Title: Misery Loves Company
Author: Rene Gutteridge
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: August 16, 2014
When was the book published: 2013
Main Characters: Patrick Reagan, author, Jason and Jules Belleno, Chris Downey
What happens? Jules is dealing with the murder of her cop husband Jason by being a recluse and blogging. Her father the Lt. Col. is drinking himself numb. Jules criticizes Reagan in her blog, and he kidnaps her and takes her to his secret mountain retreat. Jason's murder and Reagan's obsession with Jules come together.
How long was this? 345 pages
Did I like this? pretty good in parts, very exciting at the end. surprising twist of the author including her faith in Our Heavenly Father as a key element in the story.
Overall grade: B+
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Saturday, August 9, 2014
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jossi Adler Olson
Title: The Keeper of Lost Causes
Author: Jossi Adler Olson
Did I listen or read?: audiobook
When did I finish?: July 27, 2014
When was the book published:
Main Characters: Merette Lyngaard, brother Uffe, Carl Morck, Asad
What happens? Carl is a Danish cop whose partner is murdered and other partner crippled in the line of duty. He is pushed to aside to Dept Q where Asad is hired as his driver, and he takes on the 5 year old suicide of Merette, and comes to believe that it is not a suicide. The author takes us back 5 years to where Merette is caring for Uffe, seriously injured in a car crash in their youth that killed their parents. Merette is kidnapped and locked in a room for years...
How long was this? 14 hours
Did I like this? Not at the beginning, but it got good, and they made a movie out of it!
Overall grade: B+
Author: Jossi Adler Olson
Did I listen or read?: audiobook
When did I finish?: July 27, 2014
When was the book published:
Main Characters: Merette Lyngaard, brother Uffe, Carl Morck, Asad
What happens? Carl is a Danish cop whose partner is murdered and other partner crippled in the line of duty. He is pushed to aside to Dept Q where Asad is hired as his driver, and he takes on the 5 year old suicide of Merette, and comes to believe that it is not a suicide. The author takes us back 5 years to where Merette is caring for Uffe, seriously injured in a car crash in their youth that killed their parents. Merette is kidnapped and locked in a room for years...
How long was this? 14 hours
Did I like this? Not at the beginning, but it got good, and they made a movie out of it!
Overall grade: B+
The Edge of the Water by Elizabeth George
Title: The Edge of the Water
Author: Elizabeth George
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: July 31, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Nera the black seal, Derric the boy from Uganda, Becca King, her archenemy Jenn McDaniels, Annie Taylor who comes to town to study Nera
What happens? An offbeat and unusual story about a small town, Whidby Island, near Seattle where a mysterious seal comes to visit every year, and the town has started a festival. There is some mystery about why the seal comes back, and a sunken boat, and an oil spill.
How long was this? 440 pages
Did I like this? Different and offbeat, but enjoyable. Strange stuff.
Overall grade: B+
Author: Elizabeth George
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: July 31, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Nera the black seal, Derric the boy from Uganda, Becca King, her archenemy Jenn McDaniels, Annie Taylor who comes to town to study Nera
What happens? An offbeat and unusual story about a small town, Whidby Island, near Seattle where a mysterious seal comes to visit every year, and the town has started a festival. There is some mystery about why the seal comes back, and a sunken boat, and an oil spill.
How long was this? 440 pages
Did I like this? Different and offbeat, but enjoyable. Strange stuff.
Overall grade: B+
The Heist by Daniel Silva
Title: The Heist
Author: Daniel Silva
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: Aug 9, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Gabriel Allon, wife Chiara, Uzi Navot, Abe Shamron, Julian Isherwood, General Cesare Ferrari (with one eye,) Jack Bradshaw, Jihan Nawaz, raised in Hama in 1982
What happens? Some guy asks Isherwood to finish a deal with Bradshaw, and he finds him dead in his Italian villa. A stolen Caravaggio is in play, and Daniel is taken from his work restoring a church in Venice while waiting for Chiara to deliver twins by blackmail, as they threaten to throw Isherwood in jail unless he works for them. He winds up recruiting Jihan to act against the evil Syrian who is her boss in an Austrian bank.
How long was this? 472 pages
Did I like this? good, familiar characters, interesting story, a few twists and turns, but not incredibly riveting
Overall grade: B+
Author: Daniel Silva
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: Aug 9, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Gabriel Allon, wife Chiara, Uzi Navot, Abe Shamron, Julian Isherwood, General Cesare Ferrari (with one eye,) Jack Bradshaw, Jihan Nawaz, raised in Hama in 1982
What happens? Some guy asks Isherwood to finish a deal with Bradshaw, and he finds him dead in his Italian villa. A stolen Caravaggio is in play, and Daniel is taken from his work restoring a church in Venice while waiting for Chiara to deliver twins by blackmail, as they threaten to throw Isherwood in jail unless he works for them. He winds up recruiting Jihan to act against the evil Syrian who is her boss in an Austrian bank.
