The Bird Watcher by Jacquelyn Mitchard

 A young woman is accused of murder and her best friend from high school, now working as a journalist, covers the case.

3.5 stars.

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

 Audio.  11 hours.

Read by Eunice Wong.

Vera Wong finds a distressed young woman outside the police station and brings her home for tea.  The woman confesses her friend Thomas is missing and Vera sets out to find him.

4 stars.

Cross & Sampson by James Patterson and Brian Sitts

 Each character has an independent story with only the briefest of intersection.  Sampson works a bombing case while Cross searches for his missing son.

It was weird reading an Alex Cross book where his story is written in the third person and Sampson's is firt person.  Best I can remember, Alex Cross was always told through the first person.

3.5 stars.

The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

 Down on her luck Alix discovers a magical library where someone can live inside a book.  It sounds great until the library and its patrons come under attack.

Not a big fan of fantasy, so a bit disappointing for me.

3 stars.