August 2025 Reading Recap

📚✨ August Reading Recap ✨📚

25 books this month: A mix of cozy whodunnits, historical sleuthing, thrillers, and a dash of Egyptian adventure.

🏰 High society & golden-age style mysteries:
Murder at Blackburn Hall, The Egyptian Antiquities Murder, Murder in Black Tie, Murder in Mayfair, Murder at the Mansions, Murder on a Midnight Clear, Murder in the Alps, Murder at Archly Manor, Murder Among the Pyramids, Murder on the S.S. Cleopatra, The Case of the Body on the Orient Express 🍸🔎⛷️⛴️🚂

🌴 Amelia Peabody’s Egyptian escapades:
Crocodile on the Sandbank, The Curse of the Pharaohs, The Mummy Case, Lion in the Valley, The Deeds of the Disturber, The Last Camel Died at Noon 🐪🏺☀️🐊🦁

🕵️ Modern mysteries & thrillers:
The Devil’s Advocate & The Cross (Steve Cavanagh) ⚖️
Sharp Force (Patricia Cornwell) 🐒
Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing 🔍🎨🖼️
An Excellent Thing in a Woman 🕵️‍♀️
The Game is Murder 🎲🧩🃏
The End of the World As We Know It 🌍🔥
Murderland 🏭💨🔪

Favorite: The Devil’s Advocate
Least favorite: The Game is Murder

• An Excellent Thing in a Woman (The Sparks & Bainbridge Mysteries, 7) Allison Montclair ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers Caroline Fraser ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand Christopher Golden ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) Elizabeth Peters ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody, #2) Elizabeth Peters ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Mummy Case  (Amelia Peabody, #3) Elizabeth Peters ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Lion in the Valley  (Amelia Peabody, #4) Elizabeth Peters ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody, #5) Elizabeth Peters ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody, #6) Elizabeth Peters ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Game Is Murder Hazell Ward ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Case of the Body on the Orient Express: The Detection Club, Book 2 Kelly  Oliver ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing Nicholas Meyer ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Sharp Force (Kay Scarpetta #29) Patricia Cornwell ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder Among the Pyramids (1920s Lady Traveler in Egypt #1) Sara Rosett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder on the S.S. Cleopatra (1920s Lady Traveler in Egypt #2) Sara Rosett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder at Archly Manor (High Society Lady Detective, #1) Sara Rosett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder at Blackburn Hall (High Society Lady Detective #2) Sara Rosett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Egyptian Antiquities Murder (High Society Lady Detective #3) Sara Rosett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder in Black Tie (High Society Lady Detective, #4) Sara Rosett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• An Old Money Murder in Mayfair (High Society Lady Detective, #5) Sara Rosett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder on a Midnight Clear (High Society Lady Detective, #6) Sara Rosett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder at the Mansions (High Society Lady Detective #7) Sara Rosett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder in the Alps: 1920s (High Society Lady Detective #8) Sara Rosett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Cross (Eddie Flynn #0.5) Steve Cavanagh ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Devil’s Advocate: A Novel (Eddie Flynn #6) Steve Cavanagh ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️