The Six Books on My March – April “To Be Read” Pile
So my last post was Part 1 of 2 concerning my library “to be read” pile. Post 2 was to deal with the order I was going to read the eight books that I now have out of the library. At the time I was already reading two books from the pile, Cutting Edge by Ward Larsen and Dark Sky from mike Brooks.
My plan was to read five or more books at a time and to list them according to the date I checked them out of the library. But like they say, “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry“. So over the last several days I have spent most of my reading time with Ward Larsen’s Cutting Edge. As a result, I finished that book. I will provide my thoughts on Cutting Edge soon but the meantime, I want to get back to the books on my library TBR pile. The last six books on my March-April “to be read” pile will be tackled as follows…
Don’t Look for Me – Mason Cross
Don’t Look for Me is the fourth book in the Carter Blake series from Mason Cross. I didn’t discover Mason Cross’ Carter Blake series until last year. But when I found the series, I read all three of the books and have been eagerly awaiting book #4. From Goodreads:
Don’t look for me.
It was a simple instruction. And for six years Carter Blake has kept his word. He hasn’t looked for the woman he once loved and lost. But now her life is in danger and Blake is forced to break that promise.
Trenton Gage is a hitman with a talent for finding people – dead or alive. His latest job is to track down a woman who’s on the run, harbouring a secret many would kill for.
It turns out Blake and Gage are after the same person – but who will get to her first? Read More
Sounds good to me! I will be starting it tomorrow!!
Robicheaux – James Lee Burke
So I have been reading James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux series for just a wee bit longer than Mason Cross’ books. Robicheaux is the 21st book in the series and I think I the first book I read in the series was Black Cherry Blues (#3). I read it 1989, which was the year it came out and I have read almost every book since then. So Wow! I have been reading the books for almost 30 years!!
Burke thought 2103’s Light of the World was going to be the last Robicheaux book in the Robicheaux series. Between then and now Burke penned a trilogy featuring the Holland family composed of: Wayfaring Stranger, House of the Rising Son, and The Jealous Kind. Burke sees these three books as the best of his career. But people were always asking him. “When are Dave and Clete coming back?” So he broke down and wrote Robicheaux and he is working on a sequel Ball and Chain
The Chalk Man – C.J. Tudor
I have seen this book listed in several places as one of the top mystery/thriller books to read this winter. It surprised me when I saw thar The Chalk Man only had a 3.8 rating at goodreads.com . From Goodreads…..
You can feel it in the woods, in the school and in the playground; you can feel it in the houses and at the fairground. You can feel it in most places in the small town of Anderbury . . . the fear that something or someone is watching you.
It began back in 1986, at the fair, on the day of the accident. That was when twelve-year-old Eddie met Mr Halloran – the Chalk Man.
Anyway I’ll choose to believe what Sarah Pinborough writes about The Chalk Man
“What a great book. A twisty thriller and downright crreepy ending. 5 stars”
Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House – Joshua Zeitz
Ah, if we can’t see government working for the betterment of the people, I can at least read about it. Read about a time when government actually worked at all!! From Goodreads….
The author of Lincoln’s Boys takes us inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House to show how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice: Team of Rivals for LBJ. The personalities behind every burst of 1960s liberal reform – from civil rights and immigration reform, to Medicare and Head Start – and what we’ll lose if those programs are dismantled.
This book has a 4.25 rating on Goodreads. Watch I’ll like this one less than The Chalk Man. Nah, I don’t think so!
I’ll Keep You Safe – Peter May
This is actually the book that I want to move to the top of the pile. However, maybe leaving it where it is will give me incentive to read the ones above it!! Over the last several years Peter May has become one of my favorite authors. While I have enjoyed several of his stand alone books, I really, really like The Lewis Trilogy! The setting for the Lewis Trilogy is the Outer Hebrides Islands off the northwest coast of Scotland. May returns to those islands in I’ll Keep You Safe. Can;t wait!! From Goodreads…….
Niamh and Ruairidh Macfarlane co-own the Hebridean company Ranish Tweed. On a business trip to Paris to promote their luxury brand, Niamh learns of Ruairidh’s affair, and then looks on as he and his lover are killed by a car bomb. She returns home to Lewis, bereft.
Niamh begins to look back on her life with Ruairidh, desperate to identify anyone who may have held a grudge against him. The French police, meanwhile, have ruled out terrorism, and ruled in murder – and sent Detective Sylvie Braque to shadow their prime suspect: Niamh.
The Ninth Grave – Stefan Ahnhem
Speaking of books that I’d like to move up on the pile, The Ninth Grave is one of them.This is book #2 in the Fabian Risk series from Ahnhem. And because Victim Without a Face was one of my favorite books of the year, I can’t wait to delve into book 2. Again from Goodreads…..
The Stockholm and Copenhagen police investigate the death of a Danish TV star and the disappearance of the Swedish Minister for Justice.
TWO COUNTRIES IN THE GRIP OF WINTER.
On the coldest day of the year, Sweden’s Minister for Justice steps out of Parliament House and into a blizzard – and disappears. That same night, across the Baltic Sea, a Danish celebrity finds a stranger lurking in her snow-bound home.
So the question is – How fast can I get through the first four books to get to the last two?? I’ll let you know.
