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Mira is a promising teen golfer destined for a Yale scholarship and fast track to the LPGA tour until the day she killed a young caddy. An errant shot through a hole in a net takes two lives overnight as series of law suits and Mira's secret affair with a much older married club member is exposed. Gone are the endorsements and her dreams as she hangs up her golf clubs and falls down the rabbit hole of drugs, sex and reckless behavior. Her story is told as a memoir which she writes after emerging from the other side. You want to hate her for the way she acts and what comes across as a lack of compassion but you also feel sorry for the thrashing she gets for an event outside of her control. The story moves at a fast pace up to the last pages. The legal system and "blame game" was interesting and the domino effect of the accident on both families. 4 stars 
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Daisy has dreamed of killing her husband and is just about ready to pull the trigger (so to speak) when they accidentally run someone over and must hide the body. This begins the slippery slope of who knows what happened or is digging a little too close to the Dixon's. A natural disaster might just get them off the hook or add to their troubles. I felt sorry for Daisy in the beginning (her husband really is a class A jerk) but then she is so unemotional and hides her head in the nobility sand that I had a hard time warming up to her. This is a classic tale of greed and irresponsibility along the lines of the death wish for each other in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. 3 1/2 stars  Three women find themselves in the unique discovery that they have all been dating and been swindled out of their savings by the same man. Their plan for revenge (just a scare and getting their money back) includes another woman with money to lure him to a remote cabin in the woods. As it often happens at remote creepy cabins in the woods, things get out of hand and the women escape only to be charged with a crime by the police. The story flips back and forth from their police testimony to a glimpse of the relationship the women had with the bad boyfriend. A strike of luck meeting each other or more of the curse to lose it all? Classic caught in a blizzard with a killer on the loose and blood of at least one of their hands. I would have rated it higher but I had difficulty bouncing from the police testimony back to the start of all their relationships. 3 1/2 stars  A horrific thing happens to Margo and her kids when every device is tuned into her movie star husband's bad behavior and public shaming. Overnight Margo goes from the perfect wife in a perfect marriage to the wronged wife on the front page of the tabloids. She does the only thing she can do - she grabs their youngest daughter and runs to her childhood home. When Margo, her daughter Skye and sister Julia discover a secret past that their cheerleader/cookie baker mom has kept hidden in the attic it takes their mind off the present and focuses it on their mom's involvement with a female vigilante who terrorized bad boy behavior in New York City in the late 70's. The three investigate to unravel their mom's past and the story behind the notorious Lady X and in doing so develop a sense of pride in their mom as well as giving Margo the strength she needs to deal with her current situation. Historical fiction with a healthy dose of women helping women and vigilante justice. I bet more than one female reader will wish their mom has a secret box in the attic. 4 stars  The first hint of trouble came when Faye went to her mentor's funeral and saw Henry, her ex. Faye is a successful screenwriter whose life took off after she left Henry for Hollywood with a hit show based on her relationship with you-know-who. The roller coaster begins slowly and ramps up with incredible speed as Faye comes to in a remote cabin apparently drugged and kidnapped by Henry who seems to be a bit upset. Several upside down turns and we aren't sure who is in control anymore and if this arrangement is consensual , a game or if Faye is really in danger. The only thing the reader is certain of is that they have no clue what they are certain of and that makes for the best thriller. Twisty terror, borderline aggressive sex, kidnapping and revenge - it is all there. 4 stars  Gretchen and her husband Richard are happily married. Richard heads to Africa with his longtime guy friends and there is one woman who joins them on the climb to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Lots of drama and danger on the climb (which was interesting in its own right) but the real drama begins when Richard arrives home and is arrested for the murder of the woman he met on the trip. It looks bad but Gretchen ,believing that her husband is faithful, tries to piece together what really happened . Interviews, journal entries and alternating chapters from each of the main players pull you into what looks deceptively like another case of men and women behaving badly. Starts off a little slow but ramps up full throttle at the back half. 4 stars  A camp version of amateur detectives jumping into to a dangerous mystery without any real direction or training. This group of friends spend more time group texting and worried about putting themselves out there in the dating pool than solving mysteries but when Brandon leaves his front desk duty and sleeps with a handsome hotel guest who then disappears the group gets pulled into a murder mystery they might just regret. This is a light hearted wild goose chase with spying dog walkers, tattooed assassins and a love lorn desk clerk certain that his one night stand was anything but. I am assuming this is the first in the series of this group becoming a bonafide detective agency. This reminded me of a gay Finlay Donovan meets Only Murders In The Building. 3 1/2 - 4 stars  Charlie gets her big break as the newest influencer on a luxury yacht in the Florida Keys. She is out of her depth, angry and grieving after her best friend took something from Charlie and then accidentally drowned. Charlie is a book influencer/reviewer (yes, this hooked me) and a bit more down to earth than the very tan and glamorous other influencers. As Charlie tries to find her sea legs a massive storm comes up leaving them without help and then even worse stuff happens. There is that awkward split between secretive people who share everything personal online to the world and the behavior of the group once the cameras are turned off that made this a "Ten Little Indians" style mystery with a modern approach. This might not be the best choice for a cruise but it will be a big hit for vacation reads. This will resonate with Agatha fans and THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10. 4 stars  This was not an easy read for me nor should it have been because the authentic language along with the poetry, podcast text and storyline all worked to make this a very unique novel. Anaya disappeared from an exclusive writer's retreat leaving her sister Ranewa very little information about what happened. When Ranewa begins to receive podcast episodes in a voice that sounds like her sister written by another one of the retreat's guests. What emerges is part ghost story, part haunted house as well as a tale of lost identity and a homogenizing of the Botswanan culture. The language, the pitfalls of colonization and the publishing industry are all in play here. Gothic horror yes but much more than that. Fans of Nnedi Okorafor's DEATH OF AN AUTHOR will find much to love about this. 3 1/2 stars  Harriet heads home with her tail between her legs after being fired. The last thing she thought would happen is that her well off step father would be found murdered and her high school ex's sister would be the prime suspect. Harriet wants her job back and Nic wants his sister off the hook so they agree to work together to find the real killer. Enemy to lover, you can't always go home again and the powerful always have a few skeletons in their walk-in closet vibes. A light hearted murder mystery with a pair of unlikely detectives who are in way over their heads in each other and the case. Readers of Finlay Donovan and Evanovitch's Stephanie Plum series will enjoy this madcap murder mystery. 3 1/2 stars  |
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