The Disappearing – Lori Roy – Edgar Worthy!
The Disappearing – Lori Roy Lori Roy’s first novel Bent Road was published in 2011. In 2012 it won an Edgar Award for best first novel. Lori’s third book Let Me Die in His Footsteps was published in 2015. It won an Edgar for Best Novel in 2016. That win made Lori thee first woman to win An Edgar Allen Poe Award for both Best First Novel and Best Novel. She’s only the third person to do it overall! Her latest release The Disappearing was released last year to rave reviews. After finishing the book the other day I’m ready…
Eighteen Below – Stefan Ahnhem – A Cut Above!
Well I didn’t do badly in writing in January, it over the last week I have been slipping behind. Here’s a short post to try to catch up a little. Eighteen Below – Stefan Ahnhem (Fabian Risk #3) Yesterday, I finished my second read for February. It was Eighteen Below by Stefan Ahnhem. It is the third book in the Fabian Risk series. I read books one and two Victim without a Face and The Ninth Grave In 2018. The series has quickly become one of my favorites. In this install Fabian a member of the Helsingborg crime squad…….. A Pause…
Six Great Books Start 2019 with a Bang!!
Here are the book I read in January of 2019. They certainly have gotten my reading year off to a great start! 1. She Rides Shotgun – Jordan Harper The she that is riding shotgun is young Polly McCluskey .And she’s riding shotgun with her father Nate McCluskey. Nate is just getting out of prison when he runs afoul of the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood. The leader put out a green light on his murder . That puts everyone he cares for including his ex-wife and daughter Polly in danger. Soon Nate and Polly are riding for their…
The Other Wife – Michael Robotham
3. The Other Wife – Michael Robotham Michael Robotham series featuring Joe O’Loughlin is one of my favorites.. In this installment of the series Joe gets a call from a distraught woman who tells him he must come to London. His father has been attacked and is fighting for his life. She claims to be his father’s “other wife” and has been that for the last twenty years! Talk about your life being turned upside down! Anyway, Joe is left to discover the truth about the attack and “the other wife”. Once again Joe and his friend former Police inspector…
The EK’s Life Safari’s 2019 Reading Challenge
<h5><strong><em>The EK’s Life Safari’s 2019 Reading Challenge</em></strong></h5> So since we are now into month two of 2019, I think it is time to final commit to my 2019 Reading Challenge. I have written earlier that my overall goal is to read 72 books in 2019. That’s seven books over my 2018 Challenge Goal. And while I thought that goal of 65 books was unreachable I made it.So this ea I thought I’d added some more! Though the years I have read mostly mysteries and thrillers. Occasionally I read history and political books. and maybe even a few self-help books. A…
Keep the Pages Turning 2019 Reading Challenge
The EK’s Life Safari’s 2019 Reading Challenge So since we are now into month two of 2019, I think it is time to final commit to my 2019 Reading Challenge. I have written earlier that my overall goal is to read 72 books in 2019. That’s seven books over my 2018 Challenge Goal. And while I thought that goal of 65 books was unreachable I made it.So this ea I thought I’d added some more! Though the years I have read mostly mysteries and thrillers. Occasionally I read history and political books. and maybe even a few self-help books. A…
Walter Trout’s Survivor Blues Powers Tuesday’s Run
The Run 3.14 Miles So today was supposed to be colder with a chance of some snow, so yesterday was the better day to run. Since my knee still felt slightly funky I decided that once again , I would run my standard 3.1 mile course. By the time I reached the first mile mark my leg felt pretty good. I was running at a 10:01 min/mile pace and running easily,. As I continued my run, I tried to keep my pace a little slower than my last couple of runs. To do that I kept a close eye on…
An Afternoon Pick Me Up – “Pigeon Swing” Blues from Tomislav Goluban
Let’s Go “Into The Afternoon” with “Pigeon Swing” From Tomislav Goluban How about an early afternoon”pick me up”! Here’s Tomislav Goluban with “Pigeon Swing” the opening track of his latest release Chicago Ranbler. I first discovered his music back in 2015 when I listened to his release Blow Junkie. You can check out my review of Blow Junkie and more about Tomislav here From his website biography…. After 10 studio albums, the proverb “The older – the crazier” definitely applies to Croatian harmonica player Tomislav “Little Pigeon” Goluban, whose songs and performances burst with energy, passion, humour and above all, fantastic music….