When the Music's Over by Peter Robinson - newly promoted Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is given a decades old case when a woman claims she was assaulted by a man considered a national treasure. While Banks tries to uncover old facts, DI Annie Cabot is trying to find the people responsible for beating a young woman to death on a lonely road. Historical sexual abuse, grooming of young women, and racial tension made this a gloomy read. Certainly not one of my favorites in this 23 book series.
3 stars
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Kill the Next One by Federico Axat - Ted McKay has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Just when he is about to commit suicide, a stranger knocks on his door and knows what he's about to do. He has a proposition: if Ted kills a "bad guy" and another man also wanting to commit suicide, then someone will murder him, which will supposedly be easier for his children. Ted agrees and then things start to fall apart. He has strange memories and his targets seem to know him. And then the book goes in a completely different direction. Not everyone will like this book but I read it straight through. It would have received 5 stars but at the very end I was subjected to a yucky scene with an animal that my shocked eyes didn't jump over fast enough.
4.75 stars
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The Tempest by James Lilliefors - Pastor Luke Bowers and homicide detective Amy Hunter team up to investigate the death of a summer visitor to their town. Only the day before she had visited Luke to say she was afraid of her husband and something he was entangled in. So-so mystery that includes stolen art, the FBI, jealous and chauvinistic police officers, bungling reporters, baby making (wink wink), and many other cliches. Second in a series and I haven't read the first. Could have used some editing, rather long for an ebook, over 400 pages. A low
3 stars
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