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Amazon first read.  Started on 5/11/26.  245 pages.  Looked good so I thought I’d try it.

Edison Bixby.  Detective.  Shot in face.  Lived.  Needed a side kick to continue to work.
Grant Murdock.  Executive chef, narcissist and playboy.  Drops dead from his Gumbo recipe at a big event.
Bridget McGregor.  Detective.

Finished 5/20/26.  Really good book.  Main characters well written.  Names got confusing later in the book but mysteries were still solved.
I will read the other books that come out in this series.

9 Days.  I’m giving this book a 9/10.  It kept my interest.

Started on 5/1/26.  This was TikTok recommended best book.
I’m 22 chapters into the book.  It took a while to get to the “meat” but now that I’m there I don’t want to stop reading.

I’ll let you know when I finish.

Finished on 5/10/26.  9 Days!!
The meat of the book was great.  It ended to early though.  The exciting part came to a head and there was still 30% of the book left.

Twists and turned for that last 30% though.  The “why” became known and the “who” wrapped up.

The Hackers hijacked 8 autonomous cars and told the world that they would crash and burn in 2 hours.  Some of them didn’t make it the whole 2 hours.  The ones that did, did they burn?  Who are the hackers?  Why are they causing chaos on the streets of England?
You’ll have to read it to find out why.

Chapters were short (ish) and characters were well written.  I knew who almost everyone was.  Could picture them.
Giving this book an 8/10

I started this book on 4/21/26 and hope to finish by EOM.

So far I like it.  I’m about 5 chapters in.  Finished on 4/28/26.  7 days.

You lose 2 complete days of your memory.  You show up to a job that you haven’t had in 5 years.  It’s called a “Fugue State”.
To fill in the missing pieces you hire a P.I.  Strange things start to happen and people end up dead.

I didn’t really care for it.  It was certainly a female book.  Maybe they would get it.  To many “feelings” and “Inner dialouge” for me.
It kept my attention and I finished it but it wasn’t great IMO.
Giving this one a 5/10

Started this book on 4/11/26 (Vacation book).  Finished on 4/19/26.
If I wouldn’t have been on vacation I could’ve finished this book in 3 days.  It was really good.
Story around a group of Moms.  One of them gets murdered at the “Mom’s Only” party.  Who did it and why?  All the secrets come out in this story.  Chapters were short and characters very well written.  I could picture them all in my head so it was easy to keep them straight.

Another banger by Lucinda.  10/10

Started this book on 4/1/26.

Chapters are kind of long.  Characters are well written and the story line is suspenseful.
Charlie loses her best friend to the Campus Killer.  She’s leaving school early and needs a ride home back to Youngstown, OH.
The ride share board where she’s looking she meets Josh (or Jake) willing to let her ride with him.
Stories don’t line up as they get in the car and during the drive.

Will Charlie “Survive the Night”?  Is Josh (Jake) the Campus Killer? Finish it and let me know.

Finished on 4/11/26.  Characters well written and story line is really good.  Kendra is reading it now and doesn’t want to put it down.

I’m giving the book a 8/10.  Chapters were a little to long for me.

Started this book on 3/26/26 and finished on 4/1/26.  Yes 6 days.

It’s Kendra’s work life.  Mean boss, always putting down.  Others can do no wrong but she puts down this one intern down all the time.
This book was good, the ending was kind of meh!  Chapters were short and I knew who everyone was.

This is a 7/10 for me.  Kept my interest only because relating to Kendra’s work life.

Just read Brain Damage by Freida (then a Davenport book) but I hope this one is as good.
Started on 3/13/26.  Finished on 3/20/26.  Yep 7 days.

Groundhog day except you forget what happened the day, week, month before.
She started a small company that grew to a multi-million dollar corporation.  Her husband wanted control and she thought she had a tumor in her brain.
Turns out she remembers more than she thought.  She was never really in love with him but with someone else.

Great book.  Chapters were short, characters all well written.
9/10