Most of Jack Reacher’s travels bring him to a small town with some bad guys. This town has some exceptionally evil men. The Duncan’s are four men who control a small farming town in Wisconsin. Jack hasn’t figured out what they are dealing in but it involves some tough guys from Las Vegas. Also the Duncan’s hire ex football players as body guards. A lot of noses are broken including Jacks. He tells everyone he is on his way to Virgina but there is also a mystery involving a lost child. Another quality thriller by Lee Child. Haven’t read a bad one yet.
Gabriel is an art restorer by trade and an under cover spy on the side. Both jobs require a lot of detail work.This is the first book in Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon series. Gabriel has given up on the spy business since it ruined his family. But when he gets the change for revenge he can’t help but return and team up with a former partner a beautiful model. He doesn’t know that she is in love with him and that love eventually helps save his life. I hope the rest of the series is as good and easy to follow.
I was never interested in history in school. But if I had read this book it would have made more sense to me. It’s a fiction book but the reality of World War II is very real. The characters are American, British, German and Russian. They all lived through the tragedies and horrors of war. It is part two of a trilogy. Ken Follett kept my interest during the whole book. Can’t wait for the next part.
Whether your a good spy or a bad spy you really can’t live a normal life. Milo Weaver use to be a “tourist”, undercover for the CIA, but after marrying and working a desk job he finds his past catching up with him. You can’t blame him for wanting a real life but you also feel that he is a spy you want on your side. The bad guys know him and even our bad guys try to break him. Like most spy thrillers you really don’t know who’s side anybody is on.
I don’t remember if I ever read this award winning children’s book but it does explain a few things about the disappearance of items in your home. How many times have you misplaced something and found it in a completely different spot? Have you walked down your hallway and felt a warm spot? Does your elderly aunt talk to herself? You may have a family of Borrowers in your house. They are harmless and are in danger of being seen by “a human bean”. Arrietty is the young daughter of the Clock family, they live under the clock, and she is seen by a young boy. He is a nice bean but the adults in the house are not. Arrietty wants to live outdoors where she can run and enjoy the flowers. She may get her wish.
Every time I read a Jack Reacher book I can’t wait to start another one. This one is no exception. In this book the town of Bolton South Dakota has the advantage of a new prison which brings jobs and money to the area. On visiting day the hotels and cafes are busy. Unfortunately it is used in a plan to steal a lot of meth stored in an abandoned underground storage unit built by the Air Force during the Cold War. Jack hitched a ride on a tour bus that breaks down near Bolton. So he is right in the thick of it with winter weather below zero. It’s another page turner.
I’ve never eaten any truffles, probably couldn’t afford to, so this book was interesting since the main subject is truffles. The main character, Bruno chief of Police, finds a friend murdered who is a truffle cultivator and seller. Bruno asks: “Do you see truffles as a motive for murder?” Apparently they are worth a lot of money to French restaurants. Bruno is again looking out for his fellow villagers when the local mill closes and leaves workers jobless just before Christmas. Could this be another motive?
My favorite show on tv is Law and Order. When I saw this book by Dick Wolf I knew it would be good and it is a top notch thriller. Jeremy Fisk works for a special branch of the NYPD. It was formed after 9-11 and not many people know about it which is how they want it. An attempted plane highjacking seems to be straight forward but Jeremy is finding that the terrorists aren’t who you think they are. Couldn’t put it down and looking forward to the next episode.
I really like the main character Bruno the policeman in Saint-Denis France. He cares about his town and the people. When a rich American winemaker decides to buy a lot of land and build a big winery and hotel Bruno is against it even though it would bring jobs. Also when there are two deaths he is even more suspicious. Looks like I found another author I like.
Sharon McCrumb has roots in the Smokey Mountains. This book is partly about a young woman who was taken by the Indians from her family in the hills. She escapes and her ghost walks the hills. A professor of local history decides to hike her route of escape. He doesn’t know anything about hiking and the timing is bad. The local police are also looking for an escaped prisoner who is serving a life sentence for a brutal murder many years ago. He is trying to get home and be with his wife and baby who is grown now. Sharon has written other books like this and they are all interesting and enjoyable.
So far this was my favorite Reacher book. Couldn’t put it down. Jack Reacher is so observant but does miss things occasionally. In this book he is riding the subway and watches a lady closely who shows all the signs of a suicide bomber. But things are not what they appear to be.
If you are enjoy cooking and eating you will love this book. Lillian owns a restaurant and also teaches cooking classes. The students learn more about the senses than about essential ingredients. You can follow a recipe but it’s not just about measurements. We all eat for different reasons and after reading this your reasons might change.
The further adventures of Mary Russell, the young wife of Sherlock Holmes, takes place in Morocco in the 1920′s. I always enjoy these books but this one was very confusing for me. Mary and Sherlock do a lot of traveling and get involved in political conflicts. It’s not something I’m interested in and would rather read about their lives in London.
This was a very predictable romance thriller novel. But it also had some funny parts. When recently widowed Marielle Brandt inherits an old haunted apartment building in Chicago, she moves her two kids and finds an assortment of tenants who are just like her, broke and no where else to live. Of course there is Simon Zebriskie, who is the love interest, who resists at first because of the age difference. An easy fun read.
This is a true story about the theft of a very expensive pearl necklace. This happened during the Edwardian era in London and it amazed me how easy it was to steal this necklace. After the crime the thieves had a much harder time selling it. Scotland Yard was starting to use more modern investigating tools like finger printing. But it was just the old reliable stake out plan that caught the guilty men.
It’s too bad Hamish MacBeth loves his village of Luchdubh in Scotland so much. He is good at finding criminals but doesn’t want the promotion so everyone thinks he’s lazy. In this book he uses his unorthodox ways of detecting and finds the murderer. He also proposes to one of his former girlfriends. Anyone who reads this series knows how that will turn out. You feel sorry for him but yet he really wouldn’t be happy any where else.
I found another Western with a female main character. Mari Mashay is a lady gambler who is taking a train from Texas to St. Louis Missouri. She has decided to give up gambling but her past has caught up with her. The train is The Prairie Queen and she is riding in the luxury car. A former beau and several interesting characters also are on board. I enjoyed this story since Mari is also the daughter of a doctor and uses her medical skills to help others. She wants to be independent in a time when women were expected to be married or worked in a saloon.
Another delightful book with 11 year old genius amateur detective Flavia de Luce. She discovers a dead body in the local church and her scientific curiosity is peaked. With a large laboratory full of books and chemicals at her disposal she again helps find the solution.
Fans of Jack Reacher know he is a real tough guy. In this book his former elite team from the Army is threatened. Jack is contacted by a number code from his ATM account since he doesn’t have a phone or address. They all trained together so the threat is very personal. It’s another page turner with a satisfying ending.
If you were wondering what it would be like to open a used book store, this book is for you. Wendy and her husband Jack found a house for sale in Big Stone Gap Virginia and they both thought it was perfect for a used book store. A lot of the townspeople thought they were crazy but it turned out to be a good location. With big chain book stores and on line retailers as competition they found that a used book store is still in demand. I agree.