The Rules (shamelessly stolen from other swaps

• Swap may begin as soon as this thread is posted, official time begins @ 8pm CET (Central European Time) on Saturday April 16th
• Regular rules apply (5 steals, 12 hours to play). Please sign-in once during the first 24 hours of swap.
• New players can be added until the 2nd player has taken a turn.
• Leaving moves is not required, but recommended. If you leave moves please also leave instructions regarding how long/little to wait for you before using them.

Book held
Book revealed
Number of steals (max 5)

Reveal Thread


Moves:


Elsi starts us off by revealing.......



1 - Elsi ~ (~) ~
2 - Booksnbeer ~ (~) ~
3 - Kathy ~ (~) ~
4 - Shaunie ~ (~) ~
5 - Amber ~ (~) ~
6 - Loriped ~ (~) ~








Elsi!! Give us a clue! Reveal a murder for us!

Got my reveal sent off to a couple of people -- I'm ready!

I get to play first! I'm going to ask for a reveal from Lori -- whenever she happens to drop by.

LoriPed’s reveal: Cozy 2-fer




You Might As Well Die by J.J. Murphy
To be journaled

When second-rate illustrator Ernie MacGuffin's artistic works triple in value following his apparent suicide off the Brooklyn Bridge, Dorothy Parker smells something fishy. Enlisting the help of magician and skeptic Harry Houdini, she goes to a séance held by MacGuffin's mistress, where Ernie's ghostly voice seems hauntingly real...

Link to bookreview


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Only the Cat Knows by Marian Babson
To be journaled

Vanessa has been rushed to hospital, having been found unconscious at the foot of the stairs. Was it an accident or something else?

Now, smiling weakly, suffering from a head injury that has left her with complete amnesia about the fall, the events leading up to it, and even the people closest to her, here she is, back in their midst. Or is she?

In fact, the real Vanessa is still in a coma and her devoted twin brother Vance, superbly disguised as a woman, has taken her place! At the home of the reclusive millionaire who maintained Vanessa, Vance joins the self-absorbed retinue, determined to discover whether one of them had attempted to kill his sister.

There is an unsavory roué who claims to be Vanessa's lover and assorted women who declare themselves her best friends. Others keep silent but seem to be waiting for Vance to put a foot wrong.

Actually, Vance can handle all those. Only one thing really worries him: Gloriana, Vanessa's beautiful Angora cat who regards her "mistress" with a dark suspicion. If the cat can't be won over, then the whole deadly charade will fall apart.

The Rules (shamelessly stolen from other swaps

• Swap may begin as soon as this thread is posted, official time begins @ 8pm CET (Central European Time) on Saturday April 16th
• Regular rules apply (5 steals, 12 hours to play). Please sign-in once during the first 24 hours of swap.
• New players can be added until the 2nd player has taken a turn.
• Leaving moves is not required, but recommended. If you leave moves please also leave instructions regarding how long/little to wait for you before using them.

Book held
Book revealed
Number of steals (max 5)

Reveal Thread


Moves:


Elsi starts us off by revealing Loriped - You Might as Well Die & Only the Cat Knows


1 - Elsi You Might as Well Die & Only the Cat Knows (~) ~
2 - Booksnbeer ~ (~) ~
3 - Kathy ~ (~) ~
4 - Shaunie ~ (~) ~
5 - Amber ~ (~) ~
6 - Loriped ~ (~) You Might as Well Die & Only the Cat Knows




BooksNBeer - will you find out what the cat knows or will you ask for a reveal?

Ah! I see you were all very eager to get started

Ohhhh... I will get my reveal together now. In the mean time, can I see what Amber has.

Amber's Reveal


Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints by P.J. Brackston




Bavaria, 1776. When Albrecht Durer the Much Much Younger's Frog Prints go missing, he knows exactly where to turn for help. Gretel (yes, that Gretel), now 35 and still living with her gluttonous brother Hans, is the country's most famous private investigator, and she leaps at the opportunity to travel to cosmopolitan Nuremberg to take on the case. But amid the hubbub of the city s annual sausage festival, Gretel struggles to find any clues that point toward the elusive thief.

Even with the aid of the chatty mice living under her bed, the absent prints remain stubbornly out of view, and Gretel is forced to get creative in her search for the truth."

My Review


I will send a copy via Bookdepository or Kindle if the winner prefers.