Finished THE DOOMSDAY KEY

Remember Raiders of the Lost Ark?  Remember how it was a roller coaster ride from beginning to end?  That is what these Sigma Force books are, only these are smarter.  Much history, archaeology, science and technology is used in this series along with wall to wall action.  Upon finishing, I just go "Whew!" and rest for a bit.

I am now about to start Wild Bill, the True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter.  TR was reading it and looked pretty engrossed, so I asked to read it when he was finished.  Looks good.

Finished THE LORE OF LOVE

As usual with this series, this includes lots of well told and illustrated stories, both familiar and new to me.  Loved it all.

I won't be starting another in this series now, because they are in Dallas and we are self-isolating in Florida.  I'll start the next when we get home.

Finished HEXED

Yes, these books are formulaic.  Of course...this one at least is a Harlequin Press book.  However there are lots of differences between them:  place (Salem--this is the first time the Krewe of Hunters has revisited a place, but, really), heroine (this is a children's book author), method of murder and clues (initially this looks Wicca), ways ghosts help and often ghosts are a part of interesting legends in the place (major ghost character in this is the heroine's aunt who practiced Wicca), method of death (slit throat), and climax--this one, like all of them, was pretty good.  I enjoy these books.

I am now about to start The Doomsday Key, by James Rollins, #6 in the Sigma Force series.  This promises to be another smart, action and technology packed, globe-trotting yarn and I can't wait to start.

Finished SUN BORN

Wonderful as usual and it even has a sequel with many of the same characters!  Bless the Gears and all authors in this time of forced Corona Virus imprisonment,

I am now about to start The Hexed, another Crew of Hunters book by Heather Graham.  These ghost stories are fairly formulaic, but each is set in a different place, many of which I have visited.  The ghosts and the murders gives each a special atmospheric vibe unto themselves.

Finished AS TIME GOES BY

Though quite readable, this book didn't really have a lot of action or suspense.  It is essentially a courtroom drama (talky), a main plot that Alvira and Willie Meeham are not much of a part of.  They had a satisfying subplot, but were not as integral to the book as I'd wished.  Though not a real "thriller" like most of Clark's works, this is interesting and absorbing.

I have now started Sun Born, the second of the Cahokia, People of the Morning Star trilogy.  Just a few short months after the havoc wrought in the first book, another enemy is back in Cahokia with conquest in mind.

Finished EXCEPT THE DYING

Yes, I now have another series of books to work my way through as we work our way through the TV series on Ovation.  I very much enjoyed this book.  I think the end was a bit of a cop out because we'd only met one of the culprits once and the other we never met until we knew what he was about.  But the environment (winter Toronto in 1895) seems very realistic and the characters are quirky and fun.

I have now started As Time Goes By by Mary Higgins Clark and hurray! it is another Alvirah and Willie mystery.  It looks like it is going to be about a young woman looking for her birth parents, but, knowing MHC, I am sure there will be murder and mayhem in there somewhere.

Finished THE TURN

I see this as Kim Harrison's love letter to her Hollows fans.  And I loved it.  Of course, I knew what it would be about (any Hollows fan knows what "The Turn" was.  Yet, it did start slowly.  I don't know why...I should have been anticipating what I knew was coming next, but the first 150 pages were pretty slow.  But, I didn't quit, I knew what was coming, and Harrison delivered!  This was an excellent explanation of what had started it all and gave us a chance to touch base with some characters we know from later (in the time line) books.  There are still unanswered questions, however.  How do our main character's lives unfold from here?  The going will not be smooth...

I am now about to start Except the Dying, the first Murdoch mystery.  We first discovered this back when Dish included the Ovation channel free.  The series was called "The Artful Detective" then.  These mysteries are set at the turn of the last century in Toronto.  The world was teetering on the edge of modern forensics, automobiles, telephones, sound recordings and rudimentary film.  Then we lost it the show--it just disappeared from Dish.  Now, we are subscribing to Ovation but only when we are in Florida where we have Xfinity.  This is the book series that the tv series is based on and we are looking forward to it.