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 […]
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 […]
The Rockton series is much loved by me, and one of my most anticipated releases each year. I would say I have grown to be a huge fan of this author in a variety of genres and her recent series. I would not try to read this as a standalone because of character development and […]
I LOVE the Orphan X series. I recommend reading from the beginning, in order, for the character and world developments. Evan has grown and become more personable throughout the series. He is a support for the people at Castle Heights, especially Mia and Peter, and a parental figure, at least a caretaker for Joey. I […]
The series has settled into being the Detective Margaret Nolan series written by the daughter from the mother-daughter writing team. Detective Nolan, along with her partner, is sort of a main character, with supporting characters in her friends, family and love interests. But Sam Easton is equally important, along with the people in his life. […]
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 […]
The Mercy & Elvis Mysteries series has become a favorite for me with plenty of mysteries, well-developed characters and dogs. In The Wedding Plot, a veterinarian, Patience, who is Mercy’s loved grandmother, is marrying another veterinarian, Claude. Mercy’s mother, Grace is running everything and various family members not met or developed previously are on hand. […]
I am a fan of K-9 books, so I discovered this Mace Reid K-9 Mystery series. The dogs here are mostly HRD or cadaver dogs. They mostly aren’t trained to take down bad guys or protect people. We see some of their personalities but Vira is the most often one to accompany Mace. He works […]
I’ve been enjoying this Maggie D’arcy series as it has layers of plot. Maggie is a homicide detective in NY at the start of the series but she visits Ireland to try to find out what happened to her cousin. Her family has a rich history with Ireland, and runs an Irish bar on Long […]
Strangled in the same alley that a woman was strangled 150 years before, a woman police officer suddenly finds herself back in that time and in the woman’s body. Talk about exciting premises, right? After reading several thrilling books from this author, I was keen to pick up this first in a new series and […]