In the Deep is a story told mostly by women. There is not much dialogue; we get mostly the stream of thoughts of the women. Primarily, Mrs. Martin Cresswell-Smith and a senior constable, Lozza Bianchi tell us the story. The Mrs. does not always seem to be a reliable narrator, either. The blurb tells us […]
This was a very enjoyable police procedural sort of story around arsons. Joan is on leave from her job in Philadelphia and goes out to Montana where she attended college. She left after a fire and the convicted arsonist, Elijah, is getting out of prison now. She learns a lot of interesting things about her […]
So One by One is about a tech company and most of the characters are those who work there. Every chapter starts with a little Snoop info which I found distracting from the story. The company goes on a retreat at a French ski lodge. It’s small and staffed with a cook and housekeeper. There […]
Somehow, I thought with the title, The Crime Beat, I would be getting a true crime story. The genre is mystery / thriller and it is fiction. The main characters are an unlikely duo. Jane Cole is a crime beat reporter who is a widow. Rob Warren is a former marine, cop and now tracking […]
This is my first experience with this author, but it is also her first mystery / suspense/ thriller which is one of my favorite genres. When No One is Watching is creepy and a bit horrifying but I think it is because a lot of the story is realistic. Sadly, those with money or positions […]
I own the first book in this Charles Jenkins series, The Eighth Sister, which was a heart-stopping fire hose of action and life-or-death danger. The main character is unusual in that he is older, in his 60s, and left the CIA 40 years ago. He has a young son and a newborn daughter. He only […]
I really enjoyed Some Choose Darkness so I was thrilled to hear there would be more with these characters. Lane and Rory are an interesting couple. Rory is a forensic reconstructionist who uses her unique personal style to connect to details in a case as no one else does. Lane, her partner, is a psychologist […]
What a terrifying and gut-wrenching ride! All His Pretty Girls is an exciting story with the two main characters being a cop and the criminal. I wouldn’t have noticed this as much, but I just read a science fiction story with this same dynamic. It’s really frightening how difficult it is for cops to catch […]
I listened to Gone to Dust after seeing it as an Audible daily deal and have continued with the Nils Shapiro series . I really enjoyed the Minnesota setting since so much is familiar, having lived there for many years. Dead West, the fourth book in the series, is a whole different feel as it […]
Blood World is an interesting dystopia. For “carriers,” it is a brutal world with one kind of prison or another. The rich can and will pay anything for the blood effects. The criminals running the blood farms are not good guys, but certainly some are worse than others. Ellie is our main character and I […]