Serious who done it that is more than a who done it. Not only about the mystery but seriously explores the personality and growth of the main character. The environment is a character. The novel actually explores, the impact of looking beneath the surface and how history impacts our lives. I liked it. Especially the main character Ruth

This book was terrible. I couldn’t stand to read one of the two narrators for almost the entire book. The story relies on the “Idiot Plot”. Meaning this story only works because all of the characters involved are morons. The level of paranoia and stupid decisions are too ridiculous even for fiction. The perpetrator doesn’t even make sense, since their motivation isn’t even legitimate since parts of the story made the justifications impossible. Avoid this book.

Gone Before Goodbye Reese Witherspoon Harlan Coben 3 stars Not sure what these two authors have in common, that they decided to write together and I am still not sure. It was interesting but the twists and turns made no sense and yet there were parts I liked. A generous 3 because I am a fan of both.

This book, while a bit slow, had a great ending. The ending is something I never could have predicted and the whole book I continued trying to figure out what the twist would be. I enjoyed that the book felt so captivating and real.

This fascinating and emotionally charged historical fiction taught me so much I never knew. 1676 Massachusetts Bay Colony, a Puritan village, is attacked and massacred by American Indians: almost all are killed in hideous ways, a few are taken hostage. Mary Rowlandson was one of those taken captive. She was a real person fictionalized for this novel. The book details her new life living among the indians. We see how she adapts, and ultimately discovers her true self, and how, after she is returned to her old life her adjustment is very difficult. She is a changed person. Excellent reading. Very thought provoking.

Lisa Scottoline does it again. Have you read "The Unraveling of Julia"? Well, in this book we hear more from those characters with a new murder. I really enjoyed this one.

A delightful, very entertaining novel set in 1965 when Helen Gurley Brown took over as editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine and made it wildly successful. We learn about Helen's background and also the stories about the "girls" she hires as her editors.

This book is a thriller of a ride. Simone is traveling to Texas from London to meet up with her daughter Lucy. Lucy has been at an acting camp and the two are set to go camping in the desert. Lucy gets taken and it is up to Simone to do what the kidnapper says or loose Lucy forever. Can Simone save Lucy or does Lucy have something else up her sleeves. How far will a mother go to save her child? Read and find out.

It's the 1930's and Manhattan's first female black prosecutor teams up with the madam of a high-class brothel in order to take down Lucky Luciano, but before they team up you learn each woman's story.

This is an historical account of the creation and downfall of the town called Deadwood which started as a mining town illegally built on Lakota land. It tells the real stories, not the myths of the town and its inhabitants including Wild Bill Hickcock. It was well told, but I am just not a fan of straight history.