Two Can Play (#2 Audrey Harte series)-Kate Kessler

I’ve been trying to read more books with female characters because I feel like the majority of the mystery/legal main characters I read are men. I’ve found a badass women named Audrey Harte and she’s so much fun to read.

Audrey is a criminal psychologist who is helping the prosecution charge a teen serial killer. When Audrey starts to get into the mind of the serial killer, someone starts killing others in the same way. Did this teen have a partner or do they have the wrong person. Is Audrey in danger or is he just messing with her head?

Two Can Play is 355 pages long and took me 4 days to read.

I’m giving this book a 3.5 out of 5. I really love this character and her dark past casts a shadow on her current cases while also helping her see what others cannot. I recommend this series wholeheartedly!

Thank you Redhook for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

The Burial Place-Larry Enmon

Police procedurals are my favorite. Between watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and reading books with murder and or crimes, I’m basically a detective! Lol

Katrina is a privileged daughter of the Dallas, Texas mayor. She is used to getting her way and when she has an argument with her parents about the boy she is dating, she leaves in a hurry and with a bang. When she hasn’t returned for serval days, the Dallas mayor reaches out to the chief of police for help tracking down his daughter. Although Rob and Frank are partners and are the best of the best, they aren’t usually assigned to missing persons cases. But after seeing a picture of Katrina, Frank is driven to the point of obsession and he knows he has to be the person to find her, no matter the cost.

The Burial Place is 280 pages long and took me 3 days to read.

I’m giving this book a 3 out of 5. I really enjoyed reading this book but I have to admit there were some slightly cheesy parts and once scene that I found really strange and didn’t entirely flow with the book. I do hope there will be more of Rob and Frank stories to look forward to!

Thank you Crooked Lane for sending me a copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Beastly Bones (#2 Jackaby series)-William Ritter

The second book in the Jackaby series, Beastly Bones picks up from where it left off. Abigail Rook attempting to maneuver around her new employer, Jackaby’s strange and sometimes other-worldly ways. When Jackaby and Abigail receive word from an old friend that a mysterious death has occurred at the site of recently found dinosaur bones, Abigail insists they investigate.

Beastly Bones is 295 pages long and took me two days to read.

What can I say? As if I needed another reason to love this series, they brought the allure of dinosaur bones into the picture?!? I give this book at 4 out of 5. I realize this might be high, especially to those who don’t love dinosaurs like I do, but honestly this book is amazing.

Thank you SO MUCH Algonquin for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

All The Beautiful Lies- Peter Swanson

I was lucky enough to read Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson when it came out last year. When I saw he had written a new novel, I freaked out and badgered William Morrow into send me an advance copy of All The Beautiful Lies.

Before yesterday, Harry had a grip on life. He was about to graduate college and start his life as a “real adult”. But finding out your father has passed away in a suspicious manner isn’t exactly the kind of situation Harry was prepared for. Going to his father and step-mother’s home in Maine for the summer seems like the right thing to do now that his step-mother Alice is grieving and completely alone. To make matters worse, Alice seems to be making sexual advances towards, the much younger, Harry.

All the Beautiful Lies is 285 pages long and took me four days to read.

I’m giving this book a 3 out of 5. I enjoyed reading this twisty book even through the parts I found particularly upsetting.

Thank you William Morrow for sending me a copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

I Let You Go-Clare Mackintosh

I love Clare Mackintosh. I realized that I hadn’t published my review for “I Let You Go” and knew I had to get on it right away!

Jenna Gray is running from her past that was left in shambles by a hit and run. But it seems as though no matter how far she runs, her past is right behind her, haunting her and her every day actions.

I Let You Go is 371 pages long and took me 3 days to read.

Because I read Clare Mackintosh’s second novel “I See You” first, I was all amped up to read I Let You Go. Clare did not disappoint. I’m giving this story a 3.5 out of 5. I did not see the twist coming and thoroughly enjoyed following along in my unknowing bliss until the twist smacks you in the face.

Thank you so much Curtis Brown Group, Ltd. for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Blackout-Marc Elsberg

I’m one of millions that loves a “end of the world” story and the idea of a global blackout is particularly scary to me.

Blackout follows several nations as they struggle to get the world back on the grid after a calculated attack which leaves the world in the dark.

Blackout is 313 pages and took me five days to read.

I’m giving this book a 2.5 out of 5. While I liked the idea of the plot, it was hard for me to follow along because there were so many countries and characters to keep track of. That’s a completely personal “negative” and I’m sure others wouldn’t find it as difficult.

Thank you to Sourcebooks for sending me a copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

The Wild Inside- Jamey Bradbury

I’ve always had a fascination with Alaska and their outdoorsy and rugged way of life. Obviously that’s a generalization and Alaska has large cities but it’s the country people that I’m interested in. Especially when it comes to their dogs.

The Wild Inside is a story of Tracy who has grown up with the gene of racing in the Iditarod. Her sole goal over the past 17 years has been as much. So when she sees an opportunity to chase her dreams, even if she puts her family in a difficult, she’ll do what she has to to compete.

The Wild Inside is 288 pages and took me five days to read.

I’m giving this book at 3.5 out of 5. Although it took me longer than normal to read a book of this size, I really enjoyed the experience and the character herself. Tracy has a unique voice that deserves to be heard and I’m really happy I read this book.

Thank you William Morrow for sending me a copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Pines-Blake Crouch

I’d only heard about the Wayward Pines TV show prior to reading this book but LOVED Dark Matter so much that I knew I’d adore pretty much anything Blake Crouch wrote. Pines did not disappoint.

Wayward Pines is the perfect town, too perfect. When Secret Service agent Ethan Burke gets into a car accident while entering Wayward Pines to investigate two missing Secret Service agents, he finds himself unable to leave the small town. Not due to its beauty and perfection but because there is literally no way out.

Pines is 303 pages long and took me four days to read.

I’m giving this book a 4 out of 5 because I’m so intrigued by where this story is headed. It is such an interesting plot and I can’t wait read the rest of this trilogy!

Thank you to Thomas & Mercer for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey