzzles and how they get harder has you progress. There are only 20 puzzles so this will be a semi quick to get through all of the puzzles. But don’t let that stop you, they are still engrossing and will leave you wanting more. If you like puzzles, you will want to get this book. Make sure to check out other puzzles from The Grabarchuk Family.

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The Saints Go Dying by Erik Hanberg

5 stars

(Excerpt from Goodreads) The Saints Go Dying starts with a familiar tread: a serial killer loose in Los Angeles–in this case, the victims are modern-day saints. But it takes a unique twist, as the detective on the case must battle an unscrupulous reality TV show in order to catch the killer. It becomes a cat-and-mouse game between the killer and the detective played out right in front of the Hollywood cameras.

Arthur Beautyman is a detective trying to find the Babylon murder. Fourteen months ago, the first victim was found shaved and drained of her blood. On the second victim, there was a card with a quote about the Whore of Babylon. It seems that the murder is targeting saints, those people that donate their money and time in one-way or another.

The general public is getting scared. There has not been a break on the case and the television program Watchdog is making sure they know that the police are incompetent fools. Trying to find away around this roadblock, Beautyman is elected to appear on Watchdog to portray himself in the special on the Babylon murder.

Beautyman knows that it is only time before he takes the fall for not getting results sooner. He is called into the station in the early morning hours for someone that fits the description of the murderer, he discovers that Gregory Raphael, the guy that plays the murderer on Watchdog. An odd details stands out and Beautyman thinks he has the murderer, but now he has to try and prove it.

I really liked this story. You didn’t know for sure whom the murderer is and even though Beautyman thinks he has found the answer, it’s not going to be that easy to prove. This is a quick read but well worth the time. If you like quick little mysteries, you will really enjoy this story.

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