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Another installment of the Thursday Murder Club gang. The group of older but very savvy members who investigate cold cases and get into all kinds of trouble is back at it this time looking into the murder of a journalist and at the same time Elizabeth is dealing with someone from her past who is proving to be annoying. She must commit a murder to save her best friend from being murdered. A clever mystery combined with the charming and witty "not to be taken lightly" crime solvers - this is a less grisly yet just as satisfying murder mystery. There is also a bit of romance within the group that adds a bit of spice. For fans of Anthony Horowitz and those who binge watch "Only Murders In The Building". 4 stars 
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This is the story of a Vietnamese-Australian family grieving over the senseless death of their youngest member. Ky Tran feels guilt over the fact that she pushed her parents to allow her younger brother Denny to go to a celebration dinner at a local restaurant. The night ended in tragedy when Denny was beaten to death in front of a dozen people all who claim to have seen nothing. The police assume he was up to no good and have no leads. Ky's parents feel hampered by the language difference and culture so they didn't push the police. Ky, who is a journalist, isn't giving up and begins to search for and talk to anyone who was there that night. Ky's character is heartbreaking as she examines the town she grew up in and her old life and compares it to the town and people now trying to see where and how it all went wrong. Family, cross cultural differences and the cost of pressure that the children of immigrant families often feel to succeed all play a strong role in this coming of age story. It happens to be outside of Sydney Australia but the themes are universal and will appeal to readers everywhere. 4 stars  A little getaway before the baby comes should have been a wonderful idea but the stay at the remote guest house gets weird fast. Jamie and Victoria are in the middle of a nightmare when Victoria goes into labor and the owner's pitch in to deliver the baby but then force the parents to make a Rumplestiltskin choice. With a knife to their throat they keep quiet about what really happened and head back to London telling people at home that they lost the baby at birth. Of course, Jamie and Victoria aren't going to allow them to get away with it right? This story moves at breakneck speed with lots of turns and changing opinions about the characters and all their flaws. Not for new moms but it will resonate with the chiller thriller crowd. 4 stars  Four women of a certain age have had very successful careers as assassins but now that they are put out to pasture and sent on a fabulous send-off trip someone thinks they should be sent off for good. The once hunters become targets and these ladies are not about to take it sitting down. They are smart, they are resourceful and this ain't over yet. Witty dialogue and fantastic characters (which you will find yourself attaching to several screen leading ladies) are very believable and have real aging issues not just fluff making this a high adrenaline tale of violence and payback. Sure to appeal to a larger audience than women of a certain age but you may want to pat them down before inviting them to your next dinner party. So much fun and I hope to see it as a start of a new series. 5 just for fun stars  Lady Worthing has an annoying neighbor who is given to loud piano music and whose large dogs are a menace to her terrier, Teacup. Thankfully Lord Henderson is usually away at sea like Lord Worthing but he is home when his wife is found murdered next door on Lady Worthing's property. Abigail Worthing can't resist a good mystery or a good cause but sadly this murder took place while she and her cousin were attending a secret abolitionist meeting and Henderson knows this placing them as each other's alibis. Abigail heads straight into solving the murder and more without taking into consideration that she may be flirting with the devil and possibly the killer himself. A new series with solid historical details, a clever murder mystery and a heroine who is not content to sit with her embroidery while the case gets solved around her. 3 1/2 stars  A remote rocky coast, a house cut off from the world by the tide and a dysfunctional family with a capitol D - who knows what will happen when the clocks chime for thee? The Darkers are a messy lot who didn't get along as children and still don't as adults but they have all gathered for what should be Nana's last birthday. Daisy is the favorite of Nana's as she was the one who was pegged to die at an early age. As Nana's clocks chime on the hour and they all wait out the night for the tide to recede, members of the family are being picked off one by one. With chalkboard rhymes and VCR clues to guide them before they can escape will they catch the killer or will the killer catch them? The perfect creepy ode to Agatha Christie's masterpiece told in Alice Feeney's diabolical dark style. A wonderful late night read alone in the candlelight and creaky stairs and a sure bet for Christie fans and readers of haunting gothic murder mysteries. 4 1/2 stars  What do you do when your father is a serial killer hopefully locked up for life and the reason why you and your mom have been in witness protection? You join the U.S. Marshall program of course. Andrea's first case is guarding a judge who has received death threats but only a couple of people know the other reason she is there and that is to try and link her father to the murder of the judge's daughter years before. Karen Slaughter excels in layered characters and a story within a story. Andrea is tough but she has a good heart as does Bible, her assigned partner. A riveting storyline involving a group of teens, past mistakes and a small town full of secrets to uncover. Her fans will be hoping this one makes it to the screen as well. 4 stars  Margot is a struggling journalist who returns home to care for her beloved uncle struggling with advancing dementia. She got out of the little town expecting to never return but finds herself jumping back in time with the disappearance of a little girl in a nearby town that seems just like the murder of her childhood friend years ago. She senses a story that could kick start her career and to stop what she feels is a serial killer but to do so puts her in deep in danger. The story goes back in time to the original murder to help us connect the dots to the current day. Misdirection, unreliable narrators and the stress of dealing with seeing a loved one slowly drift away has Margot twisted into a million pieces. Can she put them together before the killer finds her. This will appeal to true crime readers with the ties to JonBenet Ramsey's sad story as well as readers searching for an edge of your seat thriller. 4 stars  Warning- this is a very dark thriller and not an easy book to get through as it deals with the manipulation of young women, brainwashing and a lot of sexual and psychological abuse. Because of the volatile subject matter it is a powerful story of how a group of beautiful young women could get pulled down the rabbit hole and brainwashed into joining a cult. A small group of girls go to college and are enthralled by a charismatic man who leads them to ruin with only Shay able to escape. Years pass and Shay is married and living in a well manicured Dallas suburb but she is not happy. When she hears that another one of her friends has been found hanged at the college she leaves to investigate. Joining her old childhood friend who is now a successful true crime podcaster they attempt to infiltrate what looks like the same secret men's club. The deeper Shay gets the more she is sure it is the same man who is behind this along with some very prominent and important men. She puts herself in danger because she believes she failed her friends before but this time she might not make it out. It jumps between real time and Shay's interviews for the podcast of her past life. 3 1/2 stars  A new historical series from Austin's own Mark Pryor involving a savvy French police detective caught up in impossible politics between the Nazi regime and hands- tied French police. When Henri Lefort is given the case of a murder of a German officer in the Louvre he is puzzled that the Nazi's aren't handling it instead of the Parisian police. When he is given a week to solve it, not allowed to see the crime scene and given a list of french suspects he knows he might as well hang a sign around his neck that says "scapegoat". The secondary story is the relationship between a female psychiatrist who Henri makes a deal with, that usually involves good red wine, so she can help him get rid of his affliction of oversensitivity of certain sounds. This is a different look at occupied Paris, a taste of an underground action to save priceless art from going to the Fatherland and a clever mystery to engage every armchair detective. I am looking forward to hearing more from Inspector Lefort. 4 stars  |
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