Review: Thresher: A Deep Sea Thriller

Thresher: A Deep Sea Thriller by Michael Cole
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you enjoyed the original shark horror book by Peter Benchley's "Jaws" then you're in for some deja vu'. I mean this in a good way. There are only so many ways a shark can attack boats, people, and other animals. Its all in the suspense that leads up to these attacks and this book will keep you up all night reading because going to sleep is no longer an option now that you have fully visualized this killing machine that will haunt your dreams if you close your eyes. Dun dun dun da... We all know about GMO's but do we really "know" what long-term effects will be? Bigger better and much much more aggressive, sound familiar? Read in honor of 2018 Shark Week.

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Review: City of Secrets

City of Secrets by Victoria Thompson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I have been enjoying Victoria Thompson's novels for several years now, and she never fails to provide an exceptional piece of writing. In this series, we are introduced to a young woman, raised by her father who taught her the fine art of grifting. With the help of her fiance who is an upstanding gentleman that prides himself on his honesty must learn to make exceptions to solve the murder and theft of a widows lives savings. Victoria Thompson has developed good solid characters that are genuinely everyday heroes and some dastardly villains that deserve their final punishments. With her vast knowledge of the historical facts during the early 1900th century, she sets the scene with historical events. Always a pleasure to read her books.

“Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Complete Fairy Tales



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Review: Foundryside

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The young thief who has a rune-scribed plate in her head can gain knowledge by touch objects is set on a job to steal a small box for a large sum of money from a heavily guarded warehouse down by the river docks, but nothing is ever as easy as it first seems. With most of the city looking for our young thief she has few options available for her. This book was terrific, and my only negative thought was about the small percentage of crude language used to describe fecal matter. I think this would be a wonderfully illustrated animation and hope there will be more adventures with our team of mix-matched hero's. Will the city be rebuilt? Who will be in power? So many different scenarios...

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Review: Fortune in Blood

Fortune in Blood by Phil Philips
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The powerful Peruggia crime family of Los Angeles has bungled an enormous heist and lost the patriarchs eldest son in the ensuing gunfight at the bank. JoeyPeruggia, the carefree surfer son, is now expected to step into his brother's shoes and recover the millions of money sitting in police headquarters. FBI agent has been dating the eldest son and wants her share of the millions along with the corrupt cops who are in the Peruggia's pocket who will breeze the way for the heist. But things never go as planned and this book has plenty of action, corruption and a few good guys who get the job done in the end, but at what cost. The story moved at a good pace with lots of twists and turns to keep the reader's attention. Characters were believable and well developed.

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Review: Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding

Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Georgie, who has royal blood and Darcey have finally set a date for their wedding and have been looking for a new place to call home. With her Uncle away on one of his many travels to far off lands, his house has been left vacant with only a small handful of servants employed. Plus strange things have been happening there. Can Georgie get to the bottom of all the shenanigans that have been happening at her new domicile? This story was the first book with Georgie and Darcey as the main characters that I have read by Rhy Bowens. I enjoyed most of the book, but I felt that our main character was a bit of a snob which kind of put me off in fondness for our heroine.

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Review: Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding

Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Georgie, who has royal blood and Darcey have finally set a date for their wedding and have been looking for a new place to call home. With her Uncle away on one of his many travels to far off lands, his house has been left vacant with only a small handful of servants employed. Plus strange things have been happening there. Can Georgie get to the bottom of all the shenanigans that have been happening at her new domicile? This story was the first book with Georgie and Darcey as the main characters that I have read by Rhy Bowens. I enjoyed most of the book, but I felt that our main character was a bit of a snob which kind of put me off in fondness for our heroine.

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Review: An Interlude in Berlin

An Interlude in Berlin by Jefferson Flanders
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

As a big fan of James Bond, I naturally assumed that it was a spies job to seduce women for information as part of their job description. But this young CIA man finds himself transferred to Berlin after a messy affair with an upper ranking members wife tries to commit suicide after the incident ended. Do to his loose morals the Russians decide to plant a young actress in his path only to have the tables turned. I liked the story but thought something was lacking; maybe it could have been a longer story with more details.

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Review: Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace by Mindy Mejia
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When a young man who had gone missing ten years earlier while on a camping trip with his father in the Minnesota wilderness is sent to a mental institution to evaluate him. At the hospital, a young, inexperienced speech therapist is challenged with getting Lucus to open up about where he has been? And where is your father? In a tangled mess Lucus must piece the puzzle pieces together as to why he and his father remained in the woods all these years. When Maya finally earns the trust of Lucus, she learns that his father is deathly sick and Lucus is the only one who can find him. What to do? Small ripples can cause huge after effects.

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Review: Mountain of the Dead

Mountain of the Dead by Jeremy Bates
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This mystery thriller suspense story based on an actual event takes place in the dangerous Ural Mountains of Siberia in Russia. A band of college students plans to make their level III hike during the winter of 1959, but only one will return home. So many years later an author decides to solve the mystery of what might be the actual events that happened on the mountain by traveling there but will any of them return from their quest? Was this a military cover-up? Are there creatures out there that shun man? A Snowman, Aliens, Yeti or Bigfoot? I found this a story exciting since it is all speculation as to what could have been the exact cause of these unexplained deaths. We will never know what happened that fateful night. The author covers just about every, conspiracy related topic in this the fifth book in the "World's Scariest Places" series. I look forward to reading the first four.

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Review: The Company of Demons

The Company of Demons by Michael Jordan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

With a serial killer who seems to defy aging, he comes back to haunt a loose morals middle age attorney whose father a deceased cop who took his own life instead of facing the shame of not being able to catch this brutal murderer is set up in a big way. What a tangled web people play for their sick enjoyment in this web of lies and deceit. Who can you trust? Are the people you have in your life indeed who they say they are? There were quite a few good continuous situations that kept the action going all through the book.

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