MT Review: Cross Justice

I've finished "Cross Justice" the 23rd book in Alex Cross series by James Patterson.

Product Description

The toughest cases hit closest to home.

Alex Cross left his hometown, and some awful family tragedies, for a better life with Nana Mama in Washington, DC. He hasn't looked back.

Now his cousin Stefan has been accused of a horrible, unthinkable murder, and Cross drives south with Bree, Nana Mama, Jannie, and Ali to Starksville, North Carolina, for the first time in thirty-five years. Back home, he discovers a once proud community down on its luck, and local residents who don't welcome him with open arms. As Cross steps into his family home, the horrors of his childhood flood back -- and he learns that they're not really over. He brings all his skill to finding out the truth about his cousin's case. But truth is hard to come by in a town where no one feels safe to speak.

Chasing his ghosts takes Cross all the way down to the sugarcane fields of Florida, where he gets pulled into a case that has local cops needing his kind of expertise: a string of socialite murders with ever more grisly settings. He's chasing too many loose end -- a brutal killer, the truth about his own past, and justice for his cousin -- and any one of the answers might be fatal.

In Cross Justice, Alex Cross confronts the deadliest -- and most personal -- case of his career. It's a propulsive, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that proves you can go home again -- but it just might kill you.

About the Author

James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies, and he has had more #1 bestsellers than any other author. In addition to his novels for adults, he has also written numerous books for young readers, and with initiatives that include ReadKiddoRead.com, he has dedicated himself to improving access to books that will keep kids reading for life. He lives in Florida with his family.

Product Details
Series: Alex Cross
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition (November 23, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316407046
ISBN-13: 978-0316407045

My Review:

Alex Cross has finally come home after 35 years to find out his gym teacher cousin Stefan Tate is in jail accused of killing and torturing his student 13 year old Rashawn Turnbull.  As he investigates further he learns his cousin was set up and their were inconsistencies of the evidence and they was a cover up and who were all involved.

He also learns more about his mother and father's death and it leads him to Florida when he finds out his father actually lived after what happened to him.

I feel so sorry for the victims and especially Rashawn because of what happened to him which was cruel and sadistic.

4/5

Thanks Hachette Book Group for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

MT Review: The Buried (The Apostles)

 

I've finished "The Buried" the 2nd book in her Apostles series by Shelley Coriell.

Product Description

"It's cold. And dark. I can't breathe."

Successful, ambitious state prosecutor Grace Courtemanche is at the top of her game. Then she gets a chilling call from a young woman claiming to be buried alive. Desperate to find the victim before it's too late, Grace will do whatever it takes even if it means excavating the darkest secrets of her own past and turning to the one man she thought she would never see again.

FBI agent Theodore "Hatch" Hatcher is a man without roots - and that's the way he likes it. But when a grisly crime shatters Cyprus Bend, Florida, Hatch is dragged back to the small town - and the one woman - he hoped was in his rearview for good. Forced to confront the wreckage of their love affair, Hatch and Grace may just find that sometimes the deepest wounds leave the most beautiful scars - and that history repeating itself may just be what they need to stop a killer and save their own hearts.

About the Author

A former newspaper reporter, magazine editor, and restaurant reviewer. These days Shelley writes smart, funny novels for teens and big, edgy romantic suspense. A six-time Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Finalist, she lives and loves in Arizona with her family and the world's neediest rescue Weimaraner. When she's not behind the keyboard, you'll find her baking high-calorie, high-fat desserts and haunting local farmers markets for the perfect plum.

Product Details
Series: The Apostles (Book 2)
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Forever (October 28, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 145552851X
ISBN-13: 978-1455528516

My Review:

This was a very fast paced suspenseful read!

I didn't like Grace that much because she certainly didn't act like a lawyer and she seemed lost on what to do or act during the book!

I really like how Hatch took responsibility for his son was determined to be there for him in his time of need!  I'm glad he didn't give up when his son gave him attitude!

I really believed why the killer was psycho all because of the environment they grown up in and the experience they went through!

3/5

Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

MT Review: Devoted in Death

 

I've finished "Devoted in Death" the 41st book in her In-Death series by J.D. Robb.

Product Description

Eve Dallas tracks a couple whose passion is fueled by cold brutality in the newest crime thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Obsession in Death and Festive in Death.

When Lieutenant Eve Dallas examines a body in a downtown Manhattan alleyway, the victim’s injuries are so extensive that she almost misses the clue. Carved into the skin is the shape of a heart — and initials inside reading E and D.

