The Day that Never Comes

 Fiction by Caimh McDonough

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This is the second book in a trilogy of five. (See below.)

Wait, isn't a trilogy supposed to be only three books? Well, yes... The "Dublin Trilogy" is a set of quirky and funny mystery novels. And it's so quirky that there are more than three books...

In this story, detective Bunny McGarry himself is missing, and his amateur sleuth friend Paul is going to have to find him. But Paul is having trouble because his girlfriend Bridget isn't speaking to him, and she's really the brains of the operation.

I also read recently by this author: A Man with One of Those Faces

You Were Made for This

 Fiction by Michelle Sacks

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In this story, a young American couple (Sam and Merry) flees the Manhattan rat race to live in a cottage beside a beautiful nature preserve in Sweden. They live in bliss with their new baby and spend the first few chapters congratulating themselves on how how happy they are. 

Then of course, we discover that they are not. Sam can’t find a job and has a mistress. Merry is lonely and depressed. But when Merry’s childhood friend comes to stay they earnestly start the very very happy charade again for the benefit of the visitor.  Tragedy eventually ensues. 

Truthfully this was a sad and unpleasant book. I didn’t like any of the characters, except perhaps the baby. I don’t recommend this novel. 

You’re Next

 Fiction by Gregg Hurwitz

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Mike was abandoned at age four and grew up without even knowing his real last name, but as an adult he has managed to become a successful businessman with a lovely wife and daughter. But then the past he doesn’t know about somehow catches up with him….

This was really exciting thriller!

A Window Opens

 Fiction by Elisabeth Egan

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Alice Pearse is a young mother with a happy marriage and a part-time job she enjoys. She feels like she’s able to balance work and life well; she can have a fulfilling career and still be there for her three kids. But when her husband unexpectedly leaves his job, she is pressured to find something full-time. Then her work-life balance goes out the window. How will she and her family cope?

This was a pretty good story.

A Star is Bored

 Fiction by Byron Lake

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Charlie is overjoyed when he lands his dream job: as a personal assistant to aging megastar Kathi Kannon, daughter of aged megastar and household name Gracie Gold. His job is to keep her happy and safe, and maybe help her write her memoirs. He loves her, so he’s sure this won’t be a problem.

But the problem is that Kathi is no good at staying safe. ( Or happy, really. ) She’s a partially recovered drug addict; she has manic episodes; she’s forever searching for the cure to boredom in dangerous places. Charlie has his hands full just keeping her alive, and his job is consuming his life. 

This was a pretty funny and mostly interesting book. I liked Charlie but the self- sabotaging Kathi was difficult to muster sympathy for. 

The Inmate

Amazon Prime Kindle Fiction by Freida McFadden

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This book begins as Brooke Sullivan enters a maximum security prison. But she’s not an inmate; Brooke is a nurse practitioner starting a new job in a new city, trying to get a fresh start for herself and her young son. What she hasn’t told anyone, however, is that she has a connection to one of the inmates of this facility; Shane, her first love and her son’s father, is serving a life sentence for murder there.  

Will she come in contact with Shane? Does she still have feelings for him, despite everything? Those are pretty obvious YESes. But the real question is, was Shane wrongly convicted, as he claims? Or is he actually a killer?

This was an exciting thriller with only a little forgivable over-the-top unbelievability. 

I also read recently by this author: Want to Know a Secret?

I also read recently (for free!) by Amazon Prime Kindle: The Wrong Daughter

End of Watch

 Fiction by Stephen King

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This is the third book in the Bill Hodges series, which I read a while ago. I just found out this one existed, and I was pleased to fill in what happened between the book Finder's Keepers and the beginning of the Holly Gibney series in the book The Outsider.

It was an exciting thriller with great characters.

I also read recently by this author: If It Bleeds