Showing posts with label Selena Alvarez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Selena Alvarez. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

RS Review: Deserves To Die (Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli)


 
I've finished "Deserves To Die" the 6th book in her Alvarez and Pescoli series by Lisa Jackson.

As he watches, her body drifts below the water's surface, forever altered. Before he disposes of each victim, he takes a trophy. It's a sign of his power, and a warning - to the one destined to suffer most of all. In Grizzly Falls, Montana, Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli are struggling with a new commander and a department in the midst of upheaval. It's the worst possible time for a homicide. A body has been found, missing a finger. Alvarez hopes this means a murderer with a personal grudge, not a madman. But then a second body turns up. As the clues begin pointing towards a suspect, Pescoli's unease grows. She senses there's more to this case than others believe. A killer has made his way to Grizzly Falls, ready to fulfil a vengeance years in the making. And Pescoli must find the target of his wrath - or die trying.

Product Details
Series: Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli
Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Zebra; Reprint edition (July 29, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420118528
ISBN-13: 978-1420118520

My Review:


3/5

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

MT Review: Ready to Die (Selena Alvarez / Regan Pescoli) [Hardcover]




I've finished "Ready to Die" the book in her Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli series by Lisa Jackson.


Product Description

One by one, he’ll stalk them, then he’ll squeeze the trigger, savoring the way each lifeless body crumples to the reddening snow. One down already. And then there were five. When Detective Regan Pescoli drives to Sheriff Dan Grayson’s house to present her resignation, she’s prepared for an argument. She’s not expecting to find Grayson shot and bleeding out on the frozen ground. The assassination attempt leaves Grayson barely clinging to life and the entire police department of Grizzly Falls, Montana, in shock. Every lawman has enemies, but something about this shooting suggests more than a simple grudge. Now Pescoli feels compelled to stay on the force until the case is solved. She and Detective Selena Alvarez — who is torn between a new relationship and her loyalty to Grayson — work to whittle down the list of suspects. But the deeper they go, the more personal and dangerous the case becomes. Then a prominent judge’s body is found and the killer sends a sinister warning to the press: “Who’s Next?” Headstrong and eager for justice, Pescoli has no intention of waiting around to find out. She’ll track the scant clues on her own if she has to, but she has no idea where her search will lead. Two down, four to go and now Regan and Pescoli are at the top of a killer’s list. And when hunter meets prey, both must be willing to kill — and ready to die.

About the Author

Lisa Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy-five novels, including Afraid to Die, You Don’t Want to Know, Running Scared, Without Mercy, Malice, 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, become her friend on Facebook, and check out her blog at http://lisajacksonauthor.blogspot.com

Product Details
Hardcover: 375 pages
Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp (T) (April 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0758287518
ISBN-13: 978-0758287519

My Review:




It's Christmas season in Grizzly Falls and Detective Regan Pescoli has just been proposed to by her sexy and handsome cowboy boyfriend Nate Santana. He has also gave her a stipulation that he will give her a week to let him know her answer. He wants to make her his wife and not just a lover. Regan knows she loves Nate but after two divorces and two kids later she is hesitant to make another failed commitment.

As she arrives at her bosses Dan Grayson to settle some choices she witnesses his assassination attempt right in front of her. Now he is in the hospital and then a high profile judge's body is found and both Selena and Regan wonder if the two cases are connected.

During the investigation they find a hit list with 6 names that a killer is determined to kill one by one. Also it leads to someone they both know.

This book had a well written storyline with characters you care about and some you may not, tons of actions that keeps you on your toes.

Interesting drama regarding family members of the Grayson clan and I'm curious what people's reaction is going to be when they find out the truth about the new additions to the family dynamics.

3.5/5

Books in series:

1. Left To Die
2. Chosen to Die
3. Born to Die
4. Afraid To Die (Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli)
5. Ready to Die

Sunday, August 12, 2012

MT Review: Afraid to Die (Selena Alvarez / Regan Pescoli) [Hardcover]




I've finished "Afraid to Die" the 4th book in her Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli series by Lisa Jackson.

Product Description

The town of Grizzly Falls is on edge, and Detective Selena Alvarez is no exception. A string of terrifying murders has been solved, but a new nightmare is about to unfold. Two women are missing — both of whom Selena knew. In a small town like Grizzly Falls, that’s no surprise. But when their bodies are found, frozen solid and deliberately displayed, Selena is shocked to the core. Each victim wears a piece of her jewelry.

Selena’s partner, Detective Regan Pescoli, and the entire department are on the case, as is P.I. Dylan O’Keefe — a man Selena got too close to once before. But this killer already knows too much about the mistakes Selena has tried to outrun. The secrets of her past are coming to the surface, one by one. And soon a madman bent on revenge will show her just how much she has to lose …

About the Author

Lisa Jackson is the number-one New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy-five novels, including Shiver, Fatal Burn, Deep Freeze, The Morning After, and Absolute Fear. She has over ten million copies of her books in print. She lives with her family and an eighty-pound dog in the Pacific Northwest.

Product Details
Hardcover: 316 pages
Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp (T) (May 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0758275102
ISBN-13: 978-0758275103


My Review: 

This book opens a year later after the end of "Born to Die" and we learn the events that has shaped Selena into who she is today.  Regan is still battling and arguing with her two children and parents can relate to her situation.  We also see both their relationships developing and deepening with the men in their lives and the Christmas rituals around the police station.

A serial killer has claimed two women and leaving their naked bodies encased in a block of ice.  He is displaying them in the same manner and seems to be taunting Selena by leaving personal items at the scene of the crimes.  He is leaving a message and is threatening to her since she knew both victims.

We learn a secret about Selena that she doesn't want anyone knowing about - her long lost son she gave up visits her house and old boyfriend and partner Dylan O'Keefe a PI comes back into her life.

This book is another nail biting and thrilling mystery with a gruesome killer.

3/5

CymLowell
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