May 28 - June 3, 2017

The Cold Cold Ground by Sean McKinty - Sean Duffy is a Catholic detective in a Protestant police force in Northern Ireland, 1981. Besides riot duty and violence from the troubles, he is investigating what looks like a homophobic double murder. There may be a serial killer on the loose. While I enjoyed the mystery portion and '80's references, the rest of the book was a little too depressing. This is the first book (6 so far) of a series I don't think I will continue.

3 stars
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A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline - an imagining of the life of Christina Olson, the muse for Andrew Wyeth's painting, Christina's World. At a young age, Christina was struck with a painful, debilitating disease. She lived her entire life on the farm pictured in the painting always doing what was expected and not what she desired. I really liked the way this book flowed. And because I was thrilled to enjoy a book.....

5 stars
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I See You by Clare MacIntosh - Zoe Walker finds her picture in the classifieds with the caption FindtheOne.com and becomes determined to find out what's behind it. Her family thinks it's not her but she becomes convinced it is. Soon, she and a police detective find links between the ads and assaults on women. Told from three perspectives - Zoe, in first person, the detective, and the person behind the website. I suspected everyone in the book at times. I thought Zoe's character was whiny and didn't really like her. But, I can't get the last two pages of the book out of my head.

4.5 stars
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The River at Night by Erica Ferencik - four friends, all with their own hangups, go on a rafting adventure on a river deep in the Maine woods. When an accident occurs they are suddenly forced to try to survive the wilderness. Some minor side issues never addressed, some language, and an uncomfortable sex scene (for the other three women).

3 stars