I enjoyed reading this book, but when asked what kind of book it is, this book is difficult to categorize.  It is a sci-fi romance with graphically erotic scenes, but it is also part one of an allegorical commentary on race relations, xenophobia, and how love can bridge chasms.  It is well written and the … More Jelvia: Not Human #1 — Holding out for a Hero, by T E Kessler (Louise Wise)

Jake Lassiter is an endearing character and author Paul Levine has provided him with a thrilling roller coaster of a story in which Jake can show off his self-deprecating sense of humor and his folksy “I’m just a jock” persona.  On a superficial level, the plot and characters are fun, like watching a “B” movie … More Fool Me Twice (Jake Lassiter Legal Thriller) by Paul Levine

This is a well-crafted story with tension building throughout.  Lucy and her lover, Damon, try to exonerate Lucy’s brother, who is accused of murder.  The evidence is pretty damning but the more Lucy and Damon dig, the more the case looks like an elaborate setup that parallels the case when the dead lady’s husbands last … More Savage Bay Nightmare by Anna Willett

            The title, “last man out,” refers to a protocol for cave divers – the first man in is the last man out.  Sometimes, the last man doesn’t make it out alive.  The diving maxim doesn’t really play a part in the story, but it’s a catchy title. This short novel is very well written … More Last Man Out, by Isabella Adams

The CD audiobook version from Brilliance Audio (Abridged, not that the packaging tells you that), is terrible. Apparently produced in 2011 from the 1995 book, the audiobook on 5 CDs breaks the narration into 99 tracks on each CD, so you get 45 seconds of audio, then a 5-10 second pause while the track changes. … More The Witness, by Sandra Brown

3.5 stars.  Tainted Luck is a short YA book featuring a never-been-kissed high school senior named Levi who becomes the reluctant object of the affections of the new girl in school, Taylor. But, Taylor is weird and Goth – and maybe something more dangerous. Levi is drawn into her spell and starts to care about … More Tainted Luck, by Cynthia Austin

This book starts out bloody. A serial killer with a yearning to get his hands wet and dirty dispatches a truck driver with a gun and then a knife, leaving a gruesome crime scene for Tampa detectives Sergio and Carly. The reader experiences the kill from the killer’s point of view, and that continues through … More Double Blind, by Dan Alatorre

The story of the meteoric rise and spectacular fall of the start-up blood testing company, Theranos, and its precocious young founder, Elizabeth Holmes, is an amazing story.  If it weren’t true, you’d never believe it.  Telling that story in a coherent and entertaining fashion is a herculean task that journalist John Carryrou has done wonderfully … More Bad Blood, by John Carryrou

It’s not easy to take a character as (usually) dynamic and interesting as Jack Reacher and write a whole novel from his point of view that is dull, plodding, and lacking in suspense, emotion, or action.  But, somehow Lee Child – perhaps on deadline to push out another Jack Reacher “bestseller” – has managed it.  … More The Midnight Line by Lee Child (Jack Reacher #22)

This is an engrossing, suspenseful mystery that literally kept me up until the wee hours of the morning. I couldn’t get to sleep before finding out what happened!  A really well-written and well-constructed story from the twisted mind of Bruce Perrin.  The author drops sufficient clues for the reader to eventually figure out the mystery … More Mind in Chains (The Mind Sleuth series, book 3), by Bruce M. Perrin