In the Dark I see You: A Novel by Mallika Narayanan

In the Dark I See You: A Novel by Mallika Narayanan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Many thanks to Donna Compton for this thriller suspense! Audrey is a blind woman who finds her neighbor Sarah's baby, Nicole crying. Before she can get to the youngster, she finds her friend murdered. There are many twists & turns as we get to know the main characters, their friends, & people they work with.

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The Fix (Amos Decker, #3) by David Baldacci

The Fix by David Baldacci
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I continue to totally love this series, I could not put down this 3rd book in the Amos Decker series!!! At the Hoover Building, Amos witnesses a man murder a woman and looking into the murder, the family man with a government contracting business kills a school teacher. Nothing is what it seems and as Amos and his crew continue to delve into the people, their families, etc nothing is what it seems. I could not stop turning the pages and I loved seeing Melvin Mars return in this book!

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Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone

Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

January LaVoy does a spectacular job narrating this taut thriller with so much psychological drama!!! I enjoyed listening to this book, Ariel's husband is kidnapped while they are on a business trip in London. The police and the American Embassy do not take her seriously, until the FBI & CIA are involved. A real who done it!

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Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni

Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

OMG, this latest Robert Dugoni detective and courtroom mystery was so suspenseful! I loved Keera Duggan, her dysfunctional family which has been forever altered due to her father's life long alcoholism. Keera catches a case where she represents the husband who is accused of killing his wife. I loved the way Dugoni unfolded the story through the chess game, the mysterious Mr. Worth who leads her to many people who grew up/knew the accused who is a multi-millionaire investment advisor, her father's missteps, and her ambition to show up the prosecutor. It definitely was like a game of chess with each move calculated keeping the reader on pins and needles. You never meet the murdered wife, but the title, Her Deadly Game was perfect in so many ways. Readers will enjoy wading into this juicy mystery. An awesome crime thriller!

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Down the River Unto the Sea (King Oliver, #1) by Walter Mosley

Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A great new series by Walter Mosley introduces the reader to disgraced police officer wrongly accused and jailed. Fast forward and Joe King Oliver is now a private investigator and readers learn how he was freed from jail but not really why. As he plods along with his daughter as his secretary, he takes a case while also investigating who in police force framed him. I could not stop turning listening, I loved narrator, Dion Graham's taut rendition of this suspenseful mystery where Joe and his family are in danger as a result of his cases. What will he learn and will he live? Highly recommended!

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True Blue by Robert Baldacci

True Blue by David Baldacci
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a great stand alone novel about 2 sisters, one a cop unjustly imprisoned, Mace, and her sister, the top cop, Beth, who stands by her even when everyone believes she was guilty. After she spends 2 years in prison, all Mace wants to do when she gets out of prison is get back onto the force. There is no easy way to do that---solve a case or prove she was innocent (this will not happen---since the DA has been making sure Mace will never get to the truth) and the DA also wants to get her sister in trouble and get rid of her as well. There was alot going on and Mace and a lawyer who found a dead co-worker, work together to try and find out what happened. But there are forces out to silence them (murder them). Luckily Mace and Beth are a fore to be reckoned with! A fantastic could not put it down mystery, who done it thriller with enough suspense to keep me up to finish this awesome book!

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Long Road to Mercy (Atlee Pine, #1) by David Baldacci

Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this first book in the Atlee Pine series and I will continue to read the whole series! Baldacci did a great job with Atlee Pine as a determined FBI Agent in southwest United States who tries to solve a case in the grand canyon involving a dead mule and missing rider while also endeavoring to find her missing twin's killer.

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The Hit (Will Robie, #2) by David Baldacci

The Hit by David Baldacci
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this 2nd book in the Will Robie series--if you love suspense, psychological thrillers and assassin, Will Robie is an awesome hero---some of the same characters like Vance and Julie appear which I loved, and this time Robie is tasked with getting rid of an assassin just like him, working for the same team, Jessica Reel. She and Robie trained together and they are the best. So why does Jessica kill 2 of the higher ups in their agency? I really liked Jessica too when you read her back story and as the book progresses, Robie and Rell save each other always keeping in mind---they have targets on their back. I can't wait to move onto the 3rd book in this series. Just as I loved the JohnnPullen series by Baldacci---now I am captivated by this series---Yes!

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Hideout by Watt Key

Hideout by Watt Key
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this suspenseful middle grade thriller about Sam, son of a sheriff, and Davey, a boy he meets on a remote island near his Gulf Shore Home. Sam is ultra responsible, but due to circumstances, when his Dad gives him a boat, Sam heads out intending to disobey his father's rules, and then he meets Davey, whose story is unbelievable, he is waiting at his family's old home in the thick of the woods. As Sam helps Davey with supplies and food, they bond as they make this place ready for "his family" but things are so not what they seem. I loved Sam's bravery and rooted for him---readers will too! A must read!

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Infinite by Brian Freeman

Infinite by Brian Freeman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow you like parallel universes? This fast paced psychological thriller moves quickly----Dylan Moran loses his wife, Karly, in a flood. Try as he might he cannot save her. Devastated he begins to see people who look exactly like him. As the operations manager at an exclusive hotel, there is a doctor who will be speaking on Many Worlds. Even more surprising, when Dylan approaches her, she already knows him, he is seeing her as a patient. Dylan goes into the parallel universes, OMG! With lots of twisting plots, recurring characters in these plots, I could not stop turning the pages! Another great read from Brian Freeman!