Ella-Loo and her boyfriend, Darryl, had been separated while Darryl was a guest of the state of Oklahoma, and now that his sentence has been served they don’t ever intend to part again. Ella-Loo’s got dreams. And Darryl believes there are better ways to achieve your dreams than working for them. So they hit the road, and when their car breaks down in Arkansas, they make plans to take someone else’s. Then things get messy and they wind up killing someone — an experience that stokes a fierce, wild desire in Ella-Loo. A desire for Darryl. And a desire to kill again.

As they cross state lines on their way to New York to find the life they think they deserve, they will leave a trail of evil behind them. But now they’ve landed in the jurisdiction of Lieutenant Dallas and her team at the New York Police and Security Department. And with her husband, Roarke, at her side, she has every intention of hunting them down and giving them what they truly deserve.

About the Author

J. D. Robb is the pseudonym for a #1 New York Times–bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.

Product Details
Series: In Death (Book 41)
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons; First Edition first Printing edition (September 15, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 039917088X
ISBN-13: 978-0399170881

My Review:

4/5

MT Review: Pretty Girls: A Novel

I've finished "Pretty Girls" by Karin Slaughter.

Product Description

Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.

More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss — a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed.

The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it.

Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today.

Product Details
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; First Edition edition (September 29, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062429051
ISBN-13: 978-0062429056

My Review:

I advise readers that don't have a strong stomach not to read this book since it deals with the degradation of young girl's alive and dead bodies.

The villains were really sick, depraved, sadistic, cruel and psychopaths!

I didn't really like any of the characters though I do admire Clair's sister for turning her life around when she had her daughter and found a man who is worthy!

3/5

MT Review: The End Game: Brit in the FBI Novel (A Brit in the FBI)

 

I've finished "The End Game" the 3rd book in her Brit in the FBI series by Catherine Coulter.

Product Description

From #1 New York Times–bestselling author Catherine Coulter, the explosive new addition to the remarkable thriller series featuring Nicholas Drummond and Mike Caine.

FBI agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Mike Caine, are deep into an investigation of COE — Celebrants of the Earth — a violent group known for widespread bombings of power grids and oil refineries across the country. While investigating a tip from a civilian who’s overheard about a possible bombing plot, the Bayway Refinery in New Jersey explodes. Nicholas and Mike race to the scene and barely escape being killed by a secondary device.

Returning to the civilian’s home to continue their interrogation, they discover the tipster — and the FBI team left to guard him — dead. While Nicholas calls in the assassinations, COE strikes again, this time launching a cyber-attack on several major oil companies and draining their financial and intellectual assets.

But COE has been infiltrated by a deep-cover counterterrorism agent named Vanessa Grace. A bomb-making expert, Vanessa must leave COE and join forces with Nicholas and Mike to stop the organization’s devious plan to assassinate the President. But there’s an assassin on the loose who could tip the scales in COE’s favor, and no one knows his ultimate target, or who has contracted his services.

Working with the CIA, the Secret Service, Mossad, MI-5, and even Savich and Sherlock, Nicholas and his team put their lives on the line to prevent another conflagration — and save the President.

About the Author

Catherine Coulter is the author of the New York Times–bestselling FBI thrillers The Cove, The Maze, The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Hemlock Bay, Eleventh Hour, Blindside, Blowout, Point Blank, Double Take, TailSpin, KnockOut, Whiplash, Split Second, Backfire, Bombshell, and Power Play. She is also the author, with J. T. Ellison, of the New York Times–bestselling The Final Cut and The Lost Key, international thrillers featuring Nicholas Drummond. Coulter lives in Sausalito, California.

J. T. Ellison is the bestselling author of twelve critically acclaimed novels, including What Lies Behind and When Shadows Fall, and her work has been published in more than twenty countries. Her novel The Cold Room won the ITW Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original and Where All the Dead Lie was a RITA® Nominee for Best Romantic Suspense. She is also the coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers The Final Cut and The Lost Key. Ellison lives in Nashville with her husband.

Product Details
Series: A Brit in the FBI (Book 3)
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons; First Edition first Printing edition (September 15, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399173803
ISBN-13: 978-0399173806

My Review:

I find it hilarious that Nicholas seems to be a jack of all trades and the reputation that he has.  It's also so hilarious when Nicholas seems to be running away from Mike after a couple of hot make out sessions and he thinks they need to talk.

Mike is kick ass as always and she doesn't think Nicholas and her need to talk.  Their bantering is cool as ever!

The villains are very nasty, cruel, sadistic and kill unnecessarily in my opinion!

