Payback by Mike Lupica

Title: Payback

Author: Mike Lupica
Did I listen or read?:  Libby library book
When did I finish?: May 29, 2022
When was the book published:  2021
Main Characters: Sunny Randall, Susan Silverman, Jess Stone, her friend Spike.  Eddie Ross, russian - Lawton, roommate of bad guy. Lee Farrell's niece Emma
What happens? Sunny tries to find out why niece Emma got beat up and won't talk about it.  She gets tangled in a separate plot helping Spike who has lost his business to a cheating hedge fund bad guy.
How long was this? 347 pages
Did I like this? Good Parker Simulation
Overall grade: B+

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

 Title: The Paris Apartment

Author: Lucy Foley
Did I listen or read?: Audible
When did I finish?:  5/27/2022
When was the book published: 2022
Main Characters:  Jess, her brother Ben, Sophie (Penthouse), the Concierge, Mimi, the nice guy
What happens?  Jess goes to visit Ben, the writer, who is living in a really expensive Paris apartment that is full of mysteries.  Ben is missing.  What happened?
How long was this? 360 pages
Did I like this? Got better - beginning was too much foreshadowing.  But got better
Overall grade: B

The Truth about Melody Browne by Lisa Jewell

Title: The Truth about Melody Browne

Author: Lisa Jewell
Did I listen or read?:  Kindle
When did I finish?: May 22, 2020
When was the book published: 2009
Main Characters:  Melody Browne,
What happens? Melody's house burns down when she is 9.  She forgets her whole life before that.  When she is on a date, they go to a hypnotist and she is sent back to 5 years old and starts remembering it all.  Her baby brother died, and her mother flipped out, and she lived by Ken, the free love guy, and her father moved to LA.
How long was this?  326 pages
Did I like this?  Really nice story.
Overall grade: B+

Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny

 Title: Kingdom of the Blind

Author: Louise Penny
Did I listen or read?: Kindle
When did I finish?: May 12, 2022
When was the book published: 2018
Main Characters: Gamache, usual crew, the Duchess
What happens? Gamache and Myrna get name as executors of a will.  Gamache fights to stop the drugs that came into the country in the last book.
How long was this? 378 pages
Did I like this? top notch gamache book
Overall grade: A-

The Missing Piece by John Lescroart

 Title: The Missing Piece

Author: john Lescroart
Did I listen or read?: kindle
When did I finish?: May 8, 2022
When was the book published: 2022
Main Characters: Glitzky, Wes Farrell, Paul Riley (exonerated), Doug Rush (father of murdered girl)
What happens? Riley gets out, gets killed, Rush is misidentified as the killer, then....
How long was this? 304 pages
Did I like this? good quick hitting legal, good usual characters
Overall grade: A-

Something to Hide by Elizabeth George

 Title: Something to Hide

Author: Elizabeth George
Did I listen or read?: kindle
When did I finish?: May 3, 2022
When was the book published: 2022
Main Characters: Lynley, Barb Havers, Simisola and Tani
What happens? Female cop working on FGM, killed, and Tani tried to protect Simisola
How long was this? 704 pages
Did I like this? Good story, hard topic, lots going on
Overall grade: B+