Rowan Caine is in prison awaiting trial for the death of a child who was under her care. She’s telling her story through a letter to an attorney who is successful in handling cases like hers and she’s hoping he’ll take her on before it’s too late. It all began when she happened upon an… Continue reading The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
It’s April 2061 and Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her partner Detective Delia Peabody are called to the murder scene of pediatrician Dr. Kent Abner when suddenly Eve realizes that he died from a toxin released from a recently delivered golden egg. Once they’re cleared by the hazmat team, Dallas and her team get to work… Continue reading Golden in Death by J. D. Robb
Rory Moore is a forensic reconstructionist (I’d never heard of that, either) working with local Chicago law enforcement on a contract basis, specializing in cold cases. When her father, a defense attorney, suddenly dies, Rory has to settle his affairs, including the disposition of his client cases. She’s able to successfully refer all but one… Continue reading Some Choose Darkness by Charlie Donlea
This is another series I read with a group on Goodreads and finished earlier this year. This book series was developed into the television series Rizzoli & Isles that aired on TNT starring Angie Harmon & Sasha Alexander. The books are much grittier than the television show, however.This is also the last book released to… Continue reading I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen
Jules Larsen, a 20-something who’s just lost her job and cheating boyfriend, thinks her luck is turning around when she’s hired as an apartment sitter in Manhattan’s historic and iconic Bartholomew. She’s being paid an incredible amount of money to essentially live in luxury and gaze out at Central Park from her new home. But,… Continue reading Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
The D. D. Warren series was selected by one of my Goodreads groups to read as a series and we just started. I’ll be posting my reviews of each book every month as we work through the series. Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge is called to a tense domestic disturbance standoff. He’s the trained sniper… Continue reading Alone by Lisa Gardner
This is another series I read with a group on Goodreads and finished earlier this year. This book series was developed into the television series Rizzoli & Isles that aired on TNT starring Angie Harmon & Sasha Alexander. The books are much grittier than the television show, however. Detective Jane Rizzoli & Medical Examiner Maura… Continue reading Die Again by Tess Gerritsen
On Libby Jones 25th birthday, she receives a letter from a solicitor that unlocks the door leading to the answers about her past. She’s inherited a mansion owned by her late biological parents, Martina and Henry Lamb, Sr. But, she’s also learning the tragic circumstances that led to her being adopted when she was less… Continue reading The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
This is another series I read with a group on Goodreads and finished earlier this year. This book series was developed into the television series Rizzoli & Isles that aired on TNT starring Angie Harmon & Sasha Alexander. The books are much grittier than the television show, however. Claire Ward, Will Yablonski and Teddy Clock… Continue reading Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen
The mystery of all the strange events in Promise Falls involving the number 23 culminates in this story...the 23 bloody mannequins discovered in the abandoned Ferris wheel, the out-of-control bus #23, the 23 dead squirrels, etc. It’s the Saturday of the Memorial Day weekend, May 23, and the worst of all these phenomena occurs. Both… Continue reading The Twenty Three by Linwood Barclay