4/5

MT Review: A Judgment of Whispers (A Mary Crow Novel)

 

I've finished "A Judgment of Whispers" the 7th book in her Mary Crow series by Sallie Bissell.

Product Description

Whispers abound at the ancient Spanish Oak. To those who know how to listen, it tells secrets of vanquished conquistadors, Cherokee witches, and the long-unsolved murder of ten-year-old Teresa Ewing. Whispers also thrive in the town of Hartsville — rumors that Teresa’s killer still walks free.

While running for District Attorney, Mary Crow finds the whispers starting to swirl around her. Did one of her friends cover up that twenty-year-old murder? Does her campaign have blood on its hands? As new evidence is discovered, Mary realizes that the only way to save her reputation is to find the true killer and silence the vicious gossip that has trapped so many people in lies.

About the Author

Though I'm a flat-land Southerner (Nashville, Tennessee), I've been fascinated by the Appalachian Mountains since vacationing there in my childhood. Twenty years ago, I had an opportunity to move to Western North Carolina, so I packed my Tennessee bags and basically, never looked back. I soaked up the mountain culture, the Cherokee Indians, and the haunting beauty of the mountains. Ultimately, all these things wound up in a book called "In The Forest Of Harm" which introduced my protagonist, half-Cherokee Mary Crow. Six (soon to be seven) books later, neither the mountains nor Mary have lost their fascination for me. It's been a privilege to write about her, and about this amazing area of the country. When I'm not writing, I enjoy tennis, hiking, Big Foot sightings and a good cup of coffee. Love to hear from my readers, so drop me a line on my website, salliebissell.com!

Product Details
Series: A Mary Crow Novel (Book 7)
Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: Midnight Ink (September 8, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0738743615
ISBN-13: 978-0738743615

My Review:

3/5

MT Review: Alert (Michael Bennett)

I've finished "Alert" the 8th book in his Michael Bennett series by James Patterson.

Product Description

"This is not a test" -- every New Yorker's worst nightmare is about to become a reality.

New Yorkers aren't easily intimidated, but someone is doing their best to scare them, badly: why? 

After two inexplicable high-tech attacks, the city that never sleeps is on edge. Detective Michael Bennett, along with his old pal, the FBI's Emily Parker, have to catch the shadowy criminals who claim responsibility -- but they're as good at concealing their identities as they are at wreaking havoc.

In the wake of a shocking assassination, Bennett begins to suspect that these mysterious events are just the prelude to the biggest threat of all. Soon he's racing against the clock, and against the most destructive enemy he's faced yet, to save his beloved city -- before everyone's worst nightmare becomes a reality.

About the Author

James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.

Product Details
Series: Michael Bennett (Book 8)
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; First Edition first Printing edition (August 3, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316407038
ISBN-13: 978-0316407038

My Review:

4/5

MT Review: The Murder House

I've finished "The Murder House" by James Patterson.

It has an ocean-front view, a private beach -- and a deadly secret that won't stay buried.

No. 7 Ocean Drive is a gorgeous, multi-million-dollar beachfront estate in the Hamptons, where money and privilege know no bounds. But its beautiful gothic exterior hides a horrific past: it was the scene of a series of depraved killings that have never been solved. Neglected, empty, and rumored to be cursed, it's known as the Murder House, and locals keep their distance.

Detective Jenna Murphy used to consider herself a local, but she hasn't been back since she was a girl. Trying to escape her troubled past and rehabilitate a career on the rocks, the former New York City cop hardly expects her lush and wealthy surroundings to be a hotbed of grisly depravity. But when a Hollywood power broker and his mistress are found dead in the abandoned Murder House, the gruesome crime scene rivals anything Jenna experienced in Manhattan. And what at first seems like an open and shut case turns out to have as many shocking secrets as the Murder House itself, as Jenna quickly realizes that the mansion's history is much darker than even the town's most salacious gossips could have imagined. As more bodies surface, and the secret that Jenna has tried desperately to escape closes in on her, she must risk her own life to expose the truth -- before the Murder House claims another victim.

Full of the twists and turns that have made James Patterson the world's #1 bestselling writer, THE MURDER HOUSE is a chilling, page-turning story of murder, money, and revenge.

About the Author

James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.

Product Details
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (September 28, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316410985
ISBN-13: 978-0316410984

My Review:

Storyline:  No. 7 Ocean Drive is a gorgeous, multi-million-dollar beachfront estate in the Hamptons, where money and privilege know no bounds. But its beautiful gothic exterior hides a horrific past: it was the scene of a series of depraved killings that have never been solved. Neglected, empty, and rumored to be cursed, it's known as the Murder House, and locals keep their distance.

