April 20 - 26, 2014

The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths - this time Ruth Galloway becomes involved in the discovery of six bodies buried near the sea. It looks like murder. Were they Germans trying to invade in WWII? This is my favorite so far of the series. I'm getting quite caught up in the character's lives.

3.5 stars
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The Swan Gondola by Timothy Shaffert - set in Omaha during the 1898 World's Fair, this is the story of a doomed love. A little too much mysticism for me and the author seemed to be trying a strange link to the Oz story. I actually put this down halfway through and almost didn't pick it up again.

2 stars
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A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert - a fictionalized account of the years Rose Wilder Lane spent revising and editing the Little House on the Prairie books for her mother. The author used Rose's journals and letters as her inspiration. It's also a story of the depression years.

3 stars
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The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman - an 8 year old makes a wish and her life is changed forever. Years later she's struck by lightning and her life takes another turn. A quite different book. Some sex.

3 stars
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North - Harry is a time traveler of a different sort, he lives the same life over and over and remembers his past lives. He gets a message from the future that the world is ending and must spend many of his lives figuring out what's going on.

5 stars
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Bone Deep by Randy Wayne White - Doc Ford is asked by a friend to track down some Indian artifacts perhaps being sold in Florida. Of course it's not as simple as that.

3 stars
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Destroyer Angel by Nevada Barr - the 17th Anna Pidgeon novel. It's been four years since the last and imo worth the wait. Anna is on vacation with her paraplegic friend and her daughter. With them are a designer of outdoor equipment and her daughter. While Anna is canoeing, armed men burst into camp and take the women hostage. It's up to Anna to save them.

4 stars
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The Crypt Thief by Mark Pryor - the second Hugo Marston book. He's the security chief at the American embassy in Paris. When and American tourist is killed in a cemetery, Hugo is called to investigate. Lots of action. Some language.

4 stars