Missing Pieces (2021) is set in the same fictional world as Grainger’s DC Smith — but Smith doesn’t actually appear in this novel. He’s mentioned. Often.
I enjoyed this book. It’s a slow burn. Not much action. Plenty of detail on how murder investigations are conducted.
As the first anniversary of the formation of the Kings Lake murder squad approaches, there is a problem—they’ve run out of murders.
As a result, they are given the task of reviewing unsolved cold cases. One of these comes back to life in unexpected ways as the team try to discover the identity of the young woman whose body was found in the Norfolk countryside two decades ago.
And even if they can give her a name, how can they possibly find her killer after so many years?
By Mark Bergen, a technology reporter at Bloomberg.
Published Sept 2022.
The biggest surprise was learning that YouTube’s algorithm actually kept most of Trump’s BIG LIE from getting promoted in early 2021. They were ready.
YouTube did a surprisingly good job of not promoting vaccine misinformation, as well.
You can find that stuff on YouTube, for sure. But it’s not being massively promoted for money.
As FREE enterprise, YouTube is FREE to post and promote whatever they want.
I’ve removed monetization from all my videos and websites.
If you eliminate ads and ad-driven algorithms, most social media problems disappear.
Google is a great search engine but I find YouTube to be quite lousy at listing either popular, quality, or related videos. Search for any topic you know well. Disappointing.
I spend a couple of hours most days on YouTube. No ads as I pay CAD$12 / month for YouTube Premium.
YouTube was super disorganized right from the start.
After Google bought the video site and made it #1, problems evolved as millions of “creators” devised hacks to make money off the site.
Despite all its growth and success, YouTube has been widely criticized.
YouTube released a mobile app known as YouTube Kids in 2015, designed to provide an experience optimized for children. …
YouTube removed public display of dislike counts on videos in November 2021, claiming the reason for the removal was, based on its internal research, that users often used the dislike feature as a form of cyberbullying and brigading. …
It follows Cork in his adolescence, shortly before he turns thirteen, the year before his father is killed in the line of duty.
There are mysterious deaths at the heart of the story, of course, but it also explores the relationship Cork had with his father, which shaped him significantly in becoming the man who occupies center stage in the series. …
High school senior Clifford “Kip” Russell is determined to get to the Moon, but the price of a ticket is far beyond his reach. His father suggests he enter an advertising jingle-writing contest; first prize is an all-expenses-paid trip there. Instead, he wins a used space suit.
… He is shocked when a flying saucer lands practically on top of him. An 11-year-old girl (Peewee) and an alien being (the “Mother Thing”) flee from it, but all three are quickly captured and taken to the Moon. …
Book 6 of the police procedural series featuring DC Smith, the aging cop who refuses to retire. After his wife died, he wants to keep busy and relevant.
After a few weeks off for minor knee surgery, the old man returns — grumpy.
He is feeling his age, both physically and mentally and that he no longer really fits in, even his sense of humour is subdued …
A producer at the BBC and mother to a new baby, Tessa is at work in Belfast one day when the news of another raid comes on the air.
The IRA may have gone underground in the two decades since the Good Friday Agreement, but they never really went away, and lately bomb threats, security checkpoints, and helicopters floating ominously over the city have become features of everyday life.
As the news reporter requests the public’s help in locating those responsible for the robbery, security footage reveals Tessa’s sister, Marian, pulling a black ski mask over her face.
The police believe Marian has joined the IRA, but Tessa is convinced she must have been abducted or coerced …
Though I have an Audible account (12 books / year) I spend far more time on the Libby app. I’m coming up to 500 audio books borrowed, so far.
I can read 2-3 books a week at 150% normal speed.
Once I put a popular book on “HOLD” — wait time does seem to be increasing. So I recently added a second library to the app. Now I can put up to 60 books on hold: 30 for each library.
I’m still captivated by the unique Japanese murder mystery books of Higashino.
Surprising. And fascinating.
This is his 4th book featuring ‘Detective Galileo‘, actually Dr. Manabu Yukawa — a physicist and college professor, who is known for his intelligence. He collaborates with the police when they can’t solve a crime.
The accused in a case of murder is found not guilty. Lack of enough evidence.
He returns to mock the family knowing he cannot be charged again.
In fact, this is the 2nd time in 20 years he was accused of murder and found innocent.
DCI Kusanagi worked both cases and is frustrated that the assumed killer is free. He asks Detective Galileo for help.
