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A gritty novel of drugs, a failed marriage and murder as seen through the eyes of a night shift police transcriber. Hazel types at an impressive speed making her a star at the police station where she works transcribing the detective's crime reports. She does this to hide from her own failing marriage and the depression that haunts her. Soon she becomes obsessed with a drug overdose/murder of a kid plus others and the lead detective on the case. Hazel gets in too deep trying to stop The Candy Man putting herself in danger and too close to Detective Kole. Intense, scary and one heck of a good debut - Morrissey will be one to watch. This will appeal to readers of true crime and urban police procedurals. 4 stars 
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A young vet faces the worst moment of his life when a car crash takes the love of his life and spares his and their new baby's lives. Cooper grabs the baby after the grandparents fight for custody and runs to a remote cabin in the woods. Years have passed as Cooper and Finch have a good life but Cooper is always fearful that letting his guard down for anyone will mean they will be found out. When someone comes instead of the one person who knows their situation and something else happens in the woods their happy existence is threatened. A heartfelt story of family, redemption and the simple joy of growing up in nature device free. This will appeal to readers who want deep characters who have given up on the world or seek redemption such as THE GREAT ALONE. 4 stars  Alice Henderson does for animal conservation outdoor adventure what Clive Cussler does for marine archeology. Alex Carter begins a new study tagging and taking samples of the polar bear populations in the Canadian Arctic. She is happy all the drama of the last study is done only to find herself knee-deep in fresh drama and danger. Someone is trying to stop Alex and her team from getting those samples. This begins a dangerous game of sabotage, midnight robberies, being shot at and that doesn't even include the dangers from having a massive polar bear wake up early. She is smart, she knows her way around survival in extreme conditions and she is not about to let anyone get in her way from protecting defenseless and threatened animals. A thrill ride from page one, Henderson's books always include a bonus of knowledge about the animals, their habitats and the efforts to save them. For lovers of all things outdoors and scary as well as readers of C.J. Box, Clive Cussler and Paul Doiron. 4 1/2 wild stars  Ellice opened up a Pandora's box of trouble when she arrived early to work only to find her boss/lover dead. Inheriting his job didn't help especially when she gets the sense it has more to do with the color of her skin than her job performance. She begins to get a sense that all is not well in the organization combined with the fact that someone close to her might be the number one murder suspect and every thing spirals from there. This "killer" debut builds the tension perfectly keeping you racing through the pages. It offers all the best law drama of Grisham's THE FIRM with a female lead who is smart and not afraid to go up against the big bad boys. She has more than enough secrets and a good reason to keep them secret. I am looking forward to reading more from this talented new author. 5 stars  Grief and anger go unchecked when your child is killed. Common sense and behaving badly in public are second nature when all you want is justice and revenge. Camille knows these feelings all too well after losing her teenage daughter and seeing her daughter's killer go free. After an embarrassing public display she hears about what she thinks is a grief group made up entirely of mothers who have lost their children but The Collective turns out to be so much more. These mothers take the law into their own hands and to join them means complete obedience and sworn to secrecy forever. You are making a deal with the devil but it is one that Camille makes willingly. This intense nail biter of a thriller has you working along side Camille desperate to figure out the identity of the puppet master and hoping she can stay one step ahead of it all. These are moms you don't want to mess with. 4 1/2 stars  Imagine having to identify your beloved grandparents who raised you at the morgue. Then imagine being told that there is a suspicion that your grandfather had been a Nazi and was hiding something which is why they were murdered. Juliet doesn't believe that her mild mannered Opa had been a Nazi and fled Germany to come to Australia but she can't just sit by and let the police handle it either so she begins to investigate on her own. This leads Juliet to her estranged sister but soon others are after both of them and she doesn't know who she can trust. Her life and her relationships are quickly unraveling. With every piece of the puzzle they uncover, they find someone else on their trail. A tense crime thriller mixed with an unusual historical story about those refugees who left Europe after the war to settle in Australia makes this much more interesting than the usual WWII book. This will appeal to crime lovers as well as historical fiction readers. 4 stars  Gin Kelly, the fast talking redheaded bootlegger has fallen hard for Anson the Prohibition agent. After almost dying together now all they want is to be married and live quietly with Gin's little sister. But we know, dear reader, that life is never quiet when Gin is around. Ghosts from their past surface and threaten to take it all away again while in a modern day parallel story, Ella ponders at her connection to a mysterious redhead and her family's insistence that she dig information about a black sheep politician. Gin and Ella's stories are very similar and it is fun to try to do the 23 and Me connection. Beatriz Williams has created the ultimate fun "bad girl with a soft heart" and a perfect historical escape with countless secrets, romance and dangerous people. Her many fans will be happy to know I don't think this will be our last story with Gin Kelly. 4 stars  A journalist finds herself caught up in the all too real disappearance and dismissal of a young girl from the south side of Chicago. TV journalist Jordan Manning is not from Chicago but when she digs into the disappearance of a smart beautiful teenage girl who should have had her whole life ahead of her but instead was dismissed as just another black runaway it hits her like a gut punch. She gets to know the family and takes much more interest than the police which also puts her in danger. This is a crime thriller whose other life as a tv journalist is well aquainted in the world of which she writes. Tamron Hall has found a niche where through her book she acts as an advocate for those cases the police don't take as seriously as they do if the crime were committed in another part of the city. She also encourages journalists to get back to hard investigating these stories that get swept under the rug. This is the first book in the series and one I am looking forward to following. I think readers of true crime will enjoy this fictional but realistic story. 4 stars  Once again we find ourselves in on the chase with the crime solving/book writing duo of ex-Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and Anthony Horowitz. Don't worry if you haven't read the other two books as they can all be read as a standalone. The two of them have been invited to attend a smallish book festival on an island off the coast of England. Daniel agrees to go and Anthony is wondering why since he usually doesn't show much interest in the marketing stuff. What should be a quiet seaside jaunt turns into anything but when a body messes up their plans. With a real London Inspector there the local officials are happy to let him solve the whole thing and Anthony is close behind with his notebook hoping for material for the next book. This is classic Agatha Christie material - a remote location, suspects are trapped and there are more than enough reasons and people who would want this man dead. I enjoy the way that Anthony Horowitz can make light of the publishing industry as well as himself in a tongue-in-cheek way and enough name dropping that you want to consult Wikipedia to find out if he has changed the author's names. The result is a bit of lightheartedness in a gruesome murder mystery. Always fun, this will appeal to his many fans as well as those readers who want a classic story told in a fresh way. 4 stars  Detective Warwick is back now working in a cold case unit investigating someone close to the family whose funeral he attended. For those not familiar with Detective Warwick, there is a brilliant bit early in the story where he shares his Sherlock Holmes-like detective skills in solving a murder that takes place while he and his wife are on a luxury cruise. Back at home he begins chasing down the culprits who are involved in stolen art which involves his wife's art background and her friendship with the dead man's widow. The mystery is clever, the characters are likable (or despicable) and the lack of adult situations and language makes it work for a wide variety of readers and age groups. Recommended for those readers who delight in clever detective series like those of Louise Penny. 4 stars  |
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