The Piper by Charles Todd - a short story about Hamish MacLeod, the voice in Inspector Ian Rutledges's head. Before WWI, Hamish was a sheep farmer on his grandmother's farm. One stormy night he finds a young man with a head wound and tends to him. When the boy disappears, Hamish has his own mystery to solve.
3 stars
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The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie - Peter Ash has been at war too long and now that he's home he finds himself unable to stay indoors for any length of time. He lives outdoors, roaming the Cascades. But when a Marine friend commits suicide, Peter goes to Milwaukee to help the widow. While replacing the porch, he finds a suitcase containing a great deal of money and some plastic explosives. Also, a very large, angry dog. A fast paced thriller, somewhat predictable, with lots of action and violence. And a stinky dog.
4 stars
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Heir to the Sky by Amanda Sun - Kali is heir to a kingdom that floats above an earth inhabited by monsters. Loyal to her father and her people, she is also betrothed to a man she doesn't love but will marry out of duty. Except... one day she falls off her island and discovers that there is more to earth than she's been told. And things aren't quite right in the kingdom either. I was glad to see this wasn't the beginning of a trilogy but felt the story could have been more developed. Told in first person present tense, which is like fingernails on chalk to me.
3 stars
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The Mermaid's Scream by Kate Ellis - the 21st Wesley Peterson story has so many interwoven plots it was a little confusing to me. That was partly the fault of the very poor formatting of the ebook, some portions ran into each other without benefit of spacing, so that you don't realize you're at a completely different scene. A couple found dead leads to other murders and old suicides. And of course there's an old tale coinciding with the present with Neil working on a dig for an obsessive landowner. And I'm a little concerned about the path Wesley and Pam's son will take as he approaches the teen years. But it was nice to get back to this series.
3.5 stars
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