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April 4, 2025

REVIEW: To Catch a Thief by David Dodge

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / crime thriller / France / Historical / Post WWII / thief6 Comments

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It takes a thief… “Le Chat” (“The Cat”), an infamous thief, has come out of retirement and is again liberating expensive jewelry from wealthy tourists on the French Riviera. Or is it a “copycat” who is stealing fortunes? John Robie thought he had left his larcenous past behind. Once responsible ... more >

August 13, 2024

REVIEW: The Winged Tiara by J’nell Ciesielski

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / class differences / Estranged Couple / frenemies / Historical / post WWI / revenge-plot / second chance at love / self discovery / thief3 Comments

Diamonds and danger dazzle in Ciesielski’s latest enchanting romp through post-war Europe as estranged spouses and jewel thieves hunt an elusive Valkyrie tiara. November 12, 1918. It was a match made in champagne-soaked heaven, but all too soon the bubbles dried up, and Esme Fox awakens the morning after celebrating ... more >

July 19, 2024

REVIEW: How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsactor / adult fiction / community / Contemporary / Fiction / flawed characters / found family / Humor / London / older MCs / single dad / thief7 Comments

When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens’ Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she’ll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what Lydia was expecting. From Art, a failed actor ... more >

February 2, 2024

REVIEW: The Excitements by CJ Wray

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Contemporary / Fiction / Historical fiction / older MCs / revenge / sisters / thief / thriller / timeline / veterans / War / Military / war veterans / World War II9 Comments

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A brilliant and witty drama about two brave female World War II veterans who survived the unthinkable without ever losing their killer instinct…or their joie de vivre. Meet the Williamson sisters, Britain’s most treasured World War II veterans. Now in their late nineties, Josephine and Penny are in huge demand, ... more >

December 5, 2022

JOINT REVIEW: Moira’s Pen by Megan Whalen Turner

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviewsambassador / disability / gods / joint review / king / Mediterranean setting / myth / princess / queen / spies / thief / YA fantasy3 Comments

Janine: Megan Whalen Turner completed her Queen’s Thief series two years ago, and the essays, stories and vignettes in Moira’s Pen, a new collection of set in the same world and featuring some of the same characters, are a bit like the big crumbs and smears of ganache left on ... more >

September 27, 2022

REVIEW: The Heist by M.J. Rose and C.W. Gortner

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Alternate POV / class differences / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / investigation / Los Angeles / present tense / thief / To Catch a Leopard Series2 Comments

To catch a leopard wear diamonds. A year after THE BAIT, Ania Thorne is on the prowl. Gone into hiding, she’s planned her next move to perfection, intent on winning her dangerous game of cat-against-cat with the Leopard. But Ania doesn’t know that even the best-laid heists have hidden flaws. ... more >

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