I haven’t been paying much attention to new releases lately, even for people as big as Stephen King. But when I saw there was a new Holly Gibney story out, I got really excited. I’ve been a fan of Holly’s since I first read about her as a side character in the Bill Hodges series. […]
I always enjoy a Ruth Ware mystery thriller. The Woman in Suite 11 is a follow up on the Lo Blacklock character 10 years after the time in The Woman in Cabin 10. It’s better if you have read the first book but not absolutely necessary. In the interim, Lo has married Judah and they […]
The Richard Jury series is another mystery series with more than 20 books, which I have read and loved for a long time. I started listening with later books and collection them on audio because they are narrated by Steve West!!!! He’s one of my favorites. The Red Queen is going to have an audio […]
I might be showing my age here, but I normally mistrust analytical algorithms and AI-type thingys. (I am not a tech person, obviously.) I like to choose books based on personal recommendations and reviews (thanks Books of My Heart!) rather than what the library thinks I should read next. To be fair, it isn’t like […]
I enjoy this author, although some of the stories don’t seem very realistic. The setup for Dead of Winter is promising. There are four brothers with military and wilderness experience. Their father died about a year ago but no one has been arrested. Since Olivia’s FBI boss was an old friend of the father, Hank, […]
Ceylon has weathered Colonial rule and a recent World War and now it is poised to inaugurate its independence. Right in the midst of preparations, Inspector de Silva has a potential attempted murder paired with a missing persons’ case to solve in time for the big celebration. Harriet Steel continues to bring to life the […]
Things continue to develop in the Midsolar Murders series. 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. In the next installment, we learn about the Sundry and […]
A Happy Marriage sounded like an interesting setup with Dinah, a detective and her husband Joe, a psychiatrist. With the title, I thought it would have aspects of how they make their careers work and still keep a close relationship. They do that and are successful in their careers but that’s not this story. We […]
An unsolved murder has baffled everyone and even the police stopped investigating- until now. Frances and George are on the case. Meanwhile, mothers, mother-in-laws, daughters, sisters, and even female frenemies take center stage for Dianne Freeman’s latest. A Daughter’s Guide to Mothers and Murder is the eighth of the Countess of Harleigh cozy historical […]
The Prairie Nightingale series is a collaboration between two of my favorite authors. It’s a new mystery series about a professional homemaker turning into a private investigator. I absolutely LOVE it. Prairie is a divorced mother of two girls. The younger is definitely gifted. The older is going through her rebellious teen phase. She co-parents […]