Wednesday, March 25, 2026

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Audio.  14.5 hours.

Read by Edoardo Ballerini.

Patch saves a girl from being abducted, but then ends up being the one taken.  He spends a year locked away in the dark with a girl named Grace.  When they are rescued, Grace disappears and Patch spends years trying to find her.

This was a beautifully written story.  The only part I couldn't accept was why he made finding this girl his life's work.  It would have been 5 stars but for this.

4 stars.

All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan

 Tessa Calloway has written a best selling novel and is on tour when strange things begin to happen.

This book was such a slog.  It could have been a good story if it was 100 pages shorter.

2 stars.

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

 Audio.  10.75 hours.

Read by Eunice Wong.

When a dead body shows up in Vera's tea shop, she's intent on proving it was murder and finding the culprit.

4 stars.

Thursday, March 12, 2026

It's Not Her by Mary Kubica

Two families go to a resort in the woods.  When one couple is murdered and their teenaged daughter goes missing the police (and the other mother) try to find the missing girl and the killer.

The first part was kind of dull, but it picked up at the end.

4 stars. 

Monday, March 2, 2026

The Invisible Woman by James Patterson and Susan DiLallo

 Former FBI agent, Elinor Gilbert, is recruited by her former boss to go undercover as a nanny for a suspected money launderer.

Quick read.  Very little gore.

4 stars.

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston

 Camille appears to have a perfect life, but when she starts suspecting her husband of being involved in something shady, she hatches a plan to discover what it is.  

Meanwhile, Aubrey is contacted by the man convicted of killing her parents professing to have proof he is innocent of the crime.

The two women's lives intersect and old secrets are revealed.

The writing was good, but I didn't care about any of the characters.

3.5 stars.

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey

I read this as part of a Goodreads challenge.  I probably wouldn't have finished it otherwise.  

Dolores and Jake meet at work and begin a tentative relationship partly based on the theory that there is a serial killer loose in their city.

2 stars.