Wednesday, February 21, 2018

The Bad Daughter by Joy Fielding

A hostile relationship with her sister and a complicated past with her father's second wife have kept Robin estranged from her family for many years. But when her father's new family is attacked in their house, with her father, his wife, and young daughter in critical condition in the hospital, she returns home to await their fate and hopefully mend fences. It looks like a random robbery gone awry, but as Robin spends more time with her family members, she learns they all had their secrets -- and one of those secrets may have put them all in horrible danger.


Review: Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of The Bad Daughter by Joy Fielding that I read and reviewed.
This book blew my mind. I was shocked with all the twist and turns and the end left me speechless. This is one of those books that leaves the reader with so much to think about when they are finished that I am still trying to process everything.
The Bad Daughter was an excellent read from start to finish. It was full of family drama, intrigue and Fielding kept the reader guessing who the shooter was. I am giving this book five out of five stars!

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Into the Black Nowhere (UNSUB #2) by Meg Gardiner

n southern Texas, on Saturday nights, women are disappearing. One vanishes from a movie theater. Another is ripped from her car at a stoplight. Another vanishes from her home while checking on her baby. Rookie FBI agent Caitlin Hendrix, newly assigned to the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, fears that a serial killer is roaming the dark roads outside Austin.
Caitlin and the FBI's serial crime unit discover the first victim's body in the woods. She's laid out in a bloodstained, white baby-doll nightgown. A second victim in a white nightie lies deeper in the forest's darkness. Both bodies are surrounded by Polaroid photos, stuck in the earth like headstones. Each photo pictures a woman in a white negligee, wrists slashed, suicide-style--posed like Snow White awaiting her prince's kiss. 
To track the UNSUB, Caitlin must get inside his mind. How is he selecting these women? Working with a legendary FBI profiler, Caitlin searches for a homology--that elusive point where character and action come together. She profiles a confident, meticulous killer who convinces his victims to lower their guard until he can overpower and take them in plain sight. He then reduces them to objects in a twisted fantasy--dolls for him to possess, control, and ultimately destroy. Caitlin's profile leads the FBI to focus on one man: a charismatic, successful professional who easily gains people's trust. But with only circumstantial evidence linking him to the murders, the police allow him to escape. As Saturday night approaches, Caitlin and the FBI enter a desperate game of cat and mouse, racing to capture the cunning predator before he claims more victims.

Review: Thank you NetGalley for the copy of Into the Black Nowhere by Meg Gardiner that I read and reviewed.
This book blew my mind especially the end. I can't wait until the third book in the UNSUB series comes out. I can't believe how the book ended. I want more more more and more of this series and I can't wait to see what is going to happen next. My mouth is still hanging open and I waited until the next day to write this review just to let my mind wrap around everything that happened, the ending blew my mind that much.
Now for the rest of the book, I loved that was well. Even though Caitlin pretty much knew who her killer was it was still a great read and in typical Gardiner fashion there were a few curves thrown in for the reader that kept the book exciting and kept the reader guessing about what was really going on. This series gets better with each book and I can't wait until the next one comes out. Gardiner set it up beautifully.
Into the Black Nowhere gets five out of five stars.

Friday, February 9, 2018

Fallen Five (The Lightkeepers, #3) by Erica Spindler

Descended from an ancient race, Earth’s few remaining Lightkeepers battle the forces of darkness that threaten humanity... 
Detectives Micki Dare and Zach Harris are called in to investigate when a millionaire developer leaps from atop his luxury hotel on the night of its grand opening. 
After Micki receives a mysterious package from her long-dead mentor, and Zach suspects something supernatural working against them, they realize this is no ordinary case. A dark force is once again threatening the Big Easy. 
Aspects of this case prove eerily similar to an unsolved murder from years before, making the stakes dangerously personal for Micki. This time it’s her life on the line. 
It will take the ingenuity and special skills of their misfit band of light beings and humans to bring this perpetrator down...but can they do it before they lose one of their own?

Review: Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of Fallen Five by Erica Spindler that I read and reviewed.
I did not think it was possible but this series just keep getting better with every book. I am completely addicted to The Lightkeepers and I love Zach and Micki as partners and as characters in a book that I can't get enough of them.
Fallen Five was an excellent read from start to finish and I loved how Zach and Micki's relationship grew in this book and I can't wait to see where it goes in the next book. This was one of those books you could not put down because you could not wait to see what was going to happen next. Spindler out did herself this time.
Fallen Five gets five out of five stars.