When a Hollywood power broker and his mistress are found dead in the abandoned Murder House, the gruesome crime scene resembles murders in the past.

Jenna quickly realizes that the mansion's history is much darker than even the town's most salacious gossips could have imagined. As more bodies surface, and the secret that Jenna has tried desperately to escape closes in on her, she must risk her own life to expose the truth -- before the Murder House claims another victim.

Romance:  There is not much romance in this book but it is there!  Jenna has two admirers after her affections and she is insanely attracted to one (the bad boy) while the other she only thinks of as a good friend.

She was driving me crazy with her indecisiveness feelings about Noah.  She would believe he was not guilty and then she would change her mind and believe he was!

Villains(s):  The dead villains are very insane and scary but the thing is they know it!  The living villain is even more insane, sadistic and cruel.

If you are paying close attention I know you would be able to figure out who the killer is and why they are doing it.

5/5

Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

MT Review: Never Die Alone (A Bentz/Montoya Novel)

 
I've finished "Never Die Alone" the 8tj book in her Bentz and Montoya series by Lisa Jackson.

Product Description

Never Drop Your Guard

It should be the best day of their lives. Too bad they never get to see it. On the cusp of their twenty-first birthday, he strikes. His victims are always twins, their ritualistic murders planned in exquisite detail, down to the moment when they breathe their last together.

Never Close Your Eyes

A possibly innocent man is in prison, and Brianna Hayward needs to convince the New Orleans police. Not just to free her cousin, but to save others who will suffer until the true culprit is found.

Reporter Jase Bridges is intrigued. It’s a story that could make his career — as long as Brianna never guesses the secret in Jase’s past.

Or You’ll Never See Him Coming

Detective Rick Bentz had doubts about the “21” conviction when he worked the case in L.A. Now the real murderer may be loose in Bentz’s backyard. Twin sisters from All Saints College have vanished on the eve of their twenty-first birthday. And as Bentz and his partner, Reuben Montoya, desperately follow the trail, a killer prepares to unite his next victims in death forever.
 
About the Author

Lisa Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy-five novels, including Close to Home, Tell Me, Deserves to Die, You Don't Want to Know, Running Scared, and Shiver. She has over twenty million copies of her books in print in nineteen languages. She lives with her family and a rambunctious pug in the Pacific Northwest. Readers can visit her website at www.lisajackson.com and check out her blog at http://lisajacksonauthor.blogspot.com

Product Details
Series: A Bentz/Montoya Novel (Book 8)
Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Zebra (July 28, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420136054
ISBN-13: 978-1420136050

My Review:

I'm glad the two twins who are kidnapped find the strength within themselves to fight back against the 21 Killer and get the best of him.

Wow that 21 Killer is quite the depraved, sadistic and sick man!

Father John is back and stalking a new victim or more like checking them out!

3.5/5

MT Review: Nemesis: An FBI Thriller

 

 
I've finished "Nemesis" the 19th book in her FBI series by Catherine Coulter.

Product Description

The next high-octane thriller in the FBI series featuring Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock from # 1 New York Times–bestselling author Catherine Coulter.

When Special Agent Lacey Sherlock foils a terrorist attack at JFK airport, she thinks her job is done and turns the reins over to the New York FBI. But stopping the grenade-carrying crazy was only the beginning. Another plot unfolds nearly simultaneously with a bomb at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The terrorist at JFK refuses to speak to anyone but Sherlock. She heads back with counterterrorist Special Agent Cal McLain to try to get him to talk.

Meanwhile, Savich — with the help of Agent Griffin Hammersmith — has his hands full trying to track an elusive murderer who looks like a Hollywood Dracula. When Dracula’s attempts to kill Savich collide with Sherlock’s terrorist case, very strange things happen.

Who is really behind the bombing attack at St. Patrick’s? How does Savich’s mysterious killer fit into Sherlock’s terrorism investigation? Savich and Sherlock race against the clock, as more lives are in danger with every passing minute.

About the Author

Catherine Coulter is the author of the New York Times–bestselling FBI thrillers The Cove, The Maze, The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Hemlock Bay, Eleventh Hour, Blindside, Blowout, Point Blank, Double Take, TailSpin, KnockOut, Whiplash, Split Second, Backfire, Bombshell, and Power Play. She is also the author, with J. T. Ellison, of the New York Times–bestselling The Final Cut and The Lost Key. Coulter lives in Sausalito, California.

