contemporary fiction

Book Review: Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger

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Run for your life! โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Delores Morriseau shows up in Aurora seeking the assistance of native healers Henry Meloux and Rainy Oโ€™Connor, but now they are all running for their lives from mercenaries in the rugged Boundary... Continue reading →

Book Review: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Gonna need yaโ€™ to define โ€œgoodโ€ here. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Another girl has disappeared and only reporter Margot Davies sees a connection. 20 years prior, her childhood friend January was taken and murdered. Now – another girl taken,... Continue reading →

Book Review: Stay Awake Megan Goldin

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ1/2 – available 8/9/22!! No worries – youโ€™ll happily stay awake with this one!! โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Liv wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea how she got there. She arrives at her apartment to... Continue reading →

Book Review: The New Neighbor by Karen Cleveland

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Feckless female on parade. ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Beth is going through a lot – empty nest, marriage dissolving, loss of a coveted work position, but sheโ€™s convinced she is solving her case locating an elusive Iraqi intelligence... Continue reading →

Book Review: Upgrade by Blake Crouch

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ 2 words: โ€œ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ.โ€ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Itโ€™s the future. Cray-cray actions have happened (no spoilers!) and Logan Ramsay finds himself โ€œupgradedโ€ in a body that has amazingly sharp skills, in every aspect, but someone is behind the... Continue reading →

Book Review: Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli & Isles #13)

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Jane Rizzoli is trying to solve the baffling homicide of a normal everyone-loves-her nurse, murdered in her own home. Except Janeโ€™s mom Angela is convinced something is amiss in her idyllic suburban neighborhood when a... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Self-Made Widow by Fabian Nicieza

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ 1/2 Surprisingly good the 2nd time around. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Andie Stern is back, this time eyeing a mystery even closer to home – the sudden death of a friendโ€™s husband. Everyone writes it off as natural causes,... Continue reading →

Book Review: Our Little World by Karen Winn

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The complexity of sisterhoodโ€ฆ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Itโ€™s the summer of 1985 when four-year-old Sally goes missing. Everyone was there including Bee and Audrina Kocsis, sisters who rode there with Sally, her older brother Max, and Max & Sallyโ€™s... Continue reading →

Book Review: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

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A heist steeped in history, but thin on action. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Will, Irene, Daniel, Lily, and Alex – a prize of $50 million awaits this team of college-students-cum-art-thieves who wish to return Chinese art plundered by the West... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

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โญ๏ธ out of 5 stars 100% insulted me as a female reader. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Heather is the younger wife-to-be of a well-respected doctor. The doctorโ€™s first wife Pam battles dementia and lives in a nursing home. His 2... Continue reading →