So I finished Michael Koryta's "Tonight I Said Goodbye," in my favorite place to read, my bed & it was way to early too turn in, so I quickly surfed mSo I finished Michael Koryta's "Tonight I Said Goodbye," in my favorite place to read, my bed & it was way to early too turn in, so I quickly surfed my libraries eBook collection & saw a Grisham was free to download...so, here we are...I already read "The Whistler," so this novella, a prequel, was really a quick read, but lasted late enough to be legit time to turn in!
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So I finished Michael Koryta's "Tonight I Said Goodbye," in my favorite place to read, my bed & it was way to early too turn in, so I quickly surfed my libraries eBook collection & saw a Grisham was free to download...so, here we are...I already read "The Whistler," so this novella, a prequel, was really a quick read, but lasted late enough to be legit time to turn in!...more
This is my 2nd Kellerman family Clay Edison, the former Pac-10 basketball player, turned forensic pathologist, turned private investigator...I enjoyedThis is my 2nd Kellerman family Clay Edison, the former Pac-10 basketball player, turned forensic pathologist, turned private investigator...I enjoyed my 1st exposure to this series with, "A Measure of Darkness," but I kind of forgot about the series until this one was on my library's large print, new release shelves...Clay Edison is now he's on his own, working as a PI...A client brings him a decades old real estate fraud case...His investigation leads him to a bizarre town buried in a remote, untouched area of Northern California. The perps/residents don't care much for outsiders and certainly don't like Clay digging around...Clay and his newly found allies are in danger...Fast-paced & tense buildup have the pages flying by...Good, Fun read!!!...more
This is the 2nd James R. Benn, "Billy Boyle," I've read, "Blue Madonna" being the 1st...While that one's setting was the European Theater, "The White This is the 2nd James R. Benn, "Billy Boyle," I've read, "Blue Madonna" being the 1st...While that one's setting was the European Theater, "The White Ghost" is set in the brutal Soloman's Campaign of the Pacific Theater...Boyle is a hard-bitten Boston PD detective working as an investigator in the US Army...Very representative of many of the Max Allen Collins noir-ish "historical " mysteries I'm more familiar with...Boyle is dispatched, by General George Marshall, at the behest of Boston's powerful Joe Kennedy to investigate the death of a coast watcher who was last seen alive Joe Kennedy's son, Jack. The Navy is still trying to decide if Jack is a hero or to court martial him for losing his boat. And, of course, Billy being from Boston, has a turbulent history with the Kennedy clan. ...Good stuff, almost up there With Collins' historical mysteries!...more
James Patterson and Mike Lupica have teamed up again to bring us more Jane "Effing" Smith and her partner, Jimmy Cunniff in another defense of an earlJames Patterson and Mike Lupica have teamed up again to bring us more Jane "Effing" Smith and her partner, Jimmy Cunniff in another defense of an earlier client accused of multiple homicides...Like Lupica's version of Parker's Sunny Randall, Jane is spunky and snarky, but unlike Boston's Sunny Randall is battling Cancer...Mobsters and dirty cops abound as Jane and Jimmy prepare for another Long Island "Trial of the Century!"...Good Stuff!!!...more
I don't know whether I enjoy the Gabriel Allon, the spy, who's hunting down terrorists, or the Gabrel Allon, the art restorer, who is hunting down artI don't know whether I enjoy the Gabriel Allon, the spy, who's hunting down terrorists, or the Gabrel Allon, the art restorer, who is hunting down art criminals more...Both Allon's are fun reads...With "A Death in Cornwall," we get a little of both as Allon is drawn back into the world of espionage when he is contacted to help investigate the murder of a professor of art history researching the provenance of a Picasso painting looted during World War II...It appears that some very powerful people want the painting to remain hidden and to move on...Gabriel and his merry band work to uncover there powerful and dangerous people in a very fun read!...more
I finished a Stuart Woods and loaded this one to my iPad from the library & settled in to read during this cold day in Iowa, but I didn't notice it waI finished a Stuart Woods and loaded this one to my iPad from the library & settled in to read during this cold day in Iowa, but I didn't notice it was a short novella introducing the characters' "meet cute" of the Fox & O'Hare series...I thought this was Evanovich's 1st in the series, but its a prequel...took just a few minutes to read, so I had to get another one loaded the old iPad
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I finished a Stuart Woods and loaded this one to my iPad from the library & settled in to read during this cold day in Iowa, but I didn't notice it was a short novella introducing the characters' "meet cute" of the Fox & O'Hare series...I thought this was Evanovich's 1st in the series, but its a prequel...took just a few minutes to read, so I had to get another one loaded the old iPad...more
