Title: Last Known Victim
Author: Erica Spindler
Jan's Rating: 8
NOPD Captain Patti O'Shay lost her husband around the time of Hurricane Katrina. It has been two years and his murder still hasn't been solved. Meanwhile, she is working on finding a killer known as The Handyman. When a young woman's body is found in a shallow grave, Patti's husband's badge is found in the grave with the body. Now Patti knows that the Handyman had something to do with her husband's murder and she won't stop until she finds him. Good book, kept my interest.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
PLUM SPOOKY
Title: Plum Spooky
Author: Janet Evanovich
Jan's Rating: 6
I am a big fan of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series of books and #14 was her best so far, so I was disappointed when I read Plum Spooky and it was kind of Hoakie. Usually her stories are believeable but this one was not and frankly I was sorry I had paid full price for the hard back and glad when I had finished it. Come on, Janet, you are a better writer than this.
Author: Janet Evanovich
Jan's Rating: 6
I am a big fan of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series of books and #14 was her best so far, so I was disappointed when I read Plum Spooky and it was kind of Hoakie. Usually her stories are believeable but this one was not and frankly I was sorry I had paid full price for the hard back and glad when I had finished it. Come on, Janet, you are a better writer than this.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
TRIBUTE
Title: Tribute
Author: Nora Roberts
Jan's Rating: 8
Nora Roberts is an awesome writer who never disappoints me. In "Tribute", Cilla McGowan grew up as a child Hollywood star, following in her Mother and Grandmother's footsteps, but Cilla is not happy with that life so she purchases the old family home in Virginia from her Mother, then moves there and starts rehabbing a house that has been left in disrepair for many years. It's not long before she realizes that there is someone in the town who does not want her there, leaving threats which scare her but she refuses to leave. Meantime, she has become friends with the good-looking guy who lives across the street (you knew this had to happen), and together they set out to find out who it is who doesn't want Cilla there, and why.
Author: Nora Roberts
Jan's Rating: 8
Nora Roberts is an awesome writer who never disappoints me. In "Tribute", Cilla McGowan grew up as a child Hollywood star, following in her Mother and Grandmother's footsteps, but Cilla is not happy with that life so she purchases the old family home in Virginia from her Mother, then moves there and starts rehabbing a house that has been left in disrepair for many years. It's not long before she realizes that there is someone in the town who does not want her there, leaving threats which scare her but she refuses to leave. Meantime, she has become friends with the good-looking guy who lives across the street (you knew this had to happen), and together they set out to find out who it is who doesn't want Cilla there, and why.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
SALVATION IN DEATH
Book: Salvation in Death
Author: J. D. Robb
Jan's Rating: 6
I have LOVED all of J. D. Robb's "In Death" series of stores about Lt. Eve Dallas with the NYPD, but I had trouble getting into this one. I'm not sure if it was because I was busy with the holidays and just couldn't concentrate, or if it was the subject matter. I just kept thinking, "who cares why Lino left New York years ago?". However, I did finish the book and always admire Eve Dallas was of kicking butt with the bad guys and her relationship with her husband.
Author: J. D. Robb
Jan's Rating: 6
I have LOVED all of J. D. Robb's "In Death" series of stores about Lt. Eve Dallas with the NYPD, but I had trouble getting into this one. I'm not sure if it was because I was busy with the holidays and just couldn't concentrate, or if it was the subject matter. I just kept thinking, "who cares why Lino left New York years ago?". However, I did finish the book and always admire Eve Dallas was of kicking butt with the bad guys and her relationship with her husband.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
GUILTY
Title: Guilty
Author: Karen Robards
Jan's Rating: 7
When Kate was 15 yrs. old, living with less-than-desirable foster parents, she and her friends held up a convenience store and a cop was killed. 13 years later, Kate is a single parent of a 9-year old son and working as a prosecuting attorney. However, her past comes back to bite her in the butt and she finds herself being blackmailed, and Kate will do everything she has to do to protect her son and herself. In walks Tom Braga, a sexy homicide detective who is determined to get the truth out of Kate and finds he is falling in love with her. You can pretty well guess the rest of the story, and it is a page-turner in places.
Author: Karen Robards
Jan's Rating: 7
When Kate was 15 yrs. old, living with less-than-desirable foster parents, she and her friends held up a convenience store and a cop was killed. 13 years later, Kate is a single parent of a 9-year old son and working as a prosecuting attorney. However, her past comes back to bite her in the butt and she finds herself being blackmailed, and Kate will do everything she has to do to protect her son and herself. In walks Tom Braga, a sexy homicide detective who is determined to get the truth out of Kate and finds he is falling in love with her. You can pretty well guess the rest of the story, and it is a page-turner in places.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
BEYOND REACH
Title: Beyond Reach
Author: Karin Slaughter
Jan's Rating: 9
Karin Slaughter is one of my favorite authors and can keep you turning those pages because you can't wait to see what is going to happen next. Some of Karin's books are centered around a Police Chief (Jeff) and his wife, a Pediatrician named Sara, and this is one of those. A gal named Lena works for Jeff as a Detective she gets herself in a lot of trouble in her hometown so Jeff and Sara go there to help. Excellent story and shocking ending.
Author: Karin Slaughter
Jan's Rating: 9
Karin Slaughter is one of my favorite authors and can keep you turning those pages because you can't wait to see what is going to happen next. Some of Karin's books are centered around a Police Chief (Jeff) and his wife, a Pediatrician named Sara, and this is one of those. A gal named Lena works for Jeff as a Detective she gets herself in a lot of trouble in her hometown so Jeff and Sara go there to help. Excellent story and shocking ending.
Monday, November 3, 2008
LOST & FOUND
Title: Lost & Found
Author: Jacqueline Sheehan
Jan's Rating: 7
Rocky's husband suddenly dies of a heart attack at age 42, leaving Rocky devastated because she performed CPR on him and could not save him. She quit her job, leaves Massachusetts, and ends up on Peak's Island, accepting the job of Animal Control Warden. Then she finds Lloyd, a wonderful sensitive black Labrador who has been shot with an arrow, takes him to the vet to have the arrow removed and that is the beginning of a mutual feeling of love between the two. However, she doesn't let up until she finds who shot the arrow into the dog. This book was a nice change from the murder mysteries I usually read and I enjoyed it very much.
Author: Jacqueline Sheehan
Jan's Rating: 7
Rocky's husband suddenly dies of a heart attack at age 42, leaving Rocky devastated because she performed CPR on him and could not save him. She quit her job, leaves Massachusetts, and ends up on Peak's Island, accepting the job of Animal Control Warden. Then she finds Lloyd, a wonderful sensitive black Labrador who has been shot with an arrow, takes him to the vet to have the arrow removed and that is the beginning of a mutual feeling of love between the two. However, she doesn't let up until she finds who shot the arrow into the dog. This book was a nice change from the murder mysteries I usually read and I enjoyed it very much.
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