Witness for the dead by Katherine Addison

Series: The Cemeteries of Amalo (#1), The Chronicles of Osreth (#2)

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Published: July 22, 2021 by Solaris

Fantasy/own

This was a standalone sequel to book 1, which I honestly do not remember much of anymore.

Thara Celehar is a witness for the dead and is in a new city. An unknown dead person is found, and he is the one that solves the mystery of who she is, and then who killed her. While solving that mystery he also witnesses for someone else. There are small sidequests while working out the main story.

It was all told in this calm manner. I enjoyed reading about Celehar, and I would love to dive into this world again.

Enjoyable murder mystery set in a fantasy world.

When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. He lost his place as a retainer of his cousin the former Empress, and made far too many enemies among the many factions vying for power in the new Court. The favor of the Emperor is a dangerous coin.

Now Celehar lives in the city of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference. He lives modestly, but his decency and fundamental honesty will not permit him to live quietly. As a Witness for the Dead, he can, sometimes, speak to the recently dead: see the last thing they saw, know the last thought they had, experience the last thing they felt. it is his duty to use that ability to resolve disputes, to ascertain the intent of the dead, to find the killers of the murdered.

Celehar's skills now lead him out of the quiet and into a morass of treachery, murder, and injustice. No matter his own background with the imperial house, Celehar will stand with the commoners, and possibly find a light in the darkness.

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Carole´s Monday: A Christmas Tragedy

 

Author: Agatha Christie

Title: A Christmas Tragedy

Series: Miss Marple #SS 10

Genre: Short story, Mystery, Classic

Format: ebook

Pages: 38

Published: January 1, 1930

Where I got It: Borrowed from library

Summary: 

At a health resort, Miss Marple becomes suspicious that a man she meets is planning on murdering his wife. It's the Keston Spa Hydro just prior to Christmas where she sees a husband and wife couple, the Sanders, and senses that there's something wrong. Is she becoming desensitized to murder and crime? Or is there something to her concern?

Review:

I've really been eating up some Agatha Christie lately! Her stuff has just been tickling my fancy lately. 

Here we are again with Miss Maple. While at a health resort, Miss Marple becomes suspicious that a man she is meeting murdered his wife. Something is wrong, but she can't tell if there is actually something or not. 

Awww, I'm really like Miss Marple. She is a fun character. I love Hercule, but I am loving Marple too. 

This was a nice little gem. It's nearly Christmas, and Marple just knows something is wrong... but is there? 

Of course there is lol, but I liked watching Marple get to the conclusion. 

Def a nice short and fun read.

Great ending. 

5 stars from me. 

Reading Challenges

- Library Love #34

Audio: A pumpkin and a patch

Narrated by: Stefanie Kay

Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

Release date: 08-31-22

Publisher: Jennifer Peel

Contemporary romance

I get that Josie has trauma, but like Reece tells her, just own it! Sheesh, get over it already.

She wrote a sexy piratestory at 15, and the hero was Reece who was two years older. Then her brother gave the whole story to the school to read and she was laughed at and people fainted from the shock, and she is still called pirate girl. Like srsly woman, you are 30, get over it. How prudish is this town?

Anyway, Reece shows up cos his kid will be in her class. She really should not fall for him again, but she will. But oh no, he is the father of a student!

And there is the pumpkin patch. She is upset at her mum.

But I enjoyed it, even if she should just tell people to go f themselves

Every person has that one thing they’re known for, and it doesn’t matter what you do, that one thing—whether good or bad—follows you around like a bloodhound for the rest of your life. For me it’s a story I wrote when I was fifteen. Forever more I will be known as the Reece the Rogue Pirate girl, instead of Josie Peterson. Why couldn’t I be known for all the cute children’s stories I’ve written about my family’s pumpkin patch?

Tragically, the torrid story I wrote as a teen was based on a real person, Reece Cavanaugh. And guess what? He grew up to be a pirate—okay, lawyer. Same thing. To make matters worse, the man is representing my ex-fiancé who wants to steal my treasure, aka engagement ring. If that wasn’t the icing on the cake, Reece has an adorable daughter who happens to be my new student. That’s right, I must now have actual conversations with him after avoiding him for half my life, even by hiding behind banana displays when needed. But the more I get to know Reece—the real version, not the imaginary one who ravishes me on sandy beaches—I can’t help but wish we could roll around in the sand together. There’s a problem though, the school I work for frowns upon relationships between parents and teachers. And it’s pumpkin season, which means all my free time is spent on the family farm. But when he kisses me, I can’t help wanting to break all the rules and get tangled up in the barn. The burning question is, am I brave enough to make my story a reality or will it be another bad ending?