Dawson’s Fall by Roxana Robinson
Special thanks to Wunderkind PR for providing our copy of Dawson’s Fall by Roxana Robinson in exchange for an honest & fair review. Dawson’s Fall by Roxana Robinson Being from the south and having visited many of the towns this story was placed gave me a weird sense of home when reading. The way she describes the historical events that took place and the attitudes of the people during this time are very well done. It truly transported me back to the 1800’s and the struggles our country was having during that time. Dawson started his journey in England and finagled his way onto a US navy ship to come…
The Look Alike by Erica Spindler
The Look Alike by Erica Spindler When Sienna stumbles upon a bloody body in the stark white snow her life is flipped and her similarities to the body and her mother haunt her. You fall slowly into her personality and background and step with her side by side back into the small town she left to clear her own head. She’s back older and stronger, but is she? I was enthralled by the different paths this mystery leads you down and the way love plays a perfect background note to this mystery. I was on the edge guessing who the killer was until the end. THE VERDICT This book makes you…
A Beautiful Corpse (Harper McClain, #2)
A Beautiful Corpse (Harper McClain, #2) After reading & loving The Echo Killing, I can’t wait to see what Harper is up to. I am so glad Christi is adding to the series. The adventure and unexpected twist kept me reading late into the night. I am eager for the next book to see what stories Harper was put on next! THE VERDICT A Beautiful Corpse is another 5 star read for me! Check out my review for Revolver Road here. Let’s connect with books! We have all of our reviews on Goodreads! ABOUT THE AUTHOR: CHRISTI DAUGHTERTY As a newspaper reporter, Christi Daugherty began covering murders at the age of…
The Echo Killing (Harper McClain, #1)
The Echo Killing (Harper McClain, #1) What a start to a thrilling series! I love the way Christi brings you into Harper’s life. Harper is on a strong woman and down right stubborn when she is on a case. I can’t get enough of the mystery element & this keeps me turning the pages late into the night. THE VERDICT The Echo Killing is definitely a 5 star read for me! Check out my review for Revolver Road here. Let’s connect with books! We have all of our reviews on Goodreads! ABOUT THE AUTHOR: CHRISTI DAUGHTERTY As a newspaper reporter, Christi Daugherty began covering murders at the age of 22. She…
Revolver Road (Harper McClain, #3)
Revolver Road (Harper McClain, #3) Life has been quiet for Harper out on Tybee until her scanner pops to life, a code coming through with no static. Typically all she hears is the muffled and distorted radio calls from Savannah. With Revolver Road, Harper finds herself being pulled into the disappearance of an up and coming musician, Xavier. Her making close connections with the friends he left behind is imperative to keep the dying newspaper ahead of the TV crews. As that case becomes more tangled her mystery man reappears to warn her that whoever destroyed her apartment in Savannah will come back for her, and soon. THE VERDICT Once…
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
Dual timelines, riveting storylines & uncovering a mystery in North Carolina make this a five star read! Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain Nothing like southern hospitality! 1939 Anna Dale is a young artist from New Jersey who won a mural competition but for a different state than she had hoped. She takes a trip down south to little Edenton, NC where her mural is to hang in the town’s post office. The sticky sweet southern hospitality sucks her in to stay while she creates the mural. Slowly she realizes the southern hospitality is not a sweet as it seems. 2018 Morgan Christopher is a young artist…
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne Book Review
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date August 9th, 2016 Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome; 2) A person’s undoing; 3) Joshua Templeman. Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problem displaying their feelings through a series of ritualistic passive-aggressive maneuvers as they sit across from each other, executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Lucy can’t understand Joshua’s joyless, uptight, meticulous approach to his job. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy’s overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and Pollyanna attitude. Now up for the…
Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown Book Review
Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date July 11th, 2017 It’s been a year since Billie Flanagan—a beautiful, charismatic Berkeley mom with an enviable life—went on a solo hike in Desolation Wilderness and vanished from the trail. No body—only a hiking boot—has ever been found. Billie’s husband and teenage daughter cope with her death the best they can: Jonathan drinks, Olive grows remote. But then Olive starts having waking dreams—or are they hallucinations?—that her mother is still alive. Jonathan worries about Olive’s emotional stability, until he starts unearthing secrets from Billie’s past that bring into question everything he thought he knew about his wife.…
The Return of the Ripper: Sherlock Holmes & Lucy James Mystery #7 by Anna Elliott & Charles Veley Book Review
The Return of the Ripper: Sherlock Holmes & Lucy James Mystery #7 by Anna Elliott & Charles Veley Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date June 12, 2018 Diamonds can be deadly! In October 1897, a deadly serial killer returns to London, just as Lucy and Jack are planning their wedding and Sherlock is launching a high-stakes investigation at the request of diamond mogul Cecil Rhodes. With Watson, the Baker Street team soon find themselves enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy, with tentacles that reach far beyond the shadows of Whitechapel. Sherlock and Lucy will need more than their usual deductive brilliance to defeat their latest adversary, or else the case…
Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman Book Review
Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date July 3, 2018 West Berlin, 1979. Helen Abell oversees the CIA’s network of safe houses, rare havens for field agents and case officers amidst the dangerous milieu of a city in the grips of the Cold War. Helen’s world is upended when, during her routine inspection of an agency property, she overhears a meeting between two people unfamiliar to her speaking a coded language that hints at shadowy realities far beyond her comprehension. Before the day is out, she witnesses a second unauthorized encounter, one that will place her in the sightlines of the most ruthless and…
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