"Behold the Monster," is a true-crime story with a tremendously high "Ick Factor"...I mean how can it not?...Written by Jillian Lauren, wife of Weezer"Behold the Monster," is a true-crime story with a tremendously high "Ick Factor"...I mean how can it not?...Written by Jillian Lauren, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, tells the story of America's most prolific serial killer, and the many victims. It also provides the psychology of what could have potentially made Little behave the way he did...Decent, informative read!...more
I kind of like this Mary Higgins Clark/Alafair Burke "Under Suspicion Series"...A popular, true crime TV show investigates uptown cold cases with greaI kind of like this Mary Higgins Clark/Alafair Burke "Under Suspicion Series"...A popular, true crime TV show investigates uptown cold cases with great success and ratings...These cases are told via the producer, Laurie Moran's perspective and we have the added soap opera-ish details of her co-workers lives to the investigation...Most enjoyable...In "It Had to Be You," Laurie and her crew delve into a cold case involving twin brothers accused of the unthinkable - murdering their parents, albeit with a compelling twist. Each sibling points the finger at the other, and being identical twins...We have the drama of the accused tied to the procedures of putting a true crime broadcast together...Just a good premise...Like it a lot! ...more
Karin Slaughter has delivered another winner to the Will Trent/Sara Linton series...There is just something about Will overcoming his history and SaraKarin Slaughter has delivered another winner to the Will Trent/Sara Linton series...There is just something about Will overcoming his history and Sara completing the wonderful relationship that has grown through the novel series...Will and Sara are on their honeymoon at a beautiful mountain lodge. They're having beautiful and relaxing getaway until a body is found. They naturally assume their professional roles, securing the scene, gather evidence and investigate the family hosts and guests to determine whodunit. There are many secrets and lies as they peel away the layers of this paean to the English "locked-room" mystery...Good Stuff!...more
"The Murder Inn" has us revisit "The Inn," where Bill Robinson, a Michael Bennett-ish widower and former Boston cop, who now an inn for a "family" of "The Murder Inn" has us revisit "The Inn," where Bill Robinson, a Michael Bennett-ish widower and former Boston cop, who now an inn for a "family" of assorted misfits rather than adopted children...Like the Bennett family, they too draw strength from one another as their Gloucester, Massachusetts community is under attack by a ruthless, murderous drug dealer and events from rising from an off-the-books murder/robbery in the Middle East...As the events become charged and move toward denouement, the pages fly...I liked it! ...more
I've reached the age that I appreciate retired heroes, especially spies, showing their skills and getting results...That's why I'm a fan of the RicharI've reached the age that I appreciate retired heroes, especially spies, showing their skills and getting results...That's why I'm a fan of the Richard Osman, "Thursday Murder Club" series and I loved Tess Gerritson's "The Spy Coast"...While Merry Wrath isn't an oldster, she was accidently revealed and retired Valerie Plame-like from the CIA, so it counts in my book...Merry moves back to her hometown in Eastern Iowa. and instead of black bag jobs around the World, she now spends her time as a Girl Scout leader...That is, until bodies of some serious terrorists and criminals start showing up on her doorstep...Laugh out loud funny cozy mystery!!! ...more
A group of survivors of a tragic school trip disaster meet annually to deal with the survivor's guilt at a summer rental on Outer Banks...On the tenthA group of survivors of a tragic school trip disaster meet annually to deal with the survivor's guilt at a summer rental on Outer Banks...On the tenth anniversary, the survivors suffer losses of their own and seem to be targeted as a result of a dangerous secret...A strong "I Know What You Did Last Summer" vibe to this one...Meh!...more
This is my second visit to Cooper's Chase and Richard Osmond's Thursday Murder Club...Like the first, it's all very British and has a strong Cathrine This is my second visit to Cooper's Chase and Richard Osmond's Thursday Murder Club...Like the first, it's all very British and has a strong Cathrine Graham, "Midsommer Murder vibe...While there's no Inspector Barnaby, we have four retirees, living at Cooper's Chase, taking on some very dangerous people in order to solve the murder of a friend, because, that's what they do...Along the way they confront art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers and deal with the heartbreaks of loss in out autumn years...Solid stuff!...more
