Wednesday, June 02, 2021

The Lucky One


 

 

In this stand alone suspense novel from Lori Rader-Day, Alice was kidnapped as a child but found by her policeman father within twenty four hours. Alice now volunteers for a website, Doe Pages, that tracks down missing or unidentified people. Alice recognizes a face as the same man who kidnapped her years ago. She teams up with other volunteers including Merrily Cruz, who has been tracking down a man who had a relationship with her mother. Together they uncover dark secrets and a hidden past.

Tuesday, June 01, 2021

April's Books


 

 

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is forced by the governor to take a Silicon Valley billionaire, known as Steve-2, on an elk hunt in the wilderness. Steve-2 brings along a bodyguard, an assistant to chronicle the adventure, and far too much gear. But their party is ambushed by a disgruntled father, who blames his daughter's death o the social media app Steve-2 runs. A subplot involves the theft of endangered hawks and falcons.

Suspense, action, interesting characters, and a page-turning plot set in the Wyoming wilderness add  up to a great read.

 

 Shucked Apart by Barbara Ross

Beyond Eden by Catherine Coulter

The Diva Spices it Up by Krista Davis

Springfield Confidential by Mike Reiss

Penne Dreadful by Catherine Bruns

Geared for the Grave by Duffy Brown 

Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day

Dark Sky by CJ Box

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

No Filter by Heather Gilbert

Little Grey Cells by Leann Betts

Happy Deadly New Year by Polly Holmes

Braking for Bodies by Duffy Brown

Pigs of Paradise by TR Todd


Sunday, April 04, 2021

The Books of March


 

 

Charlie Cooke runs the Bear Claw Diner in Elkview, Alaska. A young man working a summer job at the fish processing plant in town drops dead in the diner—but he hasn’t even touched his food yet. Another student working at the plant has disappeared. Is he guilty of murder or another victim of foul play? A note for cat lovers—there are lots of descriptions of cat toys that Charlie buys for her cat named Eggs Benedict, or “Benny.” For readers who like cozy mysteries set in interesting small towns, like the series from Barbara Ross, Victoria Houston, and Joanne Fluke.

Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan

Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Anxious People by Fredrick Backman

Wish You Were Here by Terry Stevens

Libraries Publish by Stephanie Katz

Murder in the First Edition by Lauren Elliott

Muzzled by David Rosenfelt

 

 

Monday, March 15, 2021

February's Books


 

 

It's October and almost the end of  the season in Busman's Harbor, Maine. Julia Snowden runs her family's clambake business ad is renovating the old family mansion on the island. She discovers a diary written by a governess in 1890 in a sealed off room. One of the clambake's employees is murdered after arguing with a co-worker. An entertaining mystery series, with an attractive setting and likeable characters.

 Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich

It Was All a Lie by Stuart Stevens

My Anecdotal Life by Carl Reiner

The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day

Sealed Off by Barbara Ross

Mousse and Murder by Elizabeth Logan

Christmas Card Murder by Leslie Meier

The Corpse in Oozak's Pond by Charlotte MacLeod

Tuesday, February 09, 2021

January's Books

 

Let Them East Pancakes: one man’s personal revolution in the City of Light by Craig Carlson

In a follow up to his memoir “Pancakes in Paris,” Craig Carlson writes of his adventures running an American style diner in Paris. He tells about growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in a northern Connecticut city, and how he was inspired by a language teacher and a college junior year abroad. Many of his battles are with the French bureaucracy—navigating the complicated labor laws, applying for a marriage license with his husband-to-be, and trying to relocate a man who was feeding flocks of pigeons outside his apartment. A particularly entertaining chapter had him trying to find someone to cook a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner, and locating the ingredients. Fans of Bill Bryson and Anthony Bourdain may enjoy this lighthearted look at an American in Paris.

Let Them Eat Pancakes: one man's personal revolution in the City of Light by Craig Carlson

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

The Family Lawyer by James Patterson

Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me by Ace Atkins

Butter Safe Than Sorry by Tamar Myers

The Scorpion's Tail by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

The Death of Pie by Tamar Myers

Tea With Jam and Dread by Tamar Myers

Puddin' on the Blitz by Tamar Myers

Saturday, January 23, 2021

A Museum of Poo


 

 

Miss Felicity Beadle’s The World of Poo by Terry Pratchett

Fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series will enjoy this children’s book, as will children who have never heard of Pratchett. In the book “Snuff” Sam Vimes, Commander of the Watch, gave this book to his young son, knowing that he would laugh himself sick.

This is the tale of young Geoffrey, who visits his grandmama’s house in Ankh-Morpork while his mother is having a baby. While he was in the yard, a bird poos on his head, and he decides to make a museum of poo in one of the gardening sheds. Geoffrey and his grandmama visit Sir Henry King, who collects all the poo in the city. He also visits the Guild of Plumbers, and along the way collects the poo of hippos, wyverns, dragons and gargoyles.