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Jun 27, 2020 10:11AM
Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle. Great pacing, intriguing characters - it was an unputdownable gem.
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I just finished When She Was Good
If you enjoyed the first book in the series, check this one out. Here’s my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just finished Scythe by Neal Shusterman.It wasn't bad but i though it was gonna be way better after all i heard about this book.
Currently reading Pretty Girls Karin Slaughter.. I should be finished tomorrow and OMG.. this book is intense
Currently reading the understudy four big women crime thriller authors here’s the list... B.A.Paris, Clare Mackintosh, Holly Brown and Sophie Hannah... sighs lol that’s a mouthful. Anyway so far pretty good loving the gossip and bitchyness atm.
Off the Grid
by P.J. TracyIn this 6th book in the 'Monkeewrench' series, Grace MacBride and her colleagues are in a race against time to stop terrorist attacks. The book can be read as a standalone though familiarity with the characters is a plus.
OK thriller. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A U.K. police procedural. The Darkest EveningI enjoyed it, 3.5 stars rounded up. My review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I just started reading
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and finished listening
Golden in Death by J.D. Robb
A Blind Eye
by G. M. FordFrank Corso #3, OK to read as stand-alone. Frank and Meg track a female serial killer. A real page-turner altho I felt the Meg character was under-used and the finale rested on a coincidence, and I hate it when the author relies on a coincidence. 3 stars.
Salvation of a Saint
by Keigo HigashinoIn this 5th book in the 'Detective Galileo' series, the Japanese police look into the death of a rich businessman. The book can be read as a standalone.
Clever puzzle mystery. 3 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of First trialhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It is a free story if you follow the author, through his website.
I just finished The Night Swim which is being published next month.
Here’s my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've finished reading Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, by Tom O'Neill. The author sets out to debunk Bugliosi's "Helter Skelter" race war motive behind the 1969 killings, and ends up places I wouldn't have thought possible. :) It's also about his experiences as he does his research and tries to put it all together.
About to begin An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, and still working on Conrad's Nostromo, which I am enjoying very much.
After this, it's easy summer fare. I am so ready to not think for a while. At least not too much.
About to begin An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, and still working on Conrad's Nostromo, which I am enjoying very much.
After this, it's easy summer fare. I am so ready to not think for a while. At least not too much.
Nancy wrote: "I've finished reading Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, by Tom O'Neill. The author sets out to debunk Bugliosi's "Helter Skelter" race war motiv..."This looks interesting. 🙂
Barbara wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I've finished reading Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, by Tom O'Neill. The author sets out to debunk Bugliosi's "Helter Skelter" ..."
When he stays on topic it's a pretty good book with all kinds of new information that was either left out intentionally by the prosecution or by the various police agencies. He sort of digresses in a couple of chapters towards the end until he reins himself back in again.
When he stays on topic it's a pretty good book with all kinds of new information that was either left out intentionally by the prosecution or by the various police agencies. He sort of digresses in a couple of chapters towards the end until he reins himself back in again.
The Skin Collector
by Jeffery DeaverIn this 11th book in the 'Lincoln Rhyme' series, the quadriplegic forensic scientist is after a sadistic serial killer who kills with poison tattoos. The book can be read as a standalone.
Very good mystery/thriller. 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy. First time rating a book without finishing it. I know it is considered a modern classic but I found it awful. Childishly violent without any depth. Rating - 1/5
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Aditya wrote: "
Finished Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy. First time rating ..."
Sorry you didn't care for that one, Aditya. I loved it. I thought it had a great deal of depth as well as purpose. Violent, yes, but then again, consider the time period.

Finished Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy. First time rating ..."
Sorry you didn't care for that one, Aditya. I loved it. I thought it had a great deal of depth as well as purpose. Violent, yes, but then again, consider the time period.
Nancy wrote: "Sorry you didn't care for that one, Aditya. I loved it. I thought it had a great deal of depth as well as purpose. Violent, yes, but then again, consider the time period."I saw your rating in friend's rating section, unfortunately did not work for me at all.
Just finished The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr. A disappointing read for me. There's a lot of intrigue but I got bored about halfway through.
Fatal Passions by Adrian Vincent
This book contains 16 true tales about gruesome and unusual murders. Just the ticket for true crime fans. 3.5 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Paragon Walk
by Anne PerryCharlotte and Thomas Pitt #3, OK to read as stand-alone. Pitt and his wife investigate rape and murder among the residents of a high-class street in Victorian London. I felt the characters were not well differentiated from each other and that the book just went along a bit slowly. Not my cup of tea, 2 stars.
Finished book 9 in Mike Daley/ Rosie Fernandez legal series, Serve and Protect My 4 star review.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Silent Dolls by Rita Herron. First book in a new thriller series set in the Appalachian mountains. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished
The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi RyanMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I have finished 2 more Netgalley books this week - both good solid 4 star reads.
I Know You Lied by Lesley Sandersonhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and
my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
And
To Tell You the Truth by Gilly Macmillanhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and
https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
A new series that I think kids would enjoy as well. (Who doesn't love a dog?) The Finders-(Mace Reid K-9 Mystery, #1) by Jeffrey B. Burton is about a special dog (and her owner, of course, plus a potential love interest).
3★ Link to my Finders review
Started reading Tell Nobody by Patricia Gibney. Loved the previous 4 books to this series! Check out this book on Goodreads: Tell Nobody https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
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