Smoke Screen is a smart new mystery from bestselling author, Terri Blackstock. Brenna Strickland Hertzog is a divorced single mom with a drinking problem she tries to hide. She’s resentful of her narcissistic ex-husband. Brenna has returned to her hometown after a contentious divorce, with no thought that her teenage sweetheart would move in across … Continue reading Smoke Screen by Terri Blackstock
Tracking Game is book five in Margaret Mizushima’s Timber Creek K-9 Mystery series. The novel works as a standalone but additional backstory would have added clarity to some scenes. I suggest reading the series in order, but this novel is still enjoyable as a standalone. Mattie Cobb is a deputy and K-9 handler with the … Continue reading Tracking Game by Margaret Mizushima
Strands of Truth is a Christian mystery novel by bestselling author, Colleen Coble. Harper Taylor and Annabelle Rice both submit DNA in a search for potential family members and find that they are half sisters. Strangely enough their mothers both died under suspicious circumstances when they were babies, without revealing the name of their shared … Continue reading Strands of Truth by Colleen Coble
Remember is the debut physiological suspense novel by Patricia Shanae Smith. Ms. Smith has acquitted herself very well in her first attempt. Portia Willows is a high school senior when her mother and younger sister, Piper, are killed in a car accident. Portia finds it hard to cope because she suffers from extreme social anxiety … Continue reading Remember by Patricia Shanae Smith
I was floored by The Extinction Agenda by Michael Laurence, which is book one in his series of the same name. This is a thriller of the first order. FBI Special Agent James Mason is sent to the to a scene of obvious carnage with lots of dead birds and evidence of humans but no … Continue reading The Extinction Agenda by Michael Laurence
The Night Caller, book one of J. M. Hewitt’s Detective Carrie Flynn Crime Thriller series, is a great psychological thriller. Detective Carrie Flynn is haunted by memories of the younger sister who was kidnapped when they were children and was never seen again. She’s doubly troubled because she saw the kidnapper. Now she’s chasing a … Continue reading The Night Caller by J. M. Hewitt
I’ve found a new author to add to my favorites list. The Bitterroots by C. J. Box is book four in his Cassie Dewell series. I’m new to this author, but I love this book and will read others from him. Cassie Dewell is a Montana private investigator and former sheriff’s deputy. She has been … Continue reading The Bitterroots by C. J. Box
