Bad Actors - der 8. Band der Slow Horses von Mick Herron

Abgestellte MI5-Agenten, schwarzer britischer Humor und ein Fall, der im Chaos endet – natürlich.

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https://anettsbuecherwelt.blogspot.com/2026/02/bad-actors-ein-fall-fur-die-slow-horses.html?m=1

Buchbesprechung Katabasis von R. F. Kuang übersetzt von: Aleandra Jordan und Heike Frank
https://kabra-books.de/?p=1062
Ganz sicher mein Hit 2025
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#BookReview: Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce @orbitbooks.bsky.social #SomethingInTheWalls #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles

"SHE'S LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH, BUT SOMETHING ELSE IS STARING BACK. Newly trained child psychologist Mina has little experience. In a field full of experts, she's been unable to find work, instead aimlessly spending her days stuck in the stifling heat wave sweeping across Britain. So it feels like a welcome reprieve when journalist…

http://damppebbles.com/2026/02/05/bookreview-something-in-the-walls-by-daisy-pearce/

ICYMI:🎧 The Mistletoe Mystery by Nita Prose 
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https://booksofmyheart.net/2024/11/26/%f0%9f%8e%a7-the-mistletoe-mystery-by-nita-prose/?fsp_sid=10523

AN ESTRANGED MOTHER AND SON reunite in Japan despite the minefields of their shared past. Marvelously paced story of a complicated family history is rich with details of expatriate life in Tokyo from a distinctively Black and gay perspective. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/palaver-bryan-washington/1146657371?ean=9780374609078

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Mass Mothering: A Novel by Sarah Bruni
🕊️🎧
⭐⭐⭐.75
Stark and beautiful, heartbreaking and infuriating.
I don't recommend the audio, found it made for a very confusing initial read.
💙📚💬
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https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e83d5a67-f3a7-470f-9a47-9c2fe0099645

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #Bookstodon TCL's #ThrowbackThursday and #LinkParty #72 - February 5-March 4, 2026. This time I remember my #bookreview of one of my favorite novellas! Remember, if you have a #bookblog, you are welcome to join in this #bookmeme any day of the week, all month long.

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/05/tcls-throwbackthursday-and-linkparty-72-february-5-march-4-2026/

The Mastermind isn’t just about crime—it’s about obsession, technology, and the price of unchecked ambition. A must-read for true crime fans.
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https://thisgrandpablogs.com/criminal-mastermind-paul-le-roux/

ICYMI:Audio: A Broken Bone by Melinda Leigh 
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https://booksofmyheart.net/2020/11/01/audio-a-broken-bone-by-melinda-leigh/?fsp_sid=10519

Read LUCY UNDYING by Kiersten White if you love Dracula, retellings, queer stories, horrific mothers, losing yourself, intertwining narratives, epistolary stories, men doing horrific things, butter chicken, cults, trauma responses, intense longing, going to therapy & histories soaked in blood.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736804/lucy-undying-by-kiersten-white/

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At a Loss for Words – Carol Off
We're reading this for February 2026 book club. Join us to get weekly discussion on the book.

In an age of polarization, Carol Off, takes a look at how some key words in our language have been weaponized to create divisions in society. It's impossible to have good conversations when you can't agree on the meaning of words.

https://curtismchale.ca/book/at-a-loss-for-words-carol-off/

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Review - Love Everlasting, vol 3, by Tom King et al: still love the style, intrigued by the story, but goodness I need some real forward progress on understanding the whys and wherefores of what's happening to Joan! Rating: 3/5 ("liked it").

Full review: https://breathesbooks.com/2026/02/04/review-love-everlasting-vol-3/

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Ulysses reviews "Follow the Van" by Jackson Marsh, the Delamere Files book 3:

"Like the previous books, “Follow the Van” is excellent because of Jackson Marsh’s scholarship and skill with language. It is emotionally rich and filled with the kind of smart action that makes one’s heart beat faster. 5 stars."

https://www.queeromanceink.com/2026/02/04/review-follow-the-van-jackson-marsh/

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Teaser Les noms de Jésus de Étienne MÉTÉNIER

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Katabasis von Rebecca F. Kuang

Ein Buch über Macht, Abhängigkeit und eine Reise in die Hölle – wortwörtlich.
Katabasis hat mich überrascht, gefordert und am Ende überzeugt.

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https://anettsbuecherwelt.blogspot.com/2026/02/katabasis-rebecca-f-kuang.html?m=1

Proles by Barry Bergman

A meaningful portrait of the distance between conviction and consequence
The post Proles by Barry Bergman appeared first on Independent Book Review.
https://independentbookreview.com/2026/02/04/proles-by-barry-bergman/

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Little Edna’s War by Janet Bond Brill, PhD

In the Warsaw Ghetto of WWII, one young Jewish girl poses as a Polish Catholic to help her people survive Hitler’s invasion.
The post Little Edna’s War by Janet Bond Brill, PhD appeared first on Independent Book Review.
https://independentbookreview.com/2026/02/04/little-ednas-war-by-janet-bond-brill-phd/

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🕯️ ARC Review 🕯️
A Whiff of Murder by Angela M. Sanders brings scent magic and small-town murder, but uneven character choices held it back for me. A creative premise that didn’t fully bloom.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Published by Kensington Cozies
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https://viewsshewrites.com/a-whiff-of-murder/

Book Review: The Examiner - Janice Hallett

I've thoroughly enjoyed all of Janice Hallett's previous crime books. The Examiner is, frankly, more of the same - and I'm happy with that!

You, the reader, are given a series of transcripts and have to work out what crime (if any) has been committed. You don't find out who the victim(s) is/are until reasonably far through the story. The characters are well realised (although a little similar to some of her others). The twists are shockingly good and will make you flick back to see if you could have spotted them.

Hallett is exquisite at building tension through the slow drip-drip-drip of reveals. OK, so the transcripts are a bit unrealistic but they make a good scaffold. While it might be nice to include user avatars on the WhatsApp messages, the characters' voices are unique enough to distinguish them easily.

Much like The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, the book plays around with symbolism and the nature of faith. You may find yourself sympathising with the characters and then quickly recanting!

Technical Issues

Viper, the publisher, seem to have messed up the structure of this eBook. Despite being published in 2024, they're using an ancient and obsolete version of the Blitz ePub CSS which itself was archived back in 2020. As well as strange indents, there's a hard-coded 2em margin only on the right.

Accessibility is poor. All the abbreviations use the <abbr> element. But some kind of automated find-and-replace has mangled most of them. For example, the "Masters degree in Multimedia Art (Full-Time Programme)" is shortened to "MMAM(FTP)" and then given the nonsensical abbreviation of "Molecular Area Per Molecule (File Transfer Protocol)"!

Much like before I've written to them asking them to correct it.