The Kind Worth Saving is the second in the series. I actually also got the first book The Kind Worth Killing at the library. The books are almost 8 years apart. The characters who are carried over to this book are Henry Kimball and Lily Kintner. Henry Kimball is no longer a police detective. He […]
How hard can it be to solve the case of the murdered body in her tea shop? Vera’s got experience after all. Like any self-respecting Asian mother she’s had tabs on her son’s life. Jesse Sutanto does it again with her winning writing style and plot full of all the mischief and mayhem a reader […]
Red Queen has a different concept and is the first in a series. The setting is in Europe, in Spain. There are some cultural and government aspects which are unique. I really like the main characters. Jon is an gay police detective who got caught planting evidence. He’s a good guy and working to fight […]
I have read all three series by J.A. Jance for a long time. I always recommend to read series in order. This Ali Reynolds series is probably the least realistic of the three, and is not based on law enforcement personnel like the other series. I still love it. Ali was a news anchor who […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). Kindle freebie on June 28, 2022 (currently $4.99 and in Kindle Unlimited as of writing this post) Overall rating 3.98 with 4,259 ratings and 376 reviews Interesting premise to start to a story. A somewhat famous journalist […]
I’m a fan of Harlan Coben and his books. I have read both series and standalones. The character development as usual is very well done and it easily feels like these could be real people. They have depth in their flaws, and their wants and needs, their rationalizations and dreams. The primary character is David. […]
There is a new case in the Detective Jane Phillips series. It’s high profile so the pressure from the demanding Chief Constable Fox is intense. I really hate the way Fox makes her spend so much time on meetings and politics when really that is her boss’ role; hers is to solve the case. Her […]
Everything at this point is a spoiler for earlier books in the Lady Sherlock series. I would read this series in order because the complexity of the characters and relationships which are just as important as the particular cases. In Miss Moriarty, I Presume? Charlotte ends up faking her death to throw Moriarty off her […]
Here are your unlikeable characters where it is hard to know who to champion. The Maid’s Diary spends more time in the character’s heads than with dialogue. We have the points of view of Kit Darling, the maid, the elderly woman next door, Mal, the police detective, Daisy, the pregnant wife, and John, the husband. […]
Mattie’s family issues come to a head in Standing Dead. She has her sister and grandmother and knows more truth about her parentage and history. She and her sister go to Mexico to find their mother but she and her new husband have fled. Mattie returns home and the hits just keep happening. I love […]