Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin - a man hiding from the Mexican drug cartel takes a job as a caretaker for a private nature preserve in the Appalachians. He's supposed to track wildlife and refurbish an old cabin. Plus, try to keep poachers out of the preserve. When he finds a bear slaughtered for its gall bladder and paws he is determined to find the poacher. He is already suffering from fugue states from past trauma and as he spends more and more time in the woods he begins having trouble distinguishing reality from dreams. And then trouble comes calling.
3.5 stars
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Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney - Amber wakes up and realizes she can't move her body and doesn't know where she is. She can hear everything people say and learns she's in a coma in the hospital. She doesn't remember what happened but knows she's afraid of her husband and doesn't trust her sister. We go back in time to the previous weeks before the accident and also read excerpts from her diary. The story was compelling as Amber tries to remember what happened. But all the characters are either sociopaths or wimps, I didn't like any of them. Lots of twists and the last page left me going what?
3.5 stars
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Ragdoll by Daniel Cole - a macabre corpse is found, stitched together from six different bodies and pointing directly to disgraced officer William Fawkes flat. No one knows how the victims are connected or even who they are. And the only reason Fawkes is allowed on the case is that his is the last name of future victims delivered to his ex-wife, an aspiring television reporter. Again, the story is good but the characters are unlikable. We have the detective consumed by his cases, the detective with a secret, the amoral news editor, and the get ahead at any cost reporter. The why of the murders seems a little far-fetched. This is the beginning of a new series. I will read the next.
3.5 stars
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