Odie O’Banion and his older brother Albert were orphaned when his father died, their mother having passed years before. The two then had to call the Lincoln Indian Training School in Minnesota home, the only white boys in attendance and under the supervision of its cruel superintendent Thelma Brickman and her husband Clyde. After four… Continue reading This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The D. D. Warren series was selected by one of my Goodreads groups to read as a series. I’ll be posting my reviews of each book every month as we work through the series. Detective Sergeant D. D. Warren is called in to the type crime scene all law enforcement agents dread...the murder of children.… Continue reading Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner
Abbie Cullen Scott awakens to find that five years have elapsed and she’s struggling to figure out what happened to her. Her husband, Tim, is there by her side to help prompt her memory. He’s the brilliant inventor in the Silicon Valley tech world, CEO of Scott Robotics. Abbie learns that her existence is now… Continue reading The Perfect Wife by J. P. Delaney
Imogen Pritchard is a nurse by day and at night she works as a maid and barkeep at the Bare Kitten Gin and Dance Hall in London to take care of her mother and sister, as well as help repay her father’s gambling debt to the owner. She has a special arrangement with him where… Continue reading The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne
The Lucy Kincaid series was selected as a group read in one of my Goodreads groups and we determined, because of character crossovers, we needed to first read her earlier series in publication order. FBI Special Agent Megan Elliott is called in to the scene of a brutal murder by the Sacramento Police Detective John… Continue reading Sudden Death by Allison Brennan
Six years ago, Alicia Berenson shot her husband, Gabe, six times in the face. She was 33-years old at the time, a successful artist and he a renowned fashion designer. She’s not said a word since, even during her trial, and now resides at a private mental facility called The Grove. Theo Faber is a… Continue reading The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Darby Thorne is desperate to get home to Utah after receiving an urgent text from her sister about their mother. She’s an art student at UC in Boulder and is fighting a blizzard. When the weather wins the battle, she’s able to make it to a rest stop before losing all visibility and navigation. There… Continue reading No Exit by Taylor Adams
Cassie Hanwell was living her best life as a firefighter in Austin, Texas. She is not only the most skilled of her gender but at the top of her field amongst her entire team. Then she attends an awards ceremony in her honor and the person who unexpectedly replaces the mayor to hand her the… Continue reading Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
D. C. Metro Police Lieutenant Samantha (Sam) Holland and husband Vice President Nick Cappuano are enjoying a hard earned dinner party with friends when they’re interrupted by a scandalous news break involving President Nelson. Details regarding his affair with a former member of his campaign has now made the headlines, along with the assertion that… Continue reading Fatal Accusation by Marie Force
Hannah Russell is a successful sales manager living in Minneapolis. While her career is on track, her love life hasn’t been all that shiny and recently took a major nose dive. As she plans to take some time off and return to Colorado, the lovely site of her last business trip, one of her best… Continue reading The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr
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