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The Twelve Apostles by William J. Coughlin (2016) – BR00190 (2020) – 🐸🐸🐸βšͺβšͺ

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March 25 2020

Plot or Premise

An elite law firm in NYC has 12 full partners, nicknamed the Apostles, and various members wheel and deal with big business clients as an opening comes available.

What I Liked

The story has a very strong “Wall Street” feel to it, but the back and forth between two companies with their punches and counter-punches are fast-paced and real. Most stories in the genre have one or two “business” tricks, but this is much more complicated and relies less on a single tool to advance the plot. The story mixes experienced Apostles, with participating associates gunning for a promotion, and even associates and junior partners slogging in the trenches.

What I Didn’t Like

The romance side of the story detracts from the business manoeuvres, as does the one-dimensional side of one of the business clients and their opposing counsel. In addition, there is some seriously flawed treatment of a sexual assault that shouldn’t be anywhere in the story, it’s completely superfluous to the outcome.

The Bottom Line

Great business dealings, lousy everything else.

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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (2018) – BR00189 (2020) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

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March 22 2020

A woman dies at a party at a country resort, the solution obvious. But she was actually murdered, and a guest must solve the crime or never leave. Because the same day repeats each day, and each day the guest is in the body of someone else. He has seven chances to get it right.

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Murder at Hawthorn Cottage by Betty Rowlands (2018) – BR00188 (2020) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸βšͺ

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March 21 2020

A mystery writer moves to the country to find some peace and quiet in her life and for her writing.

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) – BR00187 (2020) – 🐸🐸🐸βšͺβšͺ

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March 20 2020

A man observes the comings and goings of a 1920s party host who is both his neighbor and a paramour of his cousin.

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The Wives by Tarryn Fisher (2019) – BR00184 (2020) – 🐸βšͺβšͺβšͺβšͺ

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January 27 2020

A wife of a polygamist starts to wonder about his other two wives and seeks them out, only to find a potentially dark secret.

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