I was happy to continue the Laurel Snow series. The series is best read in order because of the career and personal developments. I like Laurel and she works so hard. The romance isn’t settled but she and Huck are definitely interested in each other. Sadly, her half sister Abigail is doing everything she can […]
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six is a suspenseful journey into family, couples and their secrets. Some of these people are not really very likeable, even though they have money and power. Some people are just lost and trying to find their way and afraid they are not succeeding. The characters have plenty of flaws. The characters […]
I enjoy reading police procedurals with different settings and diverse characters. Blackwater Falls is exactly this sort of book. I read to learn new things and broaden my experience which also happened in this reading. There were a variety of cultural and religious aspects which I have had almost no knowledge. My lack of experience […]
I have really enjoyed reading all the Jack Reacher series, including novellas. Jack Reacher started out wandering when he was maybe mid-thirties, and as the books went along he aged. Then, the books seemed to go back in time and cover times when he was in the military or freshly a civilian. I’m uncertain as […]
The Detective Jane Phillips series continues to evolve. Jane has been on leave for months with her new boyfriend Adam. Now she and Adam are going back to work and have to figure out how to navigate work life balance with critical, demanding jobs. Jane still has her boss, Carter, to deal with all the […]
It is always a pleasure to ride along with the Thursday Murder Club series. The main characters are 4 seniors in a home in England.  They each have their own skills and capabilities. Chapters are set in alternating points of view of the Joyce, Elizabeth, Ibrahim and Ron.  Sometimes it is in their friend or […]
Nothing like the gift of a cruise to send four older female assassins out in style, especially since the company has decided that only a deadly termination of their employment will do. Deanna Raybourn has written some sparkling historical mysteries, but this dive into a modern day thriller with senior citizen protagonists grabbed my fancy […]
I really enjoyed Killers of a Certain Age!  There is a trend towards these stories where an older person is a sleuth or in this case – assassin.  I loved seeing the different way the women approached their work, their lives and their relationships.  We have Helen, Natalie, Mary Alice and Billie. We mostly have […]
Psychological thrillers can be tricky for me to read. Sometimes I don’t like the characters, an unreliable narrator or a lack of closure at the end.  I do tend to enjoy the more realistic feelings and actions which are portrayed but not always the ambiguity. Friends have really liked this author so I decided to […]
A killer stalks the mountain and there is nowhere to hide in the high atmosphere death zone. An adventure journalist has the opportunity of a lifetime to make the final climb on a renowned alpinist’s record-breaking journey to climb to the summit without aid all fourteen peaks above 8,000 feet, but the catch is she […]