{I've Been Reading} Catacombs

Catacombs by Mary Anna Evans

This one sat in my to be read pile for far too long, especially considering how much I loved it once I started reading. An explosion opens up an old hotel's lobby floor, revealing an almost forgotten network of tunnels where Chinese immigrants lived a century before. Archaeologist Faye Longchamp-Mantooth works with the FBI to solve the mystery of three carefully wrapped bodies found in one of the underground rooms. This is the twelfth book in the series and I know I was missing lots of details about Faye's past and relationships, but that didn't keep me from enjoying the book. I got completely absorbed in the history and was holding my breath at times because I was worried about the characters. This is a series I'll definitely want to go back and read from the beginning.





The Horror at Criven Farm by Amy Cross

This one popped up in my Amazon recommendations and it was free with Kindle Unlimited and the description of a too  good to be true abandoned farmhouse with a dark secret definitely caught my interest... Let's just call this one "uneven" shall we? The first few chapters had me  ready to give up entirely, then something seriously creepy happened that kept me up late turning pages, then the plot veered sharply into cliched 1980s made for TV movie folk horror territory. I really enjoyed that chunk near the end of the first half. Otherwise, the book wasn't that great.

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