The Heist by Daniel Silva - Israeli spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is on the trail of a lost Caravaggio masterpiece. Somehow this turns into a plot to relieve a Middle East president of his ill-gotten gains. This was pretty slow getting started but I'm glad I stuck with it.
3 stars
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I Shall Be Near To You by Erin Lindsay McCabe - when her new husband joins the Union army, Rosetta disguises herself as a man and joins his regiment. It's a love story about a woman determined to think and act for herself. Some war scenes.
4.5 stars
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Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekback - 1717 in Sweden and Maija and her family are trying a fresh start in the mountains. Soon after they arrive, her daughter finds a dead man in the woods. Neighbors say he was killed by a wolf or bear but Maija is sure it was a person. Religion, superstition, and mysticism all swirl together during a very cold winter while everyone is just trying to survive.
4.5 stars
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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - Rachel peers into the same backyard everyday on the train and makes up an idealistic story about the couple living there. Then one day she sees something shocking that makes her revise everything. She makes a rash move and entangles herself in their lives. Everyone in this book has flaws, some larger than others. Very suspenseful, kept me guessing most of the time, and the end is quite exciting. Read it straight through.
5 stars
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Breaking Creed by Alex Kava - Ryder Creed trains dogs to do all kinds of searches. On one of his searches he finds something unexpected and invokes the wrath of a drug lord. This read kind of like a tv pilot where everyone is introduced but you don't learn anything of depth. A second book is in the works.
3 stars
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I've decided as a public service to start listing some of the books I start but don't finish.
Unbecoming by Rebecca Sherm - I kept picking this up and putting it down and actually got more than two thirds through before deciding to quit. It starts in Paris with a young girl living a meager life as a gem-restorer. Gradually you learn she's dreading the release from prison of some friends in her hometown in America. But the mystery is revealed so slowly that you spend too much time with the girl and find she's not very likeable. I decided I didn't care.
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