Lucinda Berry ~ One of Our Own

Started on 6/9/25.  It’s Lucinda so I have a feeling this one will go fast.  I absolutely love her work and can’t wait to start this one.
This book did NOT disappoint.  6/11/25 finished the book.  I could NOT put it down.
Single mom, raising a good son.  Party gets out of control and girl gets gang raped.  (Dark I know).  Boy claims no knowlege and girls parents go to police.  The story that unfolds is very very dark.

Lucinda never lets me down with a dark tale.  10/10 for me and a 2 day read.

 




John Marrs ~ The Good Samaritan

6/12/25.  TikTok recommended this book.  I’ve read John before.  I just finished Lucinda’s book last night.  I think it’s going to be along the same lines…. haha get it?

6/21/25.  Finished in 9 days. Well this book is certainly a twisted revenge story.  Laura, the “End of the Line” volunteer finds “candidates” to help end their life to listen to their last breath.  Ryan’s wife is one of those victims.  He goes to great lengths to get her back for ending his wife’s life.  Who wins in the end?  Read it to find out.

I couldn’t put this book down once it got to the “meat” of the story.  Giving this book a 9/10.  Chapters were short, characters very well written.

 




John Sandford ~ Easy Prey (Book 11)

Started on 4/2/25.  Finished on 4/30/25.  28 days.  Typical for me for a J.S. book.

A famous beauty star, her friends and ex boyfriends.  She is murdered and Lucas must find the killer.
Several more people are murdered who are the famous star’s friends or family.  Is it the creepy preacher, the weird art friend or someone you’d never suspect?

Lucas and Weather may be getting back together??  Then there is the hussy that he is sleeping with in this book but she goes back to France soon.

Overall I’ll give this one an 8/10

 




Wendy Corsi Staub ~ The Fourth Girl

Amazon First Read: Started on 5/15/25.  Finished on 6/9/25. 25 Days.

Chapters were short.  Characters were written well.  Story drug on a bit for me.  I didn’t like going back and forth between past and present.  The chapter cliff hangers were few and far between but when done they were done well.

3 friends try and help the “fourth” friend escape her parents.  Mary Beth, the sister of the fourth girl was already banished by the parents.  The four girls promise to help Caroline and to meet at the 1 year anniversary of her escaping.
Then on the 25th anniversary Gordy gets murdered.  Is it Caroline?  Is it Talia?

Was a fairly decent read but it did drag a little.  I’m giving this book a 7/10.

 




Freida McFadden ~ Death Row

Amazon first read.  Started on 5/13/25.  This was a 1 day book.  It was short but very good.  Giving this book a 9/10.

Tells the story of an inmate on death row and the struggles of the last days.

 




A.M. Strong & Sonya Sargent ~ GraveWater Lake

Amazon First Read.  Started on 4/30/25.  Finished on 5/12/25.  13 Days

Anna (Adria) lost her memory and showed up to a strangers house freezing cold and wet in the middle of a blizzard.  Gregg let her in.  With no memory she knew nothing of her life. Strange things start to happen in the house.  Making her question her sanity.  A stranger showing up at the door makes her question who she is.  She struggles between visions of real life and her past.

Turns out it’s not her past but her story.  She’s an author.

Great book and an easy read.  Chapters were short and characters very well defined.

9/10




Tamara Miller ~ Into the Fall

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Amazon First Read.  Started on 3/25/25. Finished on 4/2/25.  9 Days!!

Wow!  Matthew & Sarah have been married for 9 years.  They have 2 kids.  Their marriage isn’t doing well.  Sarah doesn’t know much about Matthew’s past and Matthew goes off on his own quite a bit.
A family camping trip should fix everything but things go terribly wrong and Matthew goes missing.
Did Sarah do it?  Did Bella do it?  Izzy, Sarah’s sister comes to help.

This one had me on the edge of my seat!  Giving it a 10.  I couldn’t put it down.

 




Clark Terry Autobiography

I started this on January 1.  It took me all month to finish it.  It’s January 30th.  It was a really good book that I didn’t want to finish.

 

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James R. Benn ~ A Blind Goddess (Billy Boyle Book 8)

Well hello old friend.  Started this book on 2/20/25 and finished on 3/20/25.  28 Days.  Enjoyment: 9

Billy finds himself investigating a murder of a French guy AND investigating the dissapperence of a missing girl AND helping his home town friend Tree free a wrongfully imprisoned soldier.  Tree and Angry are to afro America soldiers in a tank destroyer unit.  Angry is accused of killing the person Billy is investigating.  It’s a great story of friendship even through the racial divide of the USA.

 




Mia Sheridan ~ Bad Mother

Started this book on 1/30/25.  Amazon First read.  Free. Finished on 2/20/25.  23 Days.  Enjoyment: 8

Sienna, a NY Cop who had to leave NY goes back to her home town to the police force.  Her ex boyfriend is a wealthy card player.  Murders are happening and Sienna has to jump in right away.  A few run in with her ex and his family along with the investigation of the murders.  This is a spaghetti mystery that will have you hanging on the edge of your seat.