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Tag Archives: series
Mortal Danger by Eileen Wilks
Read April 2018 Recommended for fans of urban fantasy ★ ★ ★ 1/2 I’m going to shamelessly borrow a technique from my friend and buddy-reader, Mimi, and shorthand this as: ‘The one where Lily becomes two people, visits Dis with … Continue reading
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Tagged female lead, series, shapeshifters, urban fantasy
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The Sentry by Robert Crais
Read April 2018 Recommended for thrills ★ ★ ★ ★ “Button’s face was blank as Pike approached, but a deep line cut Futardo’s brow. Pike wondered what she was thinking. Button’s jacket was already off in anticipation of the coming … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged four star, mystery, series, thriller
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The Watchman by Robert Crais
Read February 2018 Recommended for fans of thrillers ★ ★ ★ The Watchman is the first book in the Elvis Cole series that switches focus to Elvis’ best friend and agency co-owner, Joe Pike. It’s a solid thriller, though … Continue reading
The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais. Forget it.
Read December 2017 Recommended for fans of thrillers ★ ★ ★ Into every series, a little unevenness must fall. Besides the first two books in the Elvis Cole series, this was my least favorite. But that’s mostly because it … Continue reading
Indigo Slam by Robert Crais
Read October 2017 Recommended for fans of thrillers ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Fast, solid ride. A great beginning, where the reader witnesses the moment three children and their father leave their home in company with the U.S. Marshals. Cut to … Continue reading
The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais
Read November 2017 Recommended for fans of classic detectives ★ ★ 1/2 If you’ve followed my reading recently, it’s no secret I’ve been enjoying Robert Crais’ Elvis Cole books. Somehow, I started with book three, Lullaby Town, perhaps because … Continue reading
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
Read November 2017 Recommended for fans of light mysteries ★ ★ ★ “The next morning Inspector Chopra awoke for the first time in thirty-four years without the knowledge that he was a police officer. For a while he lay in … Continue reading
L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
Read November 2017 Recommended for fans of detective thrillers ★ ★ ★ ★ (on the detective scale) I can’t stop reading Crais. In this one, our hero Elvis Cole is pulled into a case by long-time partner, Joe Pike. … Continue reading
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Tagged four star, mystery, series, thriller
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Voodoo River by Robert Crais
Read October 2017 Recommended for fans of detective thrillers ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Crais surprised me again. Not so much with the mystery as a very sweet subplot that I didn’t expect in a mystery-thriller. Connections from the last … Continue reading
Sunset Express by Robert Crais
Read October 2017 Recommended for fans of detective thrillers ★ ★ ★ ★ I should probably be embarrassed, but I didn’t realize until reading other reviews that the plot of Sunset Express, sixth in the Elvis Cole series, was … Continue reading
