A Lady, an Engagement and an Adventure.

Our Lady of Pain by M.C. Beaton is a lighthearted and adventurous murder mystery set in the early 1900's.  Lady Rose Summer is engaged to private detective Captain Harry Cathcart in order to thwart off her parents from shipping her off to India to find a proper husband.   In the interim, Captain Cathcart's new client,  Delores Duval, who has a seductive french accent appears everywhere with the detective which annoys Lady Rose. Ms. Duval mysteriously turns up dead the next day and unfortunately is found by a very jealous Lady Rose who had threatened her because of her association with Captain Cathcart.  From England to Paris to Scotland, Captain Cathcart, Superintendent Kerridge of Scotland Yard and some other friends and colleagues race against time to keep Lady Rose out of jail and alive long enough to prove who the killer really is.Murder by the Book

Die Hard...died!

Bruce Willis returns as John McClane in a story that is so non-existent that the title should have been a "A Confusing Day to Die Hard.  What was incredible, is it took two writers, Skip Woods and Roderick Thorp to come up with this story.  A Good Day to Die Hard starts off with John McClane finding out that his son is in trouble in Russia.  He decides that a "New York City" policeman can just waltz into Moscow saying several times throughout the movie that he was on vacation and save his son not knowing what is going on.  How he knows his son is where he is when he gets to Moscow in the beginning of the movie is still a mystery.  He gets mixed up in a terrorist conspiracy between two men and the CIA.  The car chase is the longest and most dizzying scene I have ever seen.  I don't know what director John Moore was thinking.  The plot was all over the place and predictable.  The dialogue between Jai Courtney's character (Jack McClane) and John McClane was pathetic than laughable.  Between the "I'm on vacation", "Yippee Ki-Yah" and Jack constantly yelling "John" instead of dad, it was really getting tiresome.  This latest edition of Die Hard was unbelievably bad.  Sorry Bruce, I really like you but not in this one.

Pirates times four

This sequel of Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz is much better than the third pirates movie.  Jack (Depp) is looking for his lost ship (The Pearl) but runs into Angelica (Cruz) and gets involved with her to look for the fountain of youth.  It was fun to see some familiar characters.  One of the best scenes of this movie for me was Captain Jack Sparrow dancing with another Jack Sparrow.  The choreography for that dance was really nice.  Black Beard is back with a vengeance and brings a few surprises along the way.  The story of course leaves room for another sequel.  How many treasures can you look for?

Cocaine Blues

Cocaine Blues (don't let the title scare you) by Kerry  Greenwood is a delightful and adventure filled series starring the Honourable Phryne (pronounced Fry-nee) Fisher.  She can fly a plane and has worked in the Great War.  She left England and started her life over in Melbourne, Australia where she is now a lady detective.  The time period is the late 1920's.  There are a cast of characters that bring color and life to her adventures.  Bert and Cec, heavy men for Phryne and cab drivers, Dot her personal assistant and a host of other characters that are introduced later throughout the series. The Phryne character can be a little risque at times.  Readers who are sensitive to women choosing their own way of thinking may think twice before reading this series.  The books are lighthearted, fun and a quick read.  If you are looking for something to relax the mind between classes or other stresses in your life, then by all means try out this series by Kerry Greenwood.  Cocaine Blues is this first book in the series.

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