Finished EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE

 

Once again, a good mystery, danger, and great characters.  

I have now started Killing Raven, another Wind River Reservation mystery by Margaret Coel.  A young girl has seen a hand sticking up out of the ground, reports it to the police and immediately they call Father O'Malley to give last rites.  The murder victim is white.  Meanwhile, Vicky is enlisted by a fellow lawyer to help out with legal contracts, etc. at the new reservation Casino, which is drawing protests (possibly violent ones) from a group believing the Casino is exploiting Indians.

Finished THE FAERIE WAR

 

Though there seems to be three more books in this series, this book brings to a close the events of the first two books.  I'm glad I stuck with them.  In spite of the angst that just irritated me, the action was great, the characters were interesting, and the climax, satisfying.  I think I will stop here though.  I'm glad I read these three, but this is a good place to stop.

I am now about to start what Goodreads calls Under Suspicion #5, by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke.  I have read three books in this series, but I've read them all out of order and I guess it doesn't matter.

Finished DEATH BY WATER

 

Phryne has been hired by a cruise line to discover which of several possible habitual passengers is stealing expensive jewelry from other passengers.  Reimbursing the passengers for the jewelry that was stolen is mounting up.  I loved that the cruise was going to New Zealand and that the passengers were all wonderful and interesting characters.  Their interactions were fascinating.  I was surprised that the murder happened late in the novel but, in some ways that was good because we knew the suspects by that time.  Enjoyable as usual.

I have now started The Faerie War by Rachel Morgan.  I still stay somewhat ambivalent about this YA series.  It is inventive and certainly has a good plot, but the teenage angst is sometimes really too much for this old woman.  "There are IMPORTANT things to think about, girl.  Stop thinking about boys!"  😈

Finished DEAD ICE

 

Still trying to figure the significance of the title.  Zombies are cold?  All dead things are cold?  The action story about more human-like zombies turned out to be not bad (no stupid things here--not even zombies).  And, as often happens these days with the Anita Blake books, more pages were devoted to the relationships in her life than to the action plot, but this I think, is what I like about these books.  I love watching characters try to develop smooth living patterns, but, of course, if they do there will be no book....  So it looks like these books will continue.

Then I got a bonus.  An after story which showed one of the results in more detail.  After being wounded just out of the blue for no discernable reason, how can you heal?  Lovely story.

I am now about to start Death by Water, a Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood.  Actually this is the 15th of the books in this series.  It looks like Miss Phryne is going on a cruise.  What a good idea, I can use a cruise in the middle of this pandemic and at the hopefully winding down of the election...

Finished THE MILLER'S DANCE

 

More of the ongoing lives of the Poldarks, their friends and their enemies.  Only now we see all of their children, the oldest of which are in their early 20s.  So, lots more people to keep up with.  Demelza's brothers are only mentioned in passing, but everyone else is in here.  George has married again and both his new wife and son enjoy people much more than he does.  Jeremy and Clowance are trying to find their places in the world without following completely in their parents' footsteps.  

These books are most enjoyable to read and then, when it comes time to write a review, I can't remember what happened that I enjoyed reading about so much...but, I did.

I have now just barely started Dead Ice, another in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series.  It looks like Anita and the FBI are going to be up to their necks in zombies in this book.  I am not fond of zombies--I guess having been a teacher for so many years, I am up to here with stupidity.  But I enjoy Anita Blake and her entourage, so...we shall see.

Finished IN PIECES

 

I wonder how many people have any idea how much work it takes to become, not just an actor, but a really good actor.  Experience with life plus constant hard work honing the craft may result in a good actor...here is Sally Field's personal journey in that difficult endeavor.  This is one of the best entertainer autobiographies I have read.

I have now started The Miller's Dance by Winston Graham, ninth book in the Poldark series.  These stories seem to pace along fairly pedantically but all the time with the hint of disaster surrounding nearly endeavor...sort of, I guess, like life.  Now Clowance (Ross and Damelza's daughter) is engaged to be married to a somewhat questionable young man and Geoffrey Charles is off with Wellington in Spain fighting the bloodiest battle to date against Napoleon's forces.

Finished GENESIS

 

Perhaps not as tense as some of his other books, but it was tense enough at the end.  This is a plain criminal case and the ability of the coroner to solve crime.  It does bring up the ability of DNA ancestry research to aid in solving crime.

I have now started In Pieces, Sally Field's autobiography.  She is remarkably honest making the book very readable and interesting.