This was a book selected by my former Mystery & Suspense group for discussion a few years ago. I’d never heard of the author or this series and the group came through yet again in selecting a really good story. I later switched to the audio format because the main narrator, David Chandler, brings these… Continue reading Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger ★★★★ (Cork O’Connor #1)
I’m reviewing each book in the omnibus separately. The Assassin and the Pirate Lord ★★★ We’re introduced to Celaena Sardothien, the most feared of Adarlan’s Assassins. She’s only 16-years old and she behaves like an obnoxious teenager. There are signs, though, that she’s got the ability to grow and gain wisdom through experience. Celaena has… Continue reading The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas ★★★★ (Throne of Glass #.01 – .05)
Nina Browning lives a very comfortable life being married to Kirk, one of Nashville’s elite. Their son, Finch is on his way to Princeton having done exceptionally well at Windsor Academy, the city’s prestigious private school. Tom Volpe is a single father and a skilled carpenter. He lives modestly on the east side of town… Continue reading All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin ★★★★★
Sola Morte is living safely in Miami with her beloved grandmother, always looking over her shoulder for a threat that she’s sure will come. Assail is still in Caldwell but in a coma as his withdrawal from his drug addiction is not going well. Desperate to save him, his cousins find Sola and appeal for… Continue reading The Thief by J. R. Ward ★★★★ (Black Dagger Brotherhood #16)
Kelsey Castle, a renowned crime writer for a prominent magazine, is assigned to develop a story about the murder of Becca Eckersley, a law student from a prominent family, who was savagely killed two weeks prior in Summit Lake. Becca was alone at her family’s vacation home near the Blue Ridge Mountains. Kelsey first thought… Continue reading Summit Lake by Charlie Donlea ★★★★
Jim McGill is married to the President of the United States, the first woman elected to the office. He’s a former police chief now trying to establish his new private investigation firm. He came up with his new moniker, The President’s Henchman, discarding all the others pretty handily. His first case is indirectly connected as… Continue reading The President’s Henchman by Joseph Flynn ★★★★ (Jim McGill #1)
Brittany Blake, an investigative reporter, has made it a mission to find out what happened to her brother, Brandon, and his missing SEAL Team. They just disappeared and the military won’t even acknowledge they’re gone. Her newspaper articles are making lots of people uncomfortable, especially John (Dynomite) Donovan, Brandon’s best friend and member of his… Continue reading Off the Grid by Monica McCarty ★★★★ (The Lost Platoon #2)
Sheriff Hixon Drake was happily married (or so he thought) for 19 years until his wife inexplicably kicked him out and they divorced a year later. They live in a small town so everyone knows everybody’s business, even what you don’t know about your own. When just a few days after the divorce was final… Continue reading Complicated by Kristen Ashley ★★★★
Harry Bosch is still volunteering at the San Fernando Police Department (SFPD), working cold cases and helping with any new homicides. His old LAPD partner, Lucia Soto, shows up unannounced with her current partner and an assistant district attorney in tow, advising him that one of his old cases is back in play. New DNA… Continue reading Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly ★★★★★ (Harry Bosch #20)
Amos Decker and Alex Jamison are on vacation, enforced for Amos who tags along with Alex as he has nowhere else to go. She’s visiting her sister in Baronville, Pennsylvania to celebrate her niece’s upcoming 6th birthday. On the first night, Decker stumbles upon a double murder next door in the middle of a storm.… Continue reading The Fallen by David Baldacci ★★★★ (Amos Decker #4)
Blue Mood Café 