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A Beautiful Corpse – Christi Daugherty

A Beautiful Corpse - Christi Daugherty

A Beautiful Corpse – Christi Daugherty (Book #2 – Harper McClain)   A Beautiful Corpse is the second book in Christi Daugherty’s series featuring newspaper crime reporter Harper McClain. I read the first book in the series The Echo Killing earlier this year. Both were really, really good. In both books the murders that form the core of the book have a connection to Harper. In The Echo Killing the murder eerily resembles her mother’s unsolved murder. While in A Beautiful Corpse the victim Naomi Scott a law student tends bar in an establishment that Harper frequents and where her…

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Free Books at the Library Rekindle Memories of a Great Writer

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Ok so I don’t think there are may of you under the age of 40 who can identify this iconic mystery author…..</p> John D MacDonald Yes, it is the great John D MacDonald, author of the also great Travis McGee series. MacDonald died 1986 at the age of 70. He left behind a legacy that included 21 books featuring Travis McGee. Now I must say that I haven’t read a John D MacDonald book since, well probably 1986. And since, I didn’t start keeping a record of the books I read until 1987. I really can’t remember all…

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Michael Koryta’s How It Happened is a Winner!

How It Happened – Michael Koryta LJ Roberts a friend on Goodreads always opens her reviews with the first sentence of the book being reviewed. I thought of her, when I started Michael Koryta’s latest book. First Sentence: I’d never seen him before the day we killed him. The Story That statement comes from the confession of. Kimberly Crepeaux to the double murder of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly in the Maine town of Port Hope. Kimberly gave her confession to FBI special agent Rob Barrett. Barrett had been assigned the case because of his interview skills. Additionally, he has…

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Victim Without a Face – Stefan Ahnhem is a Winner!

<h4><em><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Victim Without a Face</span> – Stefan Ahnhem</em></h4> Victim Without a Face is the first book in the Fabian Risk series from Swedish writer Stefan Ahnhem. I stumbled across this series when I was in the library last week.I found it was, when I was looking through the new releases, and the book , The 9th Grave caught my eye. Once I saw the book was a Swedish mystery novel I figured it would be something I would like. However,  I saw  it was the second book in the series. Since there are only book two in the series, I…

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The Sinister Pig – Tony Hillerman – Another Visit with an Old Favorite

  The Sinister Pig – Tony Hillerman  So I have read almost all of the books in the Jim Chee – Joe Leaphorn series. However, the last Tony Hillerman  book I read was in 2000, when I read  Hunting  Badger (Book #14)!The Sinister Pig (Book #16) in the series has probably been on my bookshelves unread for about 5 years or more. Since one of my reading challenges for 2018 is to read 25 books that are on my TBR shelves and specifically books from series that I have not read for years, choosing The Sinister Pig was a no-brainer. In…

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The Shadow District Begins a New Series from Arnaldur Indridason

<h4><em>The Shadow District – Reykjavik Wartime Mystery #1</em></h4> The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason is book one in his new Reykjavik Wartime Mystery series. Indridason is the author of the excellent Detective Erlender series. However, I must admit that while I have loved the series books I have read, I have fallen behind in the series. As a result, I often forget about the series. Can out say once again “too many books too little time”. Anyway, when I saw The Shadow District in the library and discovered it was book one in a new series It was a no brainer to…

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Shadow of Death – Wiliam G Tapply – EKK Returns to an Old Favorite

Shadow of Death (Brady Coyne #21)  – William G Tapply Ok so here we are in February and I still have not formalized my 2018 Reading Challenges. The only thing that I do know is my goal is to read 65 books in 2018. Additionally I want at least 25 of them to come from my “to be read bookshelves” I’m actually close to having everything worked out and should be able to post the formal challenges this week. EKK and the Brady Coyne Series Now while I haven’t formalized my Challenges yet I am off to a decent start….

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The Long and Faraway Gone – Lou Berney – A Can’t Put Downer!

The Long and Faraway Gone – Lou Berney A while ago I purchased  the Kindle edition of Lou Berney’s book The Long and Faraway Gone.. Like many of the books I have purchase through Bookbub, it has been in my Kindle unread. Well, something made me take a look at it the other day and I start reading it. It didn’t take long for me to get swept up in the story.   So for the last few days I literally did not want to put the books down. Last night it was getting close to midnight, as I was finishing…

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The Blood Strand – A Great Mystery set on the Faroes Islands

The Blood Stand (Faroes #1) -Chris Ould   Almost a year ago I wrote a post about five new mysteries that caught my eye on a visit to Barnes & Noble. Here are the books that were included in that post : Out of the Blues – Trudy Nan Boyle Close Your Eyes – Michael Robotham Summit Lake -Charlie Donlea The Blood Strand – Chris Ould Savage Season – Joe R Lansdale After finishing The Blood Strand on Thursday, I have read three out of five of the above books. They have all been great! I read both Summit Lake…

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Robotham and Donlea End April on High Note

Starter House by Sonja Condit Starts May Right! Over the last several weeks I have finished reading several books and over the weekend I added several to my “to be read” shelf. Here are the books that I have finished….along with the date finished and the book’s number on my list of books read in 2016…… 20. Close Your Eyes – Michael Robotham (April 27th) Book Joseph O’Loughlin #8 From Goodreads…. When a former student bungles a murder investigation, clinical psychologist Joseph O’Loughlin steps in to face a ruthless killer. A mother and her teenage daughter are found murdered in…

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