Hopefully, you took my advice and gave yourself a rest before digging in to this one. It is every bit as good as The Price You Pay (and this review has spoilers for that book, so beware) and you’ll need to rest up and hydrate. When we last saw Jack Price, the Seven Demons had destroyed his artisan cocaine empire.… Read more

Imagine my surprise when I found a series by Nick Harkaway that I hadn’t read! I’d missed them because they were written under a pen name, but still – new Harkaways! I was excited. Now, let me give you a piece of advice: Read The Price You Pay and then take a little time off. Don’t jump immediately into the… Read more

Oh, this one was good! I do love a book with a twisty, bendy plot that keeps you guessing. Toward the end, I could see how the pieces were coming together, but it still had some surprises in store. Theo Faber is a psychotherapist working at a facility called The Grove. His goal in taking the job was to work… Read more

Just a warning up front: There are spoilers in this review. I normally avoid spoilers, but in this case, I think they’re kind of important to convey my annoyance with this book. Also, maybe it’s because I am not necessarily recommending that you read it, so I don’t feel bad about including them. So, we start with Joanna Chase. She… Read more

Tessa Kennedy is the manager of the new Manderley Resort, on the beach in Santa Barbara. They are just days from the grand opening and Tessa is under intense pressure from the owner, Charles Destin, to make sure that every detail is perfect. The hotel has cutting-edge security systems – every move is monitored from an inaccessible security room. But… Read more

Loved this! A really good ghost story – Jess is a heroin addict who caused a fire that killed a young boy. She’s serving her sentence at Fellside Prison, where she is haunted by her mistakes and the boy she feels responsible for. Fellside Prison is not a quiet place. The walls whisper to Jess and she is visited by…something.… Read more

This is another book I loved – great read, good plot twists, and laid out in such a way that, although I was pretty sure I could see how it would end, I had no idea how we would get there. Really a pleasure to read. Kit Darling is invisible. She’s a ghost who haunts the edges of people’s lives,… Read more

This is a great addition to this series. It stays in the universe of Camino Island and draws on many of the characters we’ve already met. The new story is still about books and the book business, with some history and some courtroom drama mixed in. (After all, this is John Grisham  – I knew there would eventually be a… Read more

This is really a lovely book. Ashlyn is a rare book dealer and in a box of books from an estate, she comes across an oddity: a bound book with no author, no publisher, no end pages, none of the usual stuff. Only a title – Regretting Belle – an inscription: How, Belle? After everything…how could you do it? Intriguing!… Read more