Fiction by Gregg Hurwitz
This was an exciting thrill ride of a story about a woman who goes on a trip to Mexico and ends up in a terrifying situation. It was impossible to put down!
I also read by this author: You're Next
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
The Reaping
Fiction by Jess Louery
This the second book by this author featuring cold case detective Evangeline "Van" Reed and investigator Harry Steinbeck and it is as creepily exciting as the first. (see below for #1)
This case takes the duo to a small insular town in rural Minnesota called Alku, where everybody is related to everybody else and the main industry is a secure mental hospital for the criminally insane. Like I said, creepy....
This was an exciting story with some surprises and good characters. The conclusion did stretch plausibility a bit, but not too much.
I also read by this author: The Taken Ones
Saturday, December 27, 2025
The Kaiju Preservation Society
Audible Original Fiction by John Scalzi
In early 2020 Jamie Gray is abruptly fired from his job just before the pandemic shutdown and is forced to do food delivery since no one else is hiring. Then he gets a chance to work for a mysterious organization called KPS, the eponymous "Kaiju Preservation Society." But what is a Kaiju, and how are they being preserved? The answers are surprising!
This was a fun story and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
I also listened to recently by this author: The Interdependency Trilogy
I also listened to recently from Audible Originals: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
The Nothing Man
Fiction by Catherine Ryan Howard
"The Nothing Man" is the name given by the Irish press to a serial killer who foils police by leaving no traces of himself behind. Although he stopped killing over fifteen years ago, people still remember that name, so when a new book comes out with that title, it draws a lot of attention.
But it especially draws the attention of the Nothing Man himself, an old guy named Jim who works as a department store security guard and who is secretly pleased with himself for getting away with his crimes. Jim becomes obsessed with the book and its author, Eve Black, a woman whose whole family he had killed. He is desperate to know what Eve remembers about the night of the murders, although she had been only twelve at the time and was hiding in a bathroom.
This was an exciting premise and a great thriller story.
I also read recently by this author: The Liar's Girl
Monday, December 22, 2025
The Golden Hour
Fiction by Beatriz Williams
In 1943 Lulu Thorpe travels to war-torn England from Nassau, the Bahamas, with one goal in mind: to get her husband back. Benedict Thorpe had been working undercover for the British government and had been captured by the Germans.
Lulu had met and married Benedict during her two years working as a magazine journalist in Nassau. She was specifically covering the society pages and focusing on the serving governor of the island: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who of course were formerly King Edward VIII of England and the divorcee Wallis Simpson. Lulu comes to England with inside information about the semi-royal couple that she hopes to leverage into her husband's rescue if possible. Her other idea is to contact Benedict's older sister for help.
The story then goes back in time in two directions: to Lulu's 1941 arrival in Nassau, and to a Swiss asylum at the turn of the century where Benedict's parents met. It takes a rather convoluted journey through those timelines and finally returns to 1943, where Lulu is still holding out hope to get Benedict back.
This was a long book and it was somewhat confusing. I almost gave up in the middle. All in all it was a good story worth reading, but I think it might have been better if organized differently.
I also read by this author: The Summer Wives
Sunday, December 21, 2025
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Fiction by Marie Benedict
In 1926, mystery novelist Agatha Christie disappeared for eleven days, sparking a huge scandal, only to return unharmed without much public explanation. This is a historical fact, but what actually happened to Mrs. Christie during that time is a mystery.
In this book, author Marie Benedict puts forth her ideas about what really happened during those eleven days. It's pretty good.
I also read by this author: The Personal Librarian
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Hidden River
Fiction by Adrian McKitry
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