Product Details
Series: An FBI Thriller (Book 19)
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons; First Edition first Printing edition (July 7, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399171274
ISBN-13: 978-0399171277

My Review:

4/5

MT Review: Flesh and Blood: A Scarpetta Novel (Kay Scarpetta)

 

I've finished "Flesh and Blood" the 22nd book in her Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell.

Product Description

It’s Dr. Kay Scarpetta’s birthday, and she’s about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this a kids’ game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there’s been a homicide five minutes away. A high school music teacher has been shot with uncanny precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. No one has heard or seen a thing.

In this 22nd Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the unsettling pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except fragments of copper. The shots seem impossible, yet they are so perfect they cause instant death. The victims appear to have had nothing in common, and there is no pattern to indicate where the killer will strike next. First New Jersey, then Massachusetts, and then the murky depths off the coast of South Florida, where Scarpetta investigates a shipwreck, looking for answers that only she can discover and analyze. And it is there that she comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her techno genius niece, Lucy, Scarpetta’s own flesh and blood.

About the Author

In 1990, Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. An auspicious debut, it went on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure prize - the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year.

Today, Cornwell's novels and now iconic characters, medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, her niece Lucy and fellow investigator Pete Marino, are known all over the world. Fox 2000 is actively developing a feature film about Kay Scarpetta. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Patricia has written a definitive account of Jack the Ripper's identity, cookbooks, a children's book, a biography of Ruth Graham, and two other fiction series based on the characters Win Garano and Andy Brazil.

Cornwell was born in Miami, grew up in Montreat, North Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston.

Visit the author's website at: www.patriciacornwell.com

Product Details
Series: Kay Scarpetta Series (Book 22)
Hardcover: 369 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; 1st edition (November 11, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062325345
ISBN-13: 978-0062325341

My Review:

3/5

MT Review: The Silence That Speaks (Forensic Instincts)

I've finished "The Silence That Speaks" the 4th book in her Forensic Instincts series by Andrea Kane.

Product Description

WHO WANTS MADELINE WESTFIELD DEAD AND WHY?

Forensic Instincts' first order of business is to find out who's targeting their client. Under the leadership of Casey Woods, the investigative team has the resources to do just that, working inside the law — and outside it. FI's strength is its members, among them Casey's associate Marc Devereaux, former navy SEAL and a man who's equal to any situation.

Except maybe this one

Madeline's case hits too close to home for Marc. She's the only woman he ever loved, and she's his only weakness. Now a nurse at Manhattan Memorial, she's terrified because someone is trying to kill her. So she turns, reluctantly, to Marc and FI for help and protection.

Meanwhile, Manhattan Memorial is in turmoil. With a merger in the works, the staff is still haunted by their hospital administrator's sudden death — during heart surgery performed by Madeline's ex-husband, Conrad. A surgery at which Madeline was present. The killer seems to blame both Madeline and Conrad.

With a growing list of suspects — including the grieving widow and a string of scorned lovers — Forensic Instincts will have to figure out who has the greatest incentive to get rid of Madeline. And FI has to work fast to save her before she's permanently silenced.

About the Author

Andrea Kane’s psychological thriller THE GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED TWICE became an instant New York Times bestseller, the latest in a long string of smash hits. THE LINE BETWEEN HERE AND GONE is the next exhilarating installment in the Forensic Instincts series. With a worldwide following and novels published in over twenty languages, Kane is also the author of eight romantic thrillers and fourteen historical romances. She lives in New Jersey with her family.

Product Details
Series: Forensic Instincts (Book 4)
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Mira (April 28, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778317374
ISBN-13: 978-0778317371

My Review:

Storyline:  Someone really wants Madeline to die but who and why?  That is the question that Casey Woods and the rest of FI must figure out!

Madeline is a nurse at Manhattan Memorial and she is extremely terrified so she reluctantly contacts FI and Marc to protect her.  Marc has never gotten over Madeline and she's his only weakness and this case hits to close to home for him.

There is a merger in the works at Manhattan Memorial but the staff are still in shock at the recent death of their hospital administrator during heart surgery which was performed by Conrad, Madeline's ex-husband.  The killer seems to blame both of them.

Characters:  Emma Stirling is exactly what the team needs with her street smarts and pick-pocketing skills.  She's a pretty cool character and definitely speaks her mind!

Aidan is Marc's older brother who has a very cute daughter but she's a hurricane.  It was so hilarious when she tired out Emma and scared the pants off her!

Romance:  You could tell that Marc and Madeline never got over each other by their reaction to each other when they lay eyes on each other for the first time in 10 years.  I'm so glad they got to know each other and talked before just jumping into bed with each other again.

Villain(s):  I can understand why the main villain is very upset but that doesn't give them the right to kill someone!   

