The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) - pretty sure I had this on my list before the secret was out about who really wrote it because I would have been prejudiced against it. Cormoran Strike is hired to discover is a model's suicide really is a suicide. I really liked this, it ripped right along.
4 stars
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No Man's Nightingale by Ruth Rendell - the author has been writing about Inspector Wexford for 50 years and I've read all 24. Now he's retired but drawn into an investigation by his house cleaner. Things move pretty slow and don't seem to have a lot to do with the case. Not one of the best of this series.
3 stars
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler - something happened to the narrator's sister many years ago that she has completely blocked out. Because of the incident, her brother has disappeared and is wanted by the FBI for being a terrorist. A major plot point is revealed on page 79. Don't read anymore about this book if you want to be surprised.
4.5 star
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - the 20th of the Stephanie Plum books and things are still pretty much the same. She can't decide between Morelli and Ranger, she's still a klutz, her grandmother is looney and Lula is still dressing like a hooker. Getting tiresome and some of the situations are completely unbelievable. She needs to pick Ranger and get on with her life.
2 stars
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly - a Micky Haller book. He takes a murder case that soon becomes about dirty law enforcement. I always enjoy Michael Connelly.
4 stars
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Watch by Linda Fairstein - another Alexandra Cooper case. This time she's in France visiting her boyfriend when she's called back to New York do deal with a high profile case. Then her boyfriend gets involved in a murder case. The two stories have absolutely nothing to do with each other. This is supposed to be a series about a strong woman but she doesn't stand up for herself very well and is pretty whiny. I skimmed the middle part of the book.
2 stars
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Second Chance Dog by Jon Katz - I've always enjoyed this author's books about his dogs but this one just dragged on and on. His editors didn't do their job, there was lots of repetition. It's the story of the dog belonging to the woman he wants to date after his divorce. The dog part was good - the rest, not so much.
2 stars
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Widow File by S.G. Redling - Dani works for what she thinks is a highly skilled security company. That turns out to not be true. Really intense action and you're never sure who is actually helping Dani get away. The plot is somewhat convoluted but that doesn't take away from action. This was an ebook I tried just because it was cheap on Kindle First. I'm glad I did. If it hadn't been for too much vulgarity, I would have given it a 5.
4 stars
No comments:
Post a Comment