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Into the Fire by Gregg Andrew HurwitzMy review 5★ (of course)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Aussie/UK mystery writer Rachel Amphlett has a couple of stories on her website you might enjoy Devil of a Favor is a very short story with a worrying premise and a twist.
My review of Devil of a Favor
The second story by Rachel Amphlett is A Burning Question, a longer mystery featuring Detective Kay Hunter from her well-known series, although this is a standalone. Narrowboats have become a target for arson.
My review of A Burning Question
Here is my 4 star review of Killing Time by Cindy Gerard:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Romantic suspense
Here is my 4.34 rounded to 4 stars review of Leopard's Hunt
by Christine Feehan:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Overall, this action-packed paranormal romantic suspense story has great characterization and pulls on the heart strings. It looks at a variety of types of relationships.
Here is my 4.25 rounded to 4 stars review o
f Exit Black by Joe Pitkin:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Overall, this is an action-packed science fiction thriller that is also thought-provoking with complex characters and plenty of angst and suspense.
I recently finished
Halfway House by Helen Fitzgerald a black comedy that eases into screwball comedy, set in Edinburgh.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
1000 Yards
3 stars
Spy short story
In North Korea
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read All The Talk Is Dead by Michael Ebner I won it in a Goodreads giveaway. I do not recommend it. My 2.5 star review, rounded down https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Fans of Martin Walker’s Bruno series would do well to steer clear of The Caves of Perigord
his first book. My two star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars
Graphic novel #classic
Part of a blockbuster series. adult rendering of fables.
Please check the review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my 4.5 rounded to 5 stars review of Leave No Trace by A.J. Landau (pseudonym for authors Jon Land and Jeff Ayers):https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Political / Action Thriller
Gritty, intense, and chilling story with non-stop action
This is the first book in a new series.
Here is my 4.25 rounded to 4 stars review of
Missing Before Daylight by Carolyn Arnold:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Police Procedural / Crime Thriller
10th book in the series
The book has solid police investigation and good character development.
Blood Sugar
is a clever take on a female serial killer. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon It is a book by a Cambodian woman who escaped Cambodia before the genocide, but lived a poverty stricken life for many years. My 4.5 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Handler
3.5 stars
Quirky little NetGalley read review copy.
2nd book in series
Standalone
Spy's and a fun ride
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Caribbean Mystery
4 stars
Classic murder mystery
#missmarple 1964 release
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Kill for Me, Kill for You
is a weird takeoff on Strangers on a Train. It never quite gelled for me. My three star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
For when you just need a good,straight forward police procedural. Caution:Death at Work
. My four star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Knife Skills for Beginners: A Novel by Orlando Murrin
For me, a five star adventure!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Flux
3 stars
Sci-fi - Fantasy
Butterfly effect. Nephillim. Future soldiers.
Good reading.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my 3.87 rounded to 4 stars review of The American Daughters
by Maurice Carlos Ruffin:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Historical Fiction / Coming-of-age
Gritty and Compelling
Key Point: The story line spends a significant portion of it depicting Ady in her childhood. While this helps readers understand Ady, the book synopsis indicated to me that it would mainly be about her activities with the Daughters.
Earth 2, Vol. 1: The Gathering
3.5 star
#graphicnovel #DCUniverse #trinity #counterearth
Different storyline. The trinity is dead. Great retelling.
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my 4.2 rounded to 4 stars review of The Chaos Agent
by Mark Greaney:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Action Thriller
Gripping, Gritty, and Chilling
Here is my 3.48 rounded to 3 stars review of Blue Smoke and Murder
by Elizabeth Lowell:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Romantic Suspense
Good Characterization, Action Packed, Fast Romance
I finished The Therapy Room by Sam Baron
Three stars for a book that is actually rather bad. Intriguing!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Wild Inside
took a while to get going but by the end was a solid four stars. My review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here is my 3.45 rounded to 3 stars review of A Bite of Blueberry
by Melissa Monroe and Kyla Colby:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Paranormal cozy mystery
Light, entertaining, fun
I read The Evolution of Annabel Craig by Lisa Grunwald It is historical literary fiction about the Scopes trial in 1925 Dayton, Tennessee. I enjoyed the way brought out opposing viewpoints and rated it 4 stars. My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Unity
3.5 stars
young adult adventure
dystopian
Kaiju
Action
Survival
Female teenage protagonist
My review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'd have been saying a lot more than Hail, Mary, if I'd been on board that spaceship in Andrew Weir's amazing sci-fi adventure, Project Hail Mary! A wild, fascinating ride into the unknown, full of warmth and affection in spite of the terror.
My review of Project Hail Mary
I recently finished
To the River by Vikki WakefieldMy review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished Five Nights by Rachel Wolf
Three stars for this slightly unbalanced light mystery: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Last Animal
wasted an interesting premise. my two star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I read The Hangman by Louise Penny It is a short story and can be read in a sitting. My 4 star review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White and continue to be amazed at the talent and ability of White to turn real life tragedies into stories that give a voice to the lost and their loved ones left behind to mourn. Very excited to learn this is the first book in a trilogy. 4 Stars My Review
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