The photo above is more an interpretation of my brain these days than a statement about June in Seattle. Apologies to everyone in the path of this staggering heatwave, but it’s been a lovely month here weatherwise. My reading was similar. The stormy part comes into play in that in an effort to mute the surrounding noise (which gets louder every day) I’ve become a bit of a book ... Read More...
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
I’ve been an S.A. Cosby fan since his debut, Blacktop Wasteland so was eager to read his newest novel, King of Ashes. Once again, Cosby settles in the small-town South, this time with a prodigal son forced to return home after his father is in an accident that leaves him in a coma. Roman Carruthers is adept with numbers, specifically money, and he makes lots of it for his ... Read More...
May Reading Recap
May turned into quite a month for my reading and beyond. There’s plenty to share, but for now, I’ll stick with some of the books that stuck with me (and a couple that missed the mark). Daniel is a criminal profiler who works finding serial killers. He’s chosen this line of work because he’s haunted by having seen an abducted boy at a highway rest stop when he was ... Read More...
Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh
I’m switching gears from heart-warming to heart-pounding with Witness 8 the latest in the Eddie Flynn mystery series. When the body of a wealthy woman is found dead in her home in an exclusive Manhattan neighborhood it leaves the rest of the neighbors stunned that such a thing could happen. That the murderer turns out to be one of their own, a renowned pediatric surgeon, is ... Read More...
The Bones Beneath My Skin
After losing his job Nathan finds himself at loose ends. With no attachments in his life he decides to head to the remote cabin in Oregon that his parents left to him to lick his wounds and regroup. But author TJ Klune is having none of that in The Bones Beneath My Skin so when Nathan arrives at his house it’s to find two unusual squatters living there. Any peace and quiet he’d ... Read More...
More 2024 Reading I Loved
I’m back with more books I loved in 2024. On Friday I shared the fact that almost all my 5-star favorite books for the year were backlist, but I still wanted to give a shoutout to this wide variety of new releases I thought were wonderful. Each provided me with the escape I wanted in a year that was a lot to handle. Mysteries and thrillers came on strong for me ... Read More...
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