Rage

Rage is the latest novel in the Kate Burkholder police procedural series. In a small Ohio town, a young Amish man recently back from his rumspringa is found dead in the woods cut into eleven pieces. Police Chief Kate is on the case. She suspects a non-local is the killerContinue Reading

Dogged Pursuit

In the previous thirty entries in this mystery series, Andy Carpenter is a rich defense attorney, who really, really, really, wants to retire but just keeps getting sucked into one more case. To be honest, it was getting a bit repetitive, though Andy’s snarky humor always makes me come backContinue Reading

A Novel Murder

A Novel Murder is an interesting mashup of a cozy amateur detective mystery and an insider’s look into the publishing industry. Jane is an ambitious author at a murder mystery convention. When a literary agent is killed at the event, Jane jumps at the chance to solve the crime whileContinue Reading

Don't Open Your Eyes

Don’t Open Your Eyes is the latest book by the authors of the smash hit, The Late Mrs. Parrish. Annabelle seems to have the perfect life with her loving, if somewhat controlling, husband and two wonderful daughters. However, each night Annabelle has terrifying nightmares. When her visions start coming true,Continue Reading

Doggone Bones

Doggone Bones is the 29th book in the Sarah Booth Delaney cozy mystery series. In this one, Sarah Booth with her detective agency partner and best friend Tinkie look for a missing dog. They find more than they bargained for including a dog fighting ring and an underground dog sellingContinue Reading

The Tradwife’s Secret

Do you watch #tradwife videos or shows like The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives? If so, especially if you watch more for the impending train wreck than as an instructional video, you are going to love The Tradwife’s Secret. On her videos, Madison looks like the perfect traditional wife, wakingContinue Reading

The Last Conclave

In The Last Conclave, cardinals are sequestered to choose the next pope. When no smoke appears, it is discovered that the Cardinals are gone. A journalist covering the conclave and a nun with a high powered church office work together to find the missing men and the reason behind theirContinue Reading

Fever Beach

Get ready for another fun filled Florida romp by best selling author Carl Hiaasen! Fever Beach tells the tale of Floridian Dale Figgo, the only person kicked out of the Proud Boys for being too dumb and incompetent. His continued stupidity, as the creator of a new hate group, StrokersContinue Reading

The Retirement Plan

Four sixty-something couples are best friends. After the families get involved together in a bad investment, the four wives see their comfortable retirement dreams float away. But when one husband dies from a freak accident, his wife collects on his million dollar life insurance and is soon living in relativeContinue Reading

Parents Weekend

Five college students go missing on Parents Weekend. An investigation ensues. I found this book to have too many characters to keep straight. Each of the students have parents with issues that seem almost stereotypical of these types of thrillers. The book takes almost 20% of its time explaining eachContinue Reading

Cold Burn

Cold Burn is as much ripped from the headlines as any book I’ve ever read. It has extinct animal revivals, detrimental climate change effects, an unknown fatal disease killing everyone in its path, a malevolent rogue billionaire, and Russian hoods. The plot feels like a mix of the series writtenContinue Reading