Leigh Culver is a 34-year old doctor who left a successful city career in search of a higher quality of life in Timberlake, Colorado running the town clinic. It’s been a year and she’s settled in, now a part of the community. When widower and pub owner Rob Shandon shows up with one of his… Continue reading Release Day Review: The Best of Us by Robyn Carr
The story begins where the last book ended after Henry Harris’ family learns not only of his death in a Marine training accident but also that he has a 2-year old daughter he’d abandoned. His adopted brother, Trevor, takes on the mission to locate the child and her mother, Morgan Riley, and reach out to… Continue reading Heart of Glass by Nicole Jacquelyn
Let me begin by saying this is NOT a standalone book. It is the culmination of all the books in this series that preceded it in defining Will Trent & Angie Polaski’s relationship. It’s complicated and you’ll only understand the extent of that from the earlier stories. Will Trent and his partner Faith… Continue reading The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
Meet the McBride sisters who are preparing for Christmas at home in Scotland. Beth is married and a stay at home mother to two small children but contemplating a return to an outside career. Oldest sister, Hannah, has a highly successful career that seems to keep her from the family but they believe she’s deliberately… Continue reading The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan
Sloane McBride’s mother, Clara, disappeared 23 years ago following a violent argument with her father, Ed. Sloane was only five-years old at the time but vividly recalls the details of what she saw and heard that night. She left town suddenly and without warning when she was eighteen to escape her father’s domination and… Continue reading Before We Were Strangers by Brenda Novak
This book picks up close to where the previous one in the series ended. Detective Angie Pallorino must face the repercussions related to her behavior during the Baptist case and her seemingly overkill of the suspect in the end. Meanwhile, her lover Detective Sergeant James Maddocks is investigating the fallout from that case where six… Continue reading The Lullaby Girl by Loreth Anne White
I’m currently reading this series with one of my Goodreads groups, one book a month. So, I thought I’d share my reviews here as we complete them. This series has a continuing story arc and should be read in order. Former Marine and sniper Blake Ellis is tagged to make an in-person… Continue reading Extinguished by Kaylea Cross
It all seems to begin with a troubling vision Stephen O’Connor has that is burdening him. He seeks answers from Henry Meloux but when a plane carrying their US Senator crashes on nearby Desolation Mountain, Stephen believes that event is connected to what he’s seen. When he, Cork and his brother-in-law Daniel English head to… Continue reading Desolation Mountain by William Kent Krueger
Though I reluctantly decided to read this story because friends wouldn’t stop urging me to do so, it immediately became one of my most favorite series and McDermid one of my most favorite authors in the genre. The books were also adapted into a TV series, Wire in the Blood. … Continue reading The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
Michael "Mickey" Haller is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney with the type of clients you'd rather see him lose for in the courtroom. When he lands a "franchise" case representing Louis Roulet, a wealthy realtor, Haller feels like he's truly in the money and on the path towards more like-walleted clients. What… Continue reading The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
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