I really enjoy this author and the different series and now standalone books she writes. Nalini Singh brings a lot of diversity and highlights settings in a part of the world I don’t know. There are slight cultural aspects which are not in my region. I would call this a psychological thriller having read it […]
Veronica Speedwell is a dashing lepidopterist and sometimes crime-fighting sleuth in Victorian England. She is one of my favorite all time heroines, even when she behaves badly or won’t own up to her feelings. In A Dangerous Collaboration, the fifth installment in the the Veronica Speedwell Mystery series by Deanna Raybourn, the intrepid Veronica finds herself […]
An unnatural weather event, a vehicular death, a disappearance, and other strange phenomena out on the California desert leaves a world-weary police detective with more questions than answers. Is the kook on the local radio waves far off when he spouts about government conspiracies and aliens? Once in a while, all it takes is a […]
Perfect Shot sounded like a great read for me from the blurb. I like strong women, fast paced action, political/ military strategy and I don’t have to have romance. Normally, complex details and layers are a bonus. Somehow, this was not the book for me. Alex Martel is a Special Agent for the FBI on […]
Trigger warning: Suicide I grabbed this book after realizing that there were more Holly Gibney books after reading Holly (book 3). After reading this, I’m not sure I would call it a Holly Gibney book, but it does have her as a character in the second half of the story. The Outsider follows a small […]
I love mysteries and a National Park setting so this seemed like a great series to read. I picked up this third book in the National Park Mysteries and planned to read the first two from the library. For the start of the 4th of July weekend I did. I used an unusual method for […]
Bookshops and Bonedust is a prequel to Legends and Lattes and it is really meant to be read after Legends and Lattes when we already know Liv the main character. It has a few of the same problems most prequels do, you know the character is going to survive and move onto something else so […]
I continued in the Blackwater Falls series. The town of that name is a smaller community not far from Denver. It seems to be a real melting pot with Mexicans (Catholics), black refugees from Somalia, and Muslims from several Middle Eastern and Asian locations. The focus centers around the team of Community Response officers who […]
I was thrilled to continue with the Midsolar Murders. The characters and world had a good foundation laid in the first book Station Eternity which is where Mallory and Xan and several aliens live. The station itself is sentient, bonded now with Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown decides to take a trip and leaves Mallory to […]
I always enjoy stories with aspects from other cultures and Blood Sisters has some of the Native American history. I didn’t know until the author’s note how much of it is based on a true story. The government and its agencies have been very unfair and even cruel. Syd Walker is an archaeologist with the […]