Is it hot out? Is it raining? Is it hot and raining? Must be August. Take heart; summer’s almost over. One month closer to boot season and pumpkin spice everything! For now, enjoy the heat from some of these end of summer reads. Primal Heat (The Shadow Shifters #6) by A.C. Arthur (August 4, 2015, St. Martin’s … Continue reading New Releases: August 2015
Synopsis: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel’s suicide. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office. Then … Continue reading #fbf To That Time J.K. Rowling Tried To Fool Us All
Re: Title – In terms of this blog, I’ve actually reviewed 3 books in total written by men. This being the third. Synopsis: The Dead Eyes Killer lurks in the backyard of the famed FBI Profiling Unit. His brutal murders confound the local task force, despite the gifted profiling skills of Special Agent Karen Vail. But … Continue reading #fbf To Reading Something Written by a Man
When Eve Elliot is murdered, Melody Pieterson can’t ignore the startling similarities between Eve’s death and her own attack six years previous when she was left for dead, and someone she trusted was convicted of the crime. Melody has been living a pale imitation of the life she used to have, but the new investigation … Continue reading REVIEW: The Life I Left Behind, by Colette McBeth
(May 20th 2014 by Little, Brown and Company) Let’s just start by saying this book is very inconspicuous. It’s received mixed reviews on Goodreads, has an ominous cover, and a pretty strange synopsis: four simultaneous plane crashes happen around the world and there are three child survivors. I can promise, however, this book is … Continue reading The Backlist: The Three by Sarah Lotz
