I listened to the first book in the Natalie Lockhart series from the library. The events were shocking, a real twist. I wanted to see how things would be for Natalie going forward. She is feeling grief and guilt, pushing everyone away. The Wicked Hour goes in a different direction from what I expected. That’s […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). Kindle freebie on December 26, 2019 (currently 99¢ and in Kindle Unlimited as of writing this post) Overall rating 4.03 with 2,578 ratings and 305 reviews I love a good scifi, post apocalypse story. I chose this […]
I read plenty of mystery/thriller type stories. They have many different sorts of main characters but the primary one in the new Sawyer Brooks series is a crime reporter or investigative journalist. Sawyer is the youngest of three sisters. We get her point of view and sometimes her sisters’. All three of them were sexually […]
I listened to the first two books in the Atlee Pine series with the main character is a female FBI agent. She gets into some intense, suspenseful cases. She prefers working more independently in her small office, although she has worked in large offices, too. I love her assistant, Carol Blum, who is an older […]
I am having a lot of trouble with starting books in new worlds these days, particularly when there are lots of characters and intricate layers of plot. The Thursday Murder Club is a masterwork of characters; it is a delight. But there are so many! The characters are all beautifully presented. Our four septuagenarian stars […]
There are certain captivating words that will have me snatching up a debut book without seeing its cover or reading its blurb. I saw ‘murder’ and I saw ‘Old Bombay’ and it was a done deal. I love historical mysteries particularly when set in an exotic (to me) location. Murder in Old Bombay takes place […]
I love this Jack Reacher series. Jack Reacher is a bit timeless. I mean I am not sure what age he was when he got out of the Army and started wandering but I’ll guess mid-thirties. I have read every book over the years. The books went along and he aged a bit. Then, the […]
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 […]