Book Reviews and a Little More…
Book #116 was Straight into Darkness by Faye Kellerman. The back of the book reads: With ten consecutive New York Times bestsellers, Faye Kellerman is truly a "master of mystery" (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Now she turns her acute eye on 1920s Munich, a war-wounded city rocked by political agitation and stalked by a nameless, barbaric butcher. Lustmord-the joy of murder. The terrifying concept seems apt
Read moreBook #108 was Birds of a Feather, the second book in Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs series. The back of the book reads: Jacqueline Winspear’s marvelous and inspired debut, Maisie Dobbs, won her fans from coast to coast and raised her intuitive, intelligent, and resourceful heroine to the ranks of literature’s favorite sleuths. Birds of a Feather finds Maisie Dobbs on another dangerously intriguing adventure in
Read moreBook #105 was Rules of Prey, the first book in John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport series. The back of the book reads: The haunting, unforgettable, ice-blooded thriller that introduced Lucas Davenport is so chilling that you’re almost afraid to turn the pages and so mesmerizing you cannot stop. This is another series where I’ve read a lot of the later books, but not the early ones.
Read moreBook #104 was Crocodile on the Sandbank, the first book in Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody series. The back of the book reads: Elizabeth Peters’s unforgettable heroine Amelia Peabody makes her first appearance in this clever mystery. Amelia receives a rather large inheritance and decides to use it for travel. On her way through Rome to Egypt, she meets Evelyn Barton-Forbes, a young woman abandoned by
Read more