The Broken Girls
By Simone St. James Summary: Vermont, 1950. There’s a place for the girls whom no one wants—the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their…
cold case
Bone Dust White
Bone Dust White by Karin Salvalaggio My rating: 3 of 5 stars I really wanted to like this book. It’s got everything I like in…
The Ruin
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fantastic first in series. I was very pleased to find McTiernan’s The Ruin. Tight…
Walking the Bones
Walking the Bones by Randall Silvis My rating: 4 of 5 stars Up front: I didn’t read the first in this series, as the library…
A Likeness In Stone
A Likeness In Stone by Julia Wallis Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Martin starts the novel with an opening scene like none I’ve…
Fragile
Fragile by Lisa Unger My rating: 5 of 5 stars Lisa Unger has written a beautiful novel and I’d rate it higher than 5 stars…
The Lost Child
The Lost Child by Ann Troup My rating: 2 of 5 stars I really wanted to like this book. It held such promise, just the…
The Lewis Man by Peter May
Summary of The Lewis Man: A perfectly preserved body is recovered from a peat bog on the Isle of Lewis. The male Caucasian corpse –…
Daughter Of Time
The Daughter Of Time: by Josephine Tey Summary: At Scotland Yard, Inspector Grant has a reputation for being able to pick them at sight. Now…
City of Bones
City of Bones, by Michael Connelly Summary: On New Year’s Day, Detective Harry Bosch fields a call that a dog has found a bone —…