4/5

MT Review: Robert B. Parker's Kickback (Spenser)

I've finished "Kickback" the 28th book in his Spenser series by Robert B. Parker.

Product Description

P.I. Spenser, knight-errant of the Back Bay, returns in this stellar addition to the iconic New York Times–bestselling series from author Ace Atkins.

What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank Twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he could be brought up on criminal charges, but that’s exactly what happened.

This is Blackburn, Massachusetts, where zero tolerance for minors is a way of life.

Leading the movement is tough-as-nails Judge Joe Scali, who gives speeches about getting tough on today’s wild youth. But Dillon’s mother, who knows other Blackburn kids who are doing hard time for minor infractions, isn’t buying Scali’s line. She hires Spenser to find the truth behind the draconian sentencing.

From the Harbor Islands to a gated Florida community, Spenser and trusted ally Hawk follow a trail through the Boston underworld with links to a shadowy corporation that runs New England’s private prisons. They eventually uncover a culture of corruption and cover-ups in the old mill town, where hundreds of kids are sent off to for-profit juvie jails.

Product Details
Series: Spenser (Book 28)Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons; First Edition edition (May 19, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399170847
ISBN-13: 978-0399170843

My Review:

I'm really happy that Spenser brought down the villains because they were really despicable and ruthless with no care in the world except for their own gain.

I'm glad that Spenser didn't back down from his investigation and fulfilled his promise to his client even though he was paid a visit and threatened by the villain's goons.

It's so much fun reading about Spenser and Hawk bantering and ribbing each other.

4/5

MT Review: Gathering Prey (Hardcover)

I've finished "Gathering Prey" the 25th book in his Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford.

Product Description

The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times–bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize–winner John Sandford.

They call them Travelers. They move from city to city, panhandling, committing no crimes — they just like to stay on the move. And now somebody is killing them.

Lucas Davenport’s adopted daughter, Letty, is home from college when she gets a phone call from a woman Traveler she’d befriended in San Francisco. The woman thinks somebody’s killing her friends, she’s afraid she knows who it is, and now her male companion has gone missing. She’s hiding out in North Dakota, and she doesn’t know what to do.

Letty tells Lucas she’s going to get her, and, though he suspects Letty’s getting played, he volunteers to go with her. When he hears the woman’s story, though, he begins to think there’s something in it. Little does he know. In the days to come, he will embark upon an odyssey through a subculture unlike any he has ever seen, a trip that will not only put the two of them in danger — but just may change the course of his life.

About the Author

John Sandford is the author of twenty-five Prey novels; eight Virgil Flowers novels, most recently Deadline; and seven other books. He lives in New Mexico.

Product Details
Series: Prey (Book 25)
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons; First Edition edition (April 28, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399168796
ISBN-13: 978-0399168796

My Review:

Storyline:  Lucas Davenport’s adopted daughter, Letty, is home from college when she gets a phone call from a woman Traveler she’d befriended in San Francisco. The woman thinks somebody’s killing her friends, she’s afraid she knows who it is, and now her male companion has gone missing. She’s hiding out in North Dakota, and she doesn’t know what to do.
Letty tells Lucas she’s going to get her, and, though he suspects Letty’s getting played, he volunteers to go with her. When he hears the woman’s story, though, he begins to think there’s something in it.

Characters:  Letty is her father's daughter because they both love expensive cars, clothes, talk and think alike, stubborn and both love speed.

Villain(s):  Man were they vicious, psychotic and terrifying.   I believe the leaders idol is a real life group from the 60's but a whole lot worse.

I feel so sorry for the victims because they were killed in a cruel and viscous way.  It wasn't a fast and swift killing but an agonizing and slow death with a whole lot of hurt.  It was pretty descriptive!

4/5

MT Review: Blood Ties: A Novel

I've finished "Blood Ties" by Nicholas Guild.

Product Description

Homicide detective Ellen Ridley of the SFPD is tracking a serial killer terrorizing young women in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ridley is sure she's cornered her most likely suspect: Stephen Tregear, a hacker and code breaker who works for U.S. Naval Intelligence. But Tregear is not the killer - he's the killer's son.

Ridley and Tregear team up to look for Tregear's father, Walter, in an elaborate game of murderous cat and mouse. As the body count rises, Ridley must race against the clock to stop Walter before he kills any more women -- and Tregear must finally confront the father who has been trying to kill him for twenty years. Blood Ties is an elegant and frightening thriller from Nicholas Guild.

