So as I finished Still Waters book number 61 for 2018, I thought of a way to recap my November reads. The setting for Still Waters is the Swedish island of Sandhamn. Which made me thinks of all the other places I visited in November via the books I read. So here are the first three books I read…….
Kate Wilhelm – No Defense
Kate Whilhelm’s No Defense (54) was the first book I read in November.The book is the fifth book in Wilhelelm’s Barbara Holloway a lawyer working out of Eugene, Oregon. Most of the action in No Defense takes place in the high desert region of southeastern Oregon. In the book Barbara must defend a woman accused of killing her husband and making it look like an accident. Of course the woman has “no defense”. The characters were good and the story interesting with a twisting ending!
Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke – Girl’s Night Out
After visiting Oregon, I traveled 3,700 miles in a southeasterly direction and visited Tulum in the Yucatán Penisula if Mexico. Book 55 was Girls Night Out by the writing duo of And Liz Fenton. In Girls Night Out three long-time friends Ashley, Lauren, and Natalie who have been estranged for the last year are going on vacation to hopefully set aside hurt differences and become friends again. But when Natalie wakes up alone on the beach after a night out and Ashley is missing their lives are turned upside down.
Flashbacks tell the story from the perspective of each of the main characters.I didn’t like this over the first few chapters, However, as the story progressed I thought it was a great way to present the tale. The chapters deal not it only with Ashley’s disappearance but also the issues that have driven them apart. This is not a book that I would typically read but I found it interesting and enjoyed it.
Karin Slaughter – Pieces of Her
After Tulum, Mexico I headed to Belle Isle, Georgia where in the seashore town I met Laura and her daughter Andrea in Karin Slaughter ‘s Pieces of Her. (Book 56). In this book Slaughter explores the possibility your mother may not be who you think she is! When put in a life and death situation Andrea’s mother responds in ways Andrea could never imagine her professorial mother responding. Soon Andrea’s mother tells her that her life is in danger and she needs to run away to Idaho! As she runs, Andrea discovers more pieces of her mother’s life. Slaughter also enlightens the reader about pieces of Laura’s life via alternating chapter. They revealing both the past and the present. Once again a five star read from Karin Slaughter!!
Barry J Hutchinson – Dial D for Deadman
The next book took me to Outer Space and the world of Dan Deadman inn Barry J. Hutchinson’s Dial D for Deadman. Dan Deadman who has actual been dead for a while, first meets a strange girl . Dan and his leprechaun friend Artur are then tasked with finding a missing girl. Funny, fun book and Deadman and his friends are great characters! I am ready for the next book in this series.!
I came back to Earth for my next read and landed in Iceland……….. find out where in part two!!
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