I started this book on 1/18/26 and finished on 1/27/26.  It was really good.  Like 9/10 good. 9 days to finish.

Father goes missing on his boat in Lake Travis.  Presidential candidate is killed by a sniper.  Reporter son and FBI son are working on the case.

Characters were very well written.  Chapters were short.  Memorable story line.  I really enjoyed it.

Started on 1/1/2026.  First book of 2026!
A body washes on shore in a small town.  Billy has to figure out who it was and where it came from.

Finished on 1/17/2026.  16 Days.

Billy and Kaz are working for Ike right before the invasion.  Stationed at Ashcroft house they are tasked to find out who the body is that washed ashore.  They actually never do.  Who is Peter Wiley and why are the BIGOTS such a big deal?  Col. Harding makes Billy and Kaz BIGOTS so they can solve the mystery.

It was the butler.

9/10 overall.  The story was good and kept my interest the whole way through.

Started on 11/3/25 and finished on 12/2/25.  31 days.

It’s not that it wasn’t interesting.  It was.  The characters were well written.  I knew pretty much who everyone was.  Story line was good.

Jack (town sheriff and bad guy) witnesses an accident.  He steals the “loot” of the accident victim.

Amazon First Read:  Started on 8/12/25
Never read the author before.  Hope it’s a good one!

I forgot to make any notes with this one.

Started on 12/2/25 and finished on 12/16/25.  14 Days.
Great Book for SURE!!!  Had you going from first chapter.

Chapters are short and character written.  Love that.  Characters are easily recognizable.
Sadie, the mom sends her child to kindergarten reluctantly.  Allen the husband has been married before and has a son with previous wife Teresa.
Is Teresa crazy?  Kate the teacher has a grudge against Allen.  Who took Emma?  Read it to find out…

10/10

I’m sorry I didn’t make many notes about this book.  Must have been a September read.

PDQ killer is quiet for 15 years.  Then all of a sudden murders start again.  The real PDQ didn’t do it and he’s trying to get the cops to find the copy cat.

I remember that I liked it.  Giving an 8/10

Started this book on 12/17/25.  Finished on 12/30/25
First time reading author.  Let’s see how it plays out.

Story line was good.  Characters well written.  Not too many characters to remember.  Chapters were fairly short.
A young football high school star has to move to a new town and isn’t liked by the new team.  He gets unalived and Alyson Rush, the new P.I. in town has to solve the case when the Haven police won’t touch it.  Secrets crawl out of the fog.  Did the racists do it?  Did one of his team mates do it?  Who stole the dog?

Read it and find out.
I’m giving this book a 9/10 for keeping my interest and short chapters.

Jazz book.  I liked it.  Last few chapters were about new jazz so I skimmed those.

Took me a long time to read this one though.  35 days.

9/29/25 – 11/2/25

Giving this a 9 out of 10.

Started on 7/23/25.
I’ve read some books by Gregg before.  Hoping it will be good!

Finished on 8/6/25.
Well this book is based on the true story of Shasta Groenig.
It’s sick.  It’s tough to read.  I didn’t love it.
Serial killer Edward Dunkin kidnapped 2 children after killing their family.

Amazon first read:  Started on 8/6/25 finished on 8/11/25

It was just OK.  Short story maybe 100 pages.  It didn’t really keep my interest very much.

Wolf, the son of a wealthy pod caster is a murderer.  He murders mom’s boyfriends.
Until the night he didn’t finish the murder and his mother called the cops.