Review:I really enjoyed this psychological thriller by Wendy Walker. It is riveting from the beginning and hard to put down. Some complex characters, some that I liked and some I did not, especially Mrs. Martin, the narcissistic mother of Emma and Cass, and a very interesting story line that was not predictable at all and that kept me guessing. Although there were a couple of things I did figure out, the ending was a surprise and totally not what I expected. If you enjoy reading books with many twists ... Read more

Review:I don't usually reach for thrillers, but I am so glad I chose to pick up The Last Mrs. Parrish. This story gripped me in its clutches from the first page and did not let me go until the very last page. I literally read this cover-to-cover in one day. I could not put it down.

This book is told from two different women's perspectives - Amber and Daphne - the woman who has it all and the woman who wants it all. But appearances can be deceiving. I don't want to say too much, other than the tw... Read more

Review:Browsing in "Books and Books" in Coral Gables, near the setting of this story when I came across an autographed copy of his book "A Death in Live Oak". Author is a South Florida attorney and instructor at U of Miami so I grabbed a copy for me and one for the friend I was joining for dinner who is also a South Florida attorney. Now Live Oak is a long way from Miami so I also grabbed this book in trade paperback so I could get a sense of how he handles South Florida and to become acquainted with h... Read more

Review:A well written first person narrative of childhood abuse told through beautiful language and, at times, over the top storylines; but the author takes care in bringing the psychological manipulation of the abuser and the internal struggle, the confusion and convictions, of the abused to light.

It's a grotesque but captivating story.
Well worth the read, but it will not be received the same across the board... Hence the mixed reviews. Read more

Review:WONDERFUL book! I could hardly put it down.......mostly trying to figure out who he would actually marry. But I enjoyed the history surrounding the two Worlds' Fairs in Seattle. Very interesting reading. Read more

Review:Very disappointing and predictable. I enjoyed reading about the Dakota, but the characters were nothing new to me and a times a little boring and stereotyped. There was no real mystery about the love affairs either. Read more

Review:It’s Always the Husband is a great thriller about three girls who met when they become roommates in college.

The reunion doesn’t last long though when one of the girls is found dead.

It started off a bit slow and the character’s personalities are a bit dull and hard to relate with. It didn’t take much for the story to pick up and take off and you start to see a different side to the characters. There is the first half of the book describing the girls and college life. While the oth... Read more

Review:Five-year-old Madison wonders off while her family is looking for a Christmas tree in rural Oregon. The bulk of the novel occurs three years later when Naomi, a private investigator known as The Child Finder joins the (stale) search. For Naomi, every lost child is a personal mission. She has only snippets of memories from when she fled from...someplace...and ran to a group of strangers and eventually found herself in the care of an incredibly loving foster mother who also cares for a young boy w... Read more

Review:I didn't start start skipping pages until later in the book, so that was a good thing. Once it became ridiculous and a bit boring, I just went right to the unsatisfying end. I liked the goats and the llama, but they were only mentioned a few times, along with the unwashed guy who tended them and made cheese. I didn't actually care about any of the characters, or the Lois Club, or about the guys who ended up in Berlin. I just didn't care. Read more

Review:Last Words by Shari Ryan

There has not been a book that has touched me as deep as Last Words has. A truly mesmerizing web of complexity that has completely intertwined past history and present day.
No where else will you find a story so thought provoking that it stays with you long after the last page, the last sentence, the last word. A hauntingly beautiful romance
that spans a lifetime of history. Amelia is 91 years old and she has kept hidden a secret for 74 years. But now th... Read more