How long was this? 472 pages
Did I like this? good, familiar characters, interesting story, a few twists and turns, but not incredibly riveting
Overall grade: B+
Saturday, July 19, 2014
The Keeper by John Lescroat
Title: The Keeper
Author: John Lescroat
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: July 19, 2014
When was the book published: May 2014
Main Characters: Abe Glitzky, Dismas Hardy, Wes Farrell, wife Tevya, Frannie Hardy, Hal Chase, Katie Chase, Ruth Chase, John Stoat, Foster and Cushing who run the jail, report Jeff Elliott
What happens? Hal Chase is an SF County jail guard, and is struggling in his marriage with his wife Katie. Katie disappears and Hal is the most likely candidate, but there are bad things going on at the city jail that Hal has been a part of and told Katie about. And Hal was having an affair. And so was Katie, with someone who worked at the jail.
How long was this? 304 pages
Did I like this? good Lescroat, not incredible, but good story, fast paced, guessed wrong about whodunit
Overall grade: A-
Author: John Lescroat
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: July 19, 2014
When was the book published: May 2014
Main Characters: Abe Glitzky, Dismas Hardy, Wes Farrell, wife Tevya, Frannie Hardy, Hal Chase, Katie Chase, Ruth Chase, John Stoat, Foster and Cushing who run the jail, report Jeff Elliott
What happens? Hal Chase is an SF County jail guard, and is struggling in his marriage with his wife Katie. Katie disappears and Hal is the most likely candidate, but there are bad things going on at the city jail that Hal has been a part of and told Katie about. And Hal was having an affair. And so was Katie, with someone who worked at the jail.
How long was this? 304 pages
Did I like this? good Lescroat, not incredible, but good story, fast paced, guessed wrong about whodunit
Overall grade: A-
Friday, July 11, 2014
Children of the Revolution by Peter Robinson
Title: Children of the Revolution
Author: Peter RobinsonDid I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: July 11, 2014
When was the book published: 2014
Main Characters: Alan Banks, boss Gervaise, Annie Cabbot, Winsome, Gerry Masterson, Gavin Miller, Kayleigh Vernon and Beth Gallagher, Lady Veronica Ronnie Chalmers
What happens? Gavin Miller is found dead near his cottage, thrown off a bridge with 5,000 squid in his pockets. Banks investigates two threads - Miller got fired from his job at the university after Vernon and Gallagher falsely accuse him of sexual harassment, and Miller was at university in the early 70s with Lady Chalmers, who was then a Marxist, and he called her a few days before his death, and she lies about the reason.
How long was this? 336 pages
Did I like this? pretty good, getting used to Banks and his crew, will have to try some more
Overall grade: B+
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman
Title: Baltimore Blues
Author: Laura Lippman
Did I listen or read?: Audible audio book
When did I finish?: July 2, 2014
When was the book published: 2011
Main Characters: Tess Monaghan, Michael Abramowitz, murdered attorney, Rock the rowing guy, Irish law firm with three O's, Rock's fiance Ava
What happens? Rock hires Tess to follow Ava to find out why she is acting so weird. She appears to be meeting Abramowitz at a hotel. He turns up dead after she tells Rock what is going on. Abramowitz has gone from famous TV lawyer to silent partner at the big 3 O law firm. Tess investigates after being hired by Rock's lawyer not to investigate.
How long was this? 10 hours.
Did I like this? OK, not awful, but not a great plot. Will try one more from her. Not as good as her story about the woman's lives over 40 years, After I'm Gone.
Overall grade: B-
Author: Laura Lippman
Did I listen or read?: Audible audio book
When did I finish?: July 2, 2014
When was the book published: 2011
Main Characters: Tess Monaghan, Michael Abramowitz, murdered attorney, Rock the rowing guy, Irish law firm with three O's, Rock's fiance Ava
What happens? Rock hires Tess to follow Ava to find out why she is acting so weird. She appears to be meeting Abramowitz at a hotel. He turns up dead after she tells Rock what is going on. Abramowitz has gone from famous TV lawyer to silent partner at the big 3 O law firm. Tess investigates after being hired by Rock's lawyer not to investigate.
How long was this? 10 hours.
Did I like this? OK, not awful, but not a great plot. Will try one more from her. Not as good as her story about the woman's lives over 40 years, After I'm Gone.
Overall grade: B-
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