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The Coldest Case: A Black Book Audio Drama by James Patterson

The Coldest Case by James Patterson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is my first audiobook by James Patterson about Detective Billy Harney (father and twin sister are police too) narrated by: Aaron Paul , Krysten Ritter , Nathalie Emmanuel , Beau Bridges , and a full cast, I loved the characters as the knuckle bearing story of Harney's investigation of a drug ring which involved in addition to police work, the use of social media, technology, and gaming. The only problem I had with the audiobook was the background sounds many times overwhelmed the narration by being too loud or too long. But I loved the conspiracies which involve those with power and money and even police corruption. A taut, mesmerizing audiobook!

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Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos

Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley, #BookJunkies, @Andrea_Contos, Kids Can Press and KCP Loft for the advance reader copy of Throwaway Girls by debut author, Andrea Contos, in exchange for an honest review. I could not put this YA mystery down! Caroline is a forthright yet conflicted narrator who steadfastly investigates when her best friend, Madison, suddenly disappears. Andrea Contos’ plot and characterizations will have teens guessing as this mystery deepens to involve more than one girl. Caroline is believable as she delves full force into finding out what happened to Madison. But she also gains problems that cause her to push away friends, Jake and Aubrey, who only want to help her. I understood yet I did not understand many of Caroline’s decisions. I was also confused many times with the appearance of characters, Livie and Willa. And the parents were also off the charts unsupportive, tough, and mean spirited. As Caroline struggles with her reality, she constantly keeps her goal in mind, three months to graduate, and get out. But as the plot thickens, the thrill quickens. What will happen to Caroline, Madison, Willa and the others? This is a riveting book dealing with family problems, friendship, LGBT issues, and social classes. A must-read!

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Stripped (Jonathan Stride, #2) by Brian Freeman

Stripped by Brian Freeman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I totally enjoyed this 2nd Jonathan Stride detective mystery! This is my 3rd Brian Freeman book and I will continue to read all his books, his mysteries are mesmerizing with their sharp, thrilling plots, characters, and many many twists that keep me turning the pages! Jonathan Stride has moved to Vegas following Serena Dial after he retires from Duluth. This world will pack a punch with an old secret propelling a murderer who has an agenda to right the wrongs of the past. With new characters like Blake, Boni, Amira, Amanda and Claire, Stride and Serena race to stop the murderer as he leaves clues and micks them to catch him. The seedy side of Vegas, those controlling the casinos, and those unable to survive a killer's path kept me enthralled as I gobbled up the pages, crimes, and life stories of the characters in this slick, steamy mystery.

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West (East #2) by Edith Pattou

West by Edith Pattou
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I compulsively read this book in 2 days thanks to Jennifer Hubert's awesome review on her Reading Rants blog of recommended YA! As a high school librarian East was a book I never found the time to read...when Hubert's review came out for West, I quickly got East from the library and from page 1 I was hooked! West continues the romance/love story of Rose and Charles--adventure, evil, daring all abound as Rose searches for Charles after he is reported missing and DEAD from an accident at sea...immediately Rose does not FEEL her love is dead and there the scintillating drama takes hold of the reader and does not let go. Edith Pattou has a gift for beautiful in-depth description with her world building (the ice castle, troll characters, lore, Rose's coats & loom and magic) and her characters are just so awesome---except for the Troll Queen and her henchman, Urda is back and the awful plans the Troll Queen has planned for Charles, Rose and their bairn is sickening and will affect the world. I rooted for Rose; she is such a strong, beautiful woman that all but the trolls love (well she does have some troll supporters too) and will risk helping her in every conceivable situation. Adults and teens will love this series; it is definitely a cross over and special fantasy that will thrill readers; highly recommended!

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Watcher in the Woods (Rockton, #4) by Kelley Armstrong

Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Minotaur Books for providing an advance copy of Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong in exchange for an honest review. I love thrillers and Kelley Armstrong did not disappoint with this taut mystery (4th in a series- but you do not have to read the other three) with police detective Casey Duncan and her boyfriend/Sheriff, Eric Dalton in a very remote, unknown town in the Yukon, Rockton investigating the murder of a US Marshall who slips in to apprehend a dangerous suspect. What I loved was Armstrong’s worldbuilding of Rockton; its beliefs, its inhabitants, and those in control (yes there are layers of control). Both Eric and Casey were strong, very likable characters who honestly protect and serve despite constant rules and roadblocks. The plot with all its twists & turns and the many suspects made this book a gripping, wild read. I could not put this book down and am definitely going back to read the other three books in this awesome series. This is a riveting, mesmerizing psychological thriller and will keep mystery lovers turning the pages; highly recommended!

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You Won't Know I'm Gone (The Black Angels Chronciles #2) by Kristen Orlando

You Won't Know I'm Gone by Kristen Orlando
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I really did not like the way Reagan vacillated throughout this book; I got tired of her inner anger raging always about getting Ramos, missing her mom (in the first book, Reagan wasn't always a fan of her mom, did her murder change Reagan?) and denying her feelings for Luke (I really like him, Reagan does too but she won't allow herself to give in to her true feelings- remember she has to kill Ramos herself) but I did really enjoy the drama, the endurance she got back in order to try to win a spot in the Black Angels she was once guaranteed and lost due to her behavior in Columbia. I liked her friendship with Anusha and Cam, her instructor Michael, hated Lexie) and hoped to see her relationship with Luke grow... The story was suspenseful, so much action, I am really looking forward to the 3rd book.

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