Reading and Reviews (Winters and Black)
I'm an author, but I'm also a reader. From time to time, I'llshare my reviews of present and past reads. My available time to read islimited because I write, but I love to curl up with a paperback or an eBook atnight for the last hour of my day.
I tend to read what I write, but not exclusively. BesidesRomantic Suspense, I read crime and law novels, once in a while a true story, WWIIhistoricals, mysteries, cozy mysterym, and mainstream character driven books.
Here are some of the books I've read recently or in the not-too-distant past.Maybe you'll discover a new book or author.
Burnout (Jessie Black Legal Thriller Book 1) by Larry AWinters Years ago,Assistant DA Jessie Black's successful prosecution of Frank Ramsey—a serialkiller known as the Family Man—put her on a path to stardom at the PhiladelphiaDistrict Attorney's Office. But now an ineffective assistance of counsel claimthreatens to overturn the verdict.
Theclaim alleges that Ramsey did not receive a fair trial because of his lawyer, apublic defender named Jack Ackerman. Jack, an excellent lawyer, committedhimself to a mental institution days after the trial. No one knows why.
NowJessie must return to the courtroom to face the killer and his new lawyers—adream team of high-powered attorneys with mysterious motives for taking hiscase. Unless Jessie can stop them, they will overturn the verdict, destroy agood man's legal career, and put a vicious killer back on the street.
Jessie'sonly chance to keep Ramsey in prison is to defend his defense attorney andprove Jack's sanity. And to do that, she's going to need to find out what really happened at that trial.
MY REVIEW
This is mysecond Jessie Black novel. I’m not reading them in order, obviously. Doesn’tmatter. I’m hooked on this series. Jessie is an easy character to get behindand follow her adventures. I love characters that are fleshed out so thoroughlythat I feel like I know them. She is not so kick-ass she comes off fake. She’sjust tough enough and smart. The story is involved and well rounded. An enjoyableread.
Death byPins and Needles (Holly Swimsuit Mystery Book 2) by Susie Black
The last thing Mermaid Swimwear sales exec Holly Schlivnik expected tofind when she opened the closet door was nasty competitor Lissa Charney’sbattered corpse nailed to the wall. When Holly’s colleague is wrongly arrestedfor Lissa’s murder, the wise-cracking, irreverent amateur sleuth sticks hernose everywhere it doesn’t belong to sniff out the real killer. Nothing turnsout the way she thinks it will as Holly matches wits with a heartless killerhellbent for revenge.
MY REVIEW
The world ofswimwear sales is a lot more cutthroat than I imagined. In fact, I didn’t knowsuch a huge world even existed. This is the second book in the series and sinceI read the first, I’m learning even more about what I thought might be a glitzyworld. Ms. Black makes that world come to life. The amateur sleuth, Holly,certainly knows the ins and outs all the while solving the murder. Ms. Black’sbooks are full of standout characters who guide you through the mystery. Youdon’t need to read book one to enjoy this second book in the series.
