By M.M. Chouinard ** Publication Date 27 May 2021 ** 4 stars / This review will be posted at BookwormishMe.com on 13 May 2021. When Rose’s brother-in-law plans an elaborate vacation for them in Jamaica, Rose balks at the idea. She comes up with every excuse imaginable to try to change the vacation plans, including …
By D.S.Butler ** Publication Date 25 March 2021 ** 4 stars In the continuing series of DS Karen Hart mysteries, this novel finds Karen still working on her corruption case, as well as being first at the scene in a grisly murder. It’s Christmastime and while shopping with her romantic partner Mike, she comes upon …
By Laurie Faria Stolarz ** Publication Date 16 March 2021 ** 4.25 stars Terra lost her parents in a tragic house fire when she was younger. She went to live with her mom’s sister, but has never really felt like she did when she had her mom. Not surprising, because no one can really replace …
By Elle Cosimano ** Publication Date 2 February 2021 ** 4.25 stars Finlay’s life is currently in chaos. Her ex-husband and his soon-to-be bride are trying to take the kids away. She has a book commitment that she has fallen horribly behind on. The bills are stacking up. And now she’s been informed by the …
By Rachel Hawkins ** Publication Date 5 January 2021 ** 4.25 stars / This review will be posted at BookwormishMe.com on 22 December 2020. Jane is a dog walker in an upscale neighborhood near Birmingham, Alabama. She lives with a former foster “brother” in an apartment in a nearby lower end community. The only reason …
Alice Blanchard ** Publication Date 1 December 2020 ** 4.25 stars Burning Lake, New York is known for its history of witches and the wicked. Natalie Lockhart is a detective on the Burning Lake PD. Halloween week is epic in Burning Lake, with a music competition, parties, costumes and the witchy themes of the …
By Lisa Jewell ** Publication Date 13 October 2020 ** 5 stars Don’t even know where to start with a review on this one. This book had me so tied up in knots by the end, I needed a week to recover. Honestly. One of the best books of 2020 by far. Twisty, dark, sad, …
By Jeremy Robert Johnson ** Publication Date 29 September 2020 ** 4.5 stars Turner Falls is a perfect little ski town in the high desert of eastern Oregon. Quaint, friendly, as long as you’re not Lucy or Bucket. Lucy and Bucket are “brown” and outcasts from most of the Turner Falls students. Spring Meadows High …
by Kathleen Y’Barbo 4 stars Annie may be British, and distantly in line for the throne, but she’s not the royalty kind. Annie wants to be a detective and live her best life away from the throne. Grandmother, Queen Victoria, might have other ideas though. When the Queen interferes on behalf of her father to …
By Heidi Perks ** Publication Date 18 August 2020 ** 4.25 stars How mad do you have to be to exact revenge on someone? How far are you willing to go to make someone pay for a mistake? Enough to suffer the consequences? Enough to commit arson and murder? Three Perfect Liars tackles these questions …