As many Harlan Coben novels have gone in the past, "Think Twice" is a 5-star mystery/thriller downgraded to a 4-star because you have to wade through As many Harlan Coben novels have gone in the past, "Think Twice" is a 5-star mystery/thriller downgraded to a 4-star because you have to wade through his lefty blather...I dearly love the Myron Bolitar series...They just strike the right chord with me, that the other stand-alone novels do not...In "Think Twice," Myron and his universe are swept into an investigation involving an ingenious serial murderer, that not only kills, but frames others, creating multiple victims with each event...The race is on...Will Myron and those close to him be victims too, or will Myron, Win and the others solve the case...Great fun!...more
Its taken some time, but I think Felix Francis has reached the same level of entertainment value as his father, Dick...Like the elder Francis, some asIts taken some time, but I think Felix Francis has reached the same level of entertainment value as his father, Dick...Like the elder Francis, some aspect of the English horseracing industry plays an important part of the plotting and the mystery...In "No Reserve," its the bloodstock sales auctions that serves as the foundation for the murder and mayhem...An auctioneer follows clues of a monumental sale of an untried colt that dies under suspicious circumstances...As he peels away the layers of the mystery, he finds love and danger...As good as the originals! ...more
I've always loved the Sara Paretsky, V.I. Warshawski novels since being introduce some thirty-odd years ago by my librarian mother...I loved the use oI've always loved the Sara Paretsky, V.I. Warshawski novels since being introduce some thirty-odd years ago by my librarian mother...I loved the use of the city of Chicago, almost as an additional character in the mysteries...So many recognizable areas and characters were included...in "Pay Dirt," Vic has the handicap of an away game, with most of the action, in and around the university town of Lawrence, Kansas, and she's not at 100 percent, recovering emotionally and physically from traumas of an earlier case...She travels to Kansas with her God daughter's roommates, all Northwestern athletes, to experience a women's basketball game that showcases one of the girls...From that night on and for nearly a month after, Vic is wrapped up in solving murders and unraveling a 160-year-old Bleeding Kansas mystery as she recovers her Mojo...Good Stuff!!!...more
Decent Isaac Ball, as the he and the Van Dooren Agency, investigate a possible murder of a wealthy, Newport socialite, an aerial attack on President WDecent Isaac Ball, as the he and the Van Dooren Agency, investigate a possible murder of a wealthy, Newport socialite, an aerial attack on President Willson's yacht during a meeting of the future heads of the Federal Reserve Banks, and finally the audacious billion dollar "Heist" from the new "Fed."...I couldn't help but notice, legacy author Jack Du Brul's use of many of the Anti-Fed arguments, using the voice of one of the conspirators...It sounded like it was ripped from the pages of G. Edward Griffin's "The Creature from Jekyll Island"...It kind of made me sympathetic to that character...Just good Cussler fun! ...more
Lucas Davenport and the US Marshal's Service combine with Letty Davenport and her connections with Homeland Security to stop Eco-Terrorists from wipinLucas Davenport and the US Marshal's Service combine with Letty Davenport and her connections with Homeland Security to stop Eco-Terrorists from wiping out a large part of the World's population to save Mother Earth...It's always fun when an author brings series characters together as John Sanford has done here...Good stuff, but I miss "The #$@%" Virgil Flowers!!!...If Virgil would've been included, I'd have given "Toxic Prey" 5-stars!...more
Whenever I'm in the mood for a classic good guys-bad guys melodrama, the Patterson writer's factory can produce products to fill the bill...The "Jack Whenever I'm in the mood for a classic good guys-bad guys melodrama, the Patterson writer's factory can produce products to fill the bill...The "Jack Morgan, Private Series IS one such series...Morgan is a former Marine and CIA operative that established Private, a renowned private investigation company with branches around the globe...In "Missing Persons," Morgan and Private are scammed into tracking down a wife and mother, as well as her children, of a Spec Ops pilot missing in Afghaniston...Good guys win and I love it!!! ...more
Loved the blurb, " "Grumpy Old men does CSI with a hint of Dickens!"...Pretty good summary of the style of our characters, Arthur Bryant and John May Loved the blurb, " "Grumpy Old men does CSI with a hint of Dickens!"...Pretty good summary of the style of our characters, Arthur Bryant and John May as detectives with the Peculiar Crimes Unit, a fictional branch of London's Metropolitan Police, dealing with cases involving obscure, quirky, or complex crimes that challenge conventional police procedures...If you can imagine Preston and Childs' Aloysius Pendergast stories with quirky English humor...In "The Bleeding Heart," The squad delves into cases involving case involves the Tower of London when all their ravens go missing, grave robbers and a few murders thrown in and around...Very English and very entertaining!...more
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