Mr. Harrigan’s Phone This was an interesting story. It follows a kid who starts doing odd jobs for a rich man who has moved to town to retire from the big city. They form a pretty good relationship. Mr. Harrigan likes to send cards on specific holidays with a one dollar scratch off inside. One […]
I really enjoyed the classic thriller with psychological aspects which the author does so well. One Perfect Couple is brought to us by Lyla, a 32 year old scientist who has an actor boyfriend, Nico. He wants her to go with him on a reality TV show. She agrees to do it to help him. […]
I always enjoy the life fiction I read from this author. The stories are romances but much more, with realistic aspects of issues people have. The Paradise Problem goes a bit off the believable since the hero, West is a multi-millionaire. The badly behaving wealthy are a bit cliche in some aspects. West, despite his […]
Wow. There are lots of triggers in this story, if you need to know. One of Our Own was suspenseful. I can’t imagine trying to help a young girl who is so distraught she wants to kill herself. Especially when you have lost a sister to suicide. Felicia could really relate to the girl and […]
I saw this one and couldn’t resist listening to it myself. The setting is one I like and the narration would match that location. The Search Party had a bit of the old friends go away and they start losing people. It wasn’t quite like that though. The timeline is a bit of back and […]
I was excited to listen to this shorter story which I thought was about a crime podcast. #CrimeTime is the tag of the crime podcast created by Nadiya’s half brother, Chase. Nadiya is a successful mystery writer and has been estranged from her father, who went to prison for his crimes. She has refused to […]
Trigger warning: Suicide I grabbed this book after realizing that there were more Holly Gibney books after reading Holly (book 3). After reading this, I’m not sure I would call it a Holly Gibney book, but it does have her as a character in the second half of the story. The Outsider follows a small […]
I’m Glad My Mom Died is not a book I’d typically pick up. I normally avoid anything with legitimate dysfunction. At the recommendation of my sister, I gave it a try. I’m Glad My Mom Died is an emotionally evocative memoir by Jenette McCurdy, a child actor who rose to fame as a primary cast […]
I completely missed that there was a Holly Gibney series. She worked with Bill Hodges in the series of the same name. I read that series a long time ago, and loved Holly. She’s a very quirky and easy to love character. The fact that she had three books out after the Bill Hodges series […]
I have come to appreciate this author’s work greatly. He has a long running series which is a police / investigator procedural that seems current time. His independent books like this one seem more a look at historical times and attitudes. The setting is a rural community of Jewel, Minnesota in Blue Earth county, starting […]