Guardians of the Night by Alan Russell - the 2nd in the Gordon and Sirius series, Gordon being the cop and Sirius his dog. Together they're the only members of LAPD's Special Cases Unit. A man claims he saw an angel being murdered and of course that leads to a series of more deaths. Gordon is too wise-cracking for my taste and there are a lot of extraneous facts thrown around.
2 stars
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Saturday, July 25, 2015
July 19 - 25, 2015
As I was reclining in my La-z boy recliner, a name that implies the owner is of a slothful disposition, and disinclined from manual labor, I realized that I was not enjoying my perusal of the classic Moby Dick. And in fact was having trouble getting Ishmael to Nantucket so that he could begin his adventure in whale hunting. Too. many. words. And I read it once in junior high.
Sunday, July 12, 2015
July 5 - 11, 2015
The Reluctant Matador by Mark Pryor - Hugh Marston takes time of from his job as head of security at the US embassy in Paris to hunt for a missing girl in Barcelona. There doesn't seem to be a sense of urgency (although that's stated many times), to me it felt more like a travelogue of Barcelona. More exciting towards the end and then just peters out. I've really enjoyed previous books in this series, this was a disappointment.
2 stars
2 stars
Sunday, July 5, 2015
June 28 - July 4, 2015
The English Spy by Daniel Silva - just as Gabriel Allon is getting ready to take over as head of Israeli security and his wife is to deliver twins, he's asked by the head of MI6 to track a terrorist suspected of killing a royal. Quite a trek through secret alliances. The story seems to move slowly but I found it quite compelling. I always wonder how much the author really knows about all these agencies.
4 stars
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Cold Betrayal by J.A. Jance - this is the author's Ali Reynolds series. It's been awhile since I've read one so some of the back story was a little blurry to me, not enough to affect the enjoyment of the story. A young girl is injured trying to escape from a polygamous cult and someone is threatening Ali's daughter-in-law's grandmother. These two plot lines do not converge and the ending is somewhat unrealistic.
3 stars
4 stars
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Cold Betrayal by J.A. Jance - this is the author's Ali Reynolds series. It's been awhile since I've read one so some of the back story was a little blurry to me, not enough to affect the enjoyment of the story. A young girl is injured trying to escape from a polygamous cult and someone is threatening Ali's daughter-in-law's grandmother. These two plot lines do not converge and the ending is somewhat unrealistic.
3 stars
Sunday, June 28, 2015
June 21 - 27, 2015
The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister - Arden is a female illusionist in 1905. Her most famous trick is sawing a man in half. When her husband is found murdered after a show she is immediately suspected. Captured almost by mistake by a young lawman, she begins telling him her story in the hope he will free her. But is she telling the truth? Loved the writing and loved the suspense right up until the end. Some sex.
5 stars
5 stars
Sunday, June 21, 2015
June 14 - 20, 2015
No books read this week! Which wouldn't be so bad is I had accomplished anything else. But, alas, I didn't. See you next week.
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