About the Author

NICHOLAS GUILD was born in Belmont, California, and attended Occidental College and the University of California at Berkeley. He taught at Clemson and Ohio State before turning full time to writing fiction. He has published a dozen novels, several of which were international bestsellers, including The Assyrian, Blood Star, and Angel. Guild now lives in Frederick, Maryland.

Product Details
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Forge Books (May 12, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765378450
ISBN-13: 978-0765378453

My Review:

I highly recommend this book if you enjoy a fast-paced suspenseful read with characters you really connect with and are likeable well except for the villain and a really sick and demented killer.

I really felt bad for Stephen knowing that his dad killed his mom and woman when he was 12 years old.  I would have run away too and how I truly felt how scared he is and the constant look out for his dad knowing he would kill him at any opportunity.

Man Ellen's mom is a real piece of work and she isn't likeable at all!

4/5

Thanks TOR/Forge Books for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

MT Review: The Wrong Man: A Novel of Suspense

I've finished "The Wrong Man" by Kate White.

Product Description

She wanted to be more daring, but one small risk is about to cost her everything — maybe even her life.

Bold and adventurous in her work as owner of one of Manhattan's boutique interior design firms, Kit Finn couldn't be tamer in her personal life. While on vacation in the Florida Keys, Kit resolves to do something risky for once. When she literally bumps into a charming stranger at her hotel, she decides to make good on her promise and act on her attraction. But back in New York, when Kit arrives at his luxury apartment ready to pick up where they left off in the Keys, she doesn't recognize the man standing on the other side of the door. Was this a cruel joke or part of something truly sinister? Kit soon realizes that she's been thrown into a treacherous plot, which is both deeper and deadlier than she could have ever imagined. Now the only way to protect herself, her business, and the people she loves is to find out the true identity of the man who has turned her life upside down. Adrenaline-charged and filled with harrowing twists at every turn, The Wrong Man will keep readers riveted until the final page.

Product Details
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; First Edition edition (June 16, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 006235065X
ISBN-13: 978-0062350657

My Review:

This book was fast paced and never stop action from the beginning to the end!

Some of the decisions Kit made I didn't agree with for ex: why would she agree to see the head of the company after meeting a person she just met!

She lets people that are forceful bulldoze her into doing what they want her to do!

4/5

MT Review: 14th Deadly Sin (Women's Murder Club)

I've finished "14th Deadly Sin" the 14th book in his Women's Murder Club series by James Patterson.

Product Description

With San Francisco under siege and everyone a suspect, the Women's Murder Club must risk their lives to save the city — and each other.

With a beautiful baby daughter and a devoted husband, Detective Lindsay Boxer can safely say that her life has never been better. In fact (for a change), things seem to be going well for all the members of the Women's Murder Club as they gather to celebrate San Francisco Medical Examiner Claire Washburn's birthday. But the party is cut short when Lindsay is called to a gruesome crime scene, where a woman has been murdered in broad daylight.

As Lindsay investigates, shocking video footage of another crime surfaces. A video so horrific that it shakes the city to its core. Their faces obscured by masks, the cold blooded criminals on the tape could be anyone — and now all of Lindsay's co-workers are suspects. As a rash of violence sweeps through San Francisco, and public fear and anger grows, Lindsay and her friends must risk their lives in the name of justice - before it's too late.

About the Author

James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.

Product Details
Series: Women's Murder Club
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (May 4, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031640702X
ISBN-13: 978-0316407021

My Review:

Joe's boss is such a jerk because he fired him on the phone without an explanation and said his check would be in the mail!

3.5/5

Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

MT Review: Black Scorpion: The Tyrant Reborn (Michael Tiranno The Tyrant)

 I've finished "Black Scorpion: The Black Tyrant" the 2nd book in his The Tyrant series by Jon Land.

The next adventure of The Seven Sins' Michael "The Tyrant" Tiranno, Jon Land's Black Scorpion is a pulse pounding action-thriller as he takes on a worldwide human trafficking cabal.

Five years have passed since Michael Tiranno saved the city of Las Vegas from a terrorist attack. And now a new enemy has surfaced in Eastern Europe in the form of an all-powerful organization called Black Scorpion. Once a victim of human trafficking himself, the shadowy group's crazed leader, Vladimir Dracu, has become the mastermind behind the scourge's infestation on a global scale. And now he's set his sights on Michael Tiranno for reasons birthed in a painful secret past that have scarred both men.

