December 2022

    Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger

    I read and reviewed Lisa Unger’s Last Girl Ghosted, Confessions on the 7:45, Under My Skin, and Ink & Bone and they were all four star reads, so I was not terribly surprised when I received a copy of Ms. Unger’s Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six from Legend Press and NetGalley in exchange for my honest …

    Just Plea by Michael Stagg

    I just discovered Michael Stagg’s Nate Shepherd series recently and I blew through all of them. I also ordered #6 in the series, Lost Proof, which will be released in the spring. They are well-written, entertaining, and I have enjoyed introducing others to this author. Just Plea was perhaps my favorite of the first five …

    Dark Angel by John Sandford

    When I reviewed John Sandford’s book The Investigator, last year, I wrote “I’ve been a fan of John Sandford’s  books for many years, and have generally enjoyed the Lucas Davenport books more than the Virgil Flowers ones…in fact, the last two Flowers books I have read, “Holy Ghost” and “Bloody Genius,” have been serious disappointments …

    The Rescue by T. Jefferson Parker

    Earlier this year, when I reviewed T. Jefferson Parker’s book A Thousand Steps, I wrote: When I first read T. Jefferson Parker’s Laguna Heat back in 1985, I had recently moved to Santa Cruz and was ecstatic to be living in a small beach town again — because I grew up in South Orange County …

    Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry

    I won’t even get into how much I admire Rabia Chaudry, other than to say I listen to her podcasts, have read her book Adnan’s Story, and generally enjoy hearing her comment on family, food, and life as the daughter of  Pakistani immigrants living near Baltimore.  An attorney who has a razor-sharp mind, a wicked …

    Where They Lie by Joe Hart

    A few years back, I read The Unwilling by John Hart. I really enjoyed it, so when I received a copy of Where They Lie (in exchange for this honest review), I was grateful to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley. When I began reading, it felt like something that wasn’t John Hart, with good reason: …