In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

In Ruth Ware’s novel In a Dark, Dark Wood Leonora, the novel’s narrator, is surprised when she receives an invite to her school friend Clare’s weekend long hen party. (Bachelorette parties are known as hen parties in England, which is where the book is set.) Leonora has lost touch with most of her friends from … Continue reading →

The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld

Naomi finds children for a living. Unlike law enforcement and most private detectives, missing children cases are the only ones she takes on. She is also unique in that she takes on cases other private detectives consider hopeless. Naomi’s main case in Rene Denfeld’s Child Finder involves the disappearance of a young girl named Madison. … Continue reading →

The Chalk Man: a Novel by C. J. Tudor

(Good)Creepy, (good)creepy, (good)creepy. Take the movie “Stand by Me” throw in “It” and you can kind of get an idea of what this novel is going to read like. The Chalk Man never loses the (good) creepiness element while making a lot of the violence (and oh, there is violence) appear off site. It is … Continue reading →

The Late Show by Michael Connelly

With 22 books (and counting) in the Harry Bosch series under his belt, Michael Connelly introduces us to detective Renée Ballard, a much younger detective Connelly can rely on for a new series if he ever ends Bosch’s long run. Ballard works the graveyard shift (sometimes referred to as the late show), but not by … Continue reading →

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon

I can truthfully say I have read my favorite book of 2017, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep. This novel (by the way, first novel by the author) has it all! It is clever, charming, disturbing, funny, and full of mystery throughout. The quick overview – this book is about two 10-year-old girls in 1976, … Continue reading →

Steeplejack by A.J. Hartley

A murder, a theft, and a city on high alert come together to form a well crafted mystery in “Steeplejack,” the first in a new series of novels by bestselling author A.J. Hartley. Bar-Sahlem is a city divided by racial tensions.  Anglet Sutonga is a low class steeplejack who comes to work one day to … Continue reading →

The Reversal by Michael Connelly

In The Reversal, Michael Connelly’s 16th Harry Bosch mystery, Bosch shares the stage with longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller. Haller gets picked by Los Angeles District Attorney Gabriel Williams to be a lead lawyer on a retrial of a controversial case involving the assault and murder of a child. Haller agrees to cross the aisle … Continue reading →