Already facing a myriad of problems, Michael once more must rise to the challenge of confronting an all-powerful enemy who is exploiting and ravaging innocents all across the globe and has set nothing less than all of America as its new victim. Black Scorpion has also taken the woman Michael loves hostage Scarlett Swan, a beautiful archaeologist who was following the dangerous trail of the origins of the ancient relic that both defines and empowers Michael, a discovery that could change history and the perception of mankind's very origins.

With the deck and the odds stacked against him, Michael must come to learn and embrace his true destiny in becoming the Tyrant reborn as a dark knight to triumph over ultimate evil and stop the sting of Black Scorpion from undermining all of the United States and plunging Las Vegas into chaos and anarchy.

Product Details
Series: Michael Tiranno The Tyrant (Book 2)
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Forge Books; First Edition edition (April 7, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765337231
ISBN-13: 978-0765337238

My Review:

This book was non-stop action from the get go and I recommend this series if you like well written characters, great storyline and a villainous enemy.

Michael Tiranno is a great anti-hero because he likes to help the world but will kill in order to keep the baddies from spreading their evil to the world.  He is well written and is a very smart and deadly fighter.

Scarlett Swan is an archaeologist and isn't your typical helpless female (thank god!) but a very resourceful and smart individual.

Vladimir Dracu is such a vile, cruel and sadistic villain!

4/5

Thanks TOR Books and PR by the Book for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

MT Review: Cold Cold Heart

I've finished "Cold Cold Heart" by Tami Hoag.

Product Description

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers a shocking new thriller.

Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until a notorious serial killer tried to add her to his list of victims. Nearly a year has passed since surviving her ordeal, but the physical, emotional, and psychological scars run deep. Struggling with the torment of post-traumatic stress syndrome, plagued by flashbacks and nightmares as dark as the heart of a killer, Dana returns to her hometown in an attempt to begin to put her life back together. But home doesn’t provide the comfort she expects.

Dana’s harrowing story and her return to small town life have rekindled police and media interest in the unsolved case of her childhood best friend, Casey Grant, who disappeared without a trace the summer after their graduation from high school. Terrified of truths long-buried, Dana reluctantly begins to look back at her past. Viewed through the dark filter of PTSD, old friends and loved ones become suspects and enemies. Questioning everything she knows, refusing to be defined by the traumas of her past and struggling against excruciating odds, Dana seeks out a truth that may prove too terrible to be believed.

About the Author

TAMI HOAG is the #1 international bestselling author of more than thirty books, with more than forty million copies of her books in print in more than thirty languages. She lives in Florida.

Product Details
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Dutton; First Edition first Printing edition (January 13, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0525954546
ISBN-13: 978-0525954545

My Review:

3.5/5

MT Review: The Night Before (Paperback)

I've finished "The Night Before" by Lisa Jackson.

Product Description
 
Blood Will Be Spilled

In the dark shadows of a sultry southern town, a serial killer strikes. It's an act of sinister precision that has happened many times before every victim an offering to a hunger that can never be sated

Night After Night

The next morning, Caitlyn Montgomery Bandeaux wakes covered in blood. But Caitlyn has no memory of the night before, when her estranged husband was brutally murdered like so many others she has known

After Night

Wanted by the police and haunted by horrifying, fragmented memories, Caitlyn turns to Adam Hunt, the town's new psychologist. But how far can she really trust him? For as a twisted killer strikes again and again, Caitlyn's about to discover that those who appear the most innocent are usually the most evil.

About the Author

Lisa Jackson has been writing romantic fiction for fifteen years. Over sixty of her books have been published and reprinted in more than a dozen foreign languages. A single mother, she is a native of Oregon, where she still resides with her two teenage sons. Lisa is often asked what is the key to her success, and her unfailing answer is a keen imagination, incredible friends, loving family, and always, loads of laughter. As Oscar Wilde is purported to have said, "Life is too important to be taken seriously."

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Zebra; Reissue edition (May 7, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420133713
ISBN-13: 978-1420133714

My Review:

Storyline:  One sultry night in a southern town a killer strikes and the next morning Caitlyn Montgomery Bandeaux wakes up covered in blood.  She doesn't remember what happened the night before when her ex-husband was viciously murdered like others she has known.

Caitlyn turns to Adam Hunt the new psychologist when she is wanted by the police and haunted by terrifying dreams.   

Characters:  Caitlyn seems to have trouble dealing with certain situations which makes her very fragile and she needs the help of her twin sister Kelley.

Adam feels very guilty when he instigates himself into Caitlyn's life because he's lying to her and the feelings he is developing for her.

Romance:  Kind of hard to describe a romance based on a man lying and feeling guilty with a deeply troubled woman.

Villain:  Very twisted and sick individual who is a true psycho.

4/5