Finished KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

I hadn't known anything about this....it is shocking.  Especially since my husband is part Osage.  Even if you are very very smart, if you are a member of a minority, our government has evidently always been able to figure out how to screw you.

I have now started The Betrayed, by Heather Graham.  It is another Krewe of Hunters, ghost driven mystery/ romance.  This one is set in Tarrytown, NY, specifically in Sleepy Hollow.  These books are relaxing and fun.

Finished POWER OF THE U'TANSE

Henry Melton obviously has a powerful background in math, science, and engineering leading him to speculate on all things futuristic and sci-fi.  The world he has created in which humans are forced to adapt to a poisonous planet, Ko, and a vicious race of monsters who are their slave masters continues after four preceding books of the series to be infinitely fascinating and inventive.  The free U'tanse of Ko live in hiding and keep themselves supplied with breathable air, transportation, and food by generating hydroelectric power in a plant left by a previous slave race who were wiped out by the present slave masters.  But the equipment is wearing out and failing.  This is the story of the U'tanse finding alternative sources of power in the face of extraordinary danger.  As with all other books by this author, I loved it and can't wait for more.

I have now started Killers of the Flower Moon:  The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.  In the 1920's the Osage Indians of Oklahoma were rich, since oil had been discovered on their reservation.  Each registered member of the tribe got a monthly check and their lives had now become a wonderful mix of ancient tribal customs and modern comforts.  But people began to be found murdered (the first two by gun shots) and the situation is to deteriorate from there.

Finished MAGICAL BEASTS

As usual the book was beautiful and the legends/ stories were well told.  For the first time in this series I have encountered a story recounted for the second time and almost word for word--the story of the wren in this book and the Christmas book.  I am surprised that this has not happened more--differents parts of the same legend are told in different books, but not the same part.

I am now about to start another book in The Enchanted World series: Tales of Terror.

Finished SHADOW DANCER

I love these Wind River mysteries.  This may have been the best so far because people who I really like are in danger for more than half the book.  As usual, it was a very exciting and satisfying read.  I don't know how I slept last night since I left it with yet a chapter to go in the initial climax.  First thing this morning, I had to finish that chapter.

 I am now about to return to Henry Melton's saga of the descendents of the two people abducted from Earth by a vicious race intent on enslaving them in Power of the U'tanse.  "U'tanse" is a corruption of "humans"--the only way their masters can pronounce the word.  Now a colony of free humans has developed unknown to the masters--I look forward to visiting them again.

Finished NOBODY KNOWS

A serial rapist kills someone to cover up his crimes and then keeps killing...  As usual with Mary Jane Clark's books, I couldn't stop reading.

I have now started The Shadow Dancer, another of Margaret Coel's Wind River Mysteries.  Father O'Malley learns that one of the tribe's young people is missing, that the church is again considering shutting down the mission, and interests upriver of the reservation are slowly squeezing off the Arapaho and Shoshone's only water supply.  Love these books.

Finished TIMES CONVERT

This novel caught us up with Mathew, Diana and all the de Clermont's, but the focus was on Marcus' (Mathew's son's) story.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Great background set mostly during the American Revolution.

I have now just barely started Nobody Knows by Mary Jane Clark.  Cassie, a reporter for Key News, is waiting for the spokeswoman for the FBI to add a new person to the Fugitives List--very unusual, this one is a serial rapist.

Finished QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS

Again, I very much enjoyed this.  There were a few too many characters for me to keep easy track of this time, but I caught up.  It is amazing how much gets packed into these short books.

I have now started Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness.  This is an extension of the All Souls Trilogy with the focus now on Matthew's son, Marcus, and his human bride, Phoebe.  Of course our protagonists from the trilogy are also involved, which is great.  I love revisiting beloved characters.  Phoebe has been brought over to vampire life and Marcus is very worried about her.