Jan 25-31, 2015

The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson - it's 1909 in Paris. Maud is studying painting at the LaFond Acadamie and finding it hard to survive on her meager savings. Then she's offered a position as a companion to a young woman by the woman's older brother.  She discovers things aren't quite as idyllic as they seem on the surface. The first book I've really enjoyed this year.

4.5 stars
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A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison - a short-lived affair comes back to haunt a woman and her family 20 years later. Things are revealed slowly in a letter written by her to her son. Can a marriage built on a lie survive? Some sex scenes.

4 stars
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A Breach of Security by Susan Hill - a very short Simon Serrailler e-book. A racist group attacks members of a gay pride parade and then threaten major damage at a troop welcome home. Not much to this story, I don't know if parts of it will be in the next book.

2 stars
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Switchblade by Michael Connelly - a very, very short Harry Bosch e-book. Harry finds a prisoner also has ties to an unsolved murder. Not really resolved and a little disappointing.

2 stars
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Too Late to Die by Bill Crider - the 1st of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes books. Having read the last four of the series, I'm starting at the beginning. It's election year and the sheriff has a murder on his hands that could cost him the election. A little twist at the end. It will be interesting to watch the character development in future books, I thought they started out strong in this first book.

3 stars
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The Soul of Discretion by Susan Hill - very disappointed in this book and I got more than halfway through before I couldn't finish it. Her books are always dark but this was just too much. Sex crimes against children and a separate case against a woman. I find the main character cold. I've never liked his father and in this book he's heinous. I think I'm done with this series. And this is one of the few books I paid for.