My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin

While at college, Isabel's "friend" sexually assaults her.  She then begins an affair with an older, married professor.

3.5 stars. 

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.

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.

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.

Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden

Advice columnist begins a vigilante spree.

3.5 stars. 

The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston

Audio.  9 hours.

Read by Alexa Elmy.

After finally getting out of witness protection, Anna finds herself back in trouble when an assassin starts looking for her.

I didn't like this as much as the first book mostly because it was hard to believe that these three kids could escape from their situation.

3.5 stars. 

Rage by Linda Castillo

 Latest story features Chief Kate Burkholder investigating the deaths of three Amish young adults.

3.5

Do Not Disturb by Freida McFadden

Quinn is on the run after killing her abusive husband, but a snowstorm sees her hiding out in a nearby hotel instead of making it to Canada as she'd planned.

3.5 stars. 

She's Not There by Joy Fielding

 Two year old Samantha goes missing during a family vacation.  Fifteen years later, a young lady contacts the family claiming to be their long lost daughter.

Mostly enjoyable.  I subtracted half a star because the old daughter's character was so one dimensional.

3.5 stars.

Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh

 Former con man turned lawyer Eddie Flynn defends a man falsely accused of murder.  Along the way, he must try to avoid being killed when a hit is put out on him.

3.5 stars.

Kiss Her Goodbye by Lisa Gardner

 Frankie Elkin is back, this time searching for a missing Afghan refugee who goes missing in Tucson.

The backdrop of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the plight of the refugees was interesting, but the story was kind of convoluted.

3.5 stars.

The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

 Millie has a new job and her employer's wife is being abused.  Or is she?

3.5 stars.

Long Island by Colm Toibin

Eilis Lacey is visited at home by a man who claims his wife is pregnant with her husband Tony's child.  The man also claims that he plans to deposit the child on her doorstep when it is born.  As the due date approaches and her mother-in-law makes plan to raise the child, Eilis returns to her native Ireland and begins a romance with her former boyfriend.

The book was good, but I'm subtracting half a star for the incomplete ending.  Perhaps there is a follow-up novel planned.  This was also the second book featuring these characters.  I did not read the first, but saw the movie years ago so I had the general gist of the story.

3.5 stars.

Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

 Women band together to catch a con artist.

3.5 stars.

More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova

 Maddy is diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her sophomore year of college.  Story of how it affects her and her family.

3.5 stars.

Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister

 Camilla is navigating her first day back at work after maternity leave when police show up and tell her her husband has taken three hostages at a nearby warehouse.  After he shoots the hostages and escapes she spends the next seven years trying to understand while also pining for the husband she thought she knew.

3.5 stars.

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

 Audio.  7.5 hours.

Read by the author.

Michelle loses her mother to cancer and explores the way it affected her.  There is a lot of discussion of Korean food and how to prepare it.

3.5 stars.

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

 Audio.  14.5 hours.

Read by Saskia Maarleveld.

A 13 year old girl vanishes from summer camp in 1975.  Fourteen years earlier, her brother disappeared, never to be found.

Story was really good until the end.  Two smart women both think it's okay to leave said girl on a remote island to fend for herself because her family doesn't get her.  <eyeroll>

3.5 stars.

Wild Houses by Colin Barrett

 Low-level drug dealers in Ireland kidnap the younger brother of a man who owes them money.  

3.5 stars.

Paranoia by James Patterson and James O. Born

 Latest in the Michael Bennett series.

A hitman is killing retired NYPD officers and drug dealers are dying more than usual.  Are the cases related?  Also, Mary Catherine is pregnant via IVF.  I must have missed a few books in the series.  Honestly, this feels like an exhausting story arc,

3.5 stars.