June reads

Barbara Cleverly, The Palace Tiger, A-
4th in the Joe Sandilands series, read the first three in May, enjoyable series set in 1920s India

Jennifer Weiner, Goodnight Nobody, A
Funny chicklit mystery, with a frazzled mother solving a mystery out in the suburbs. (As foreign to me as the previous book's setting, but still a fun read!)

PJ Parrish, An Unquiet Grave, A
Recent Louis Kincaid. Kincaid goes home to Michigan to help his foster father discover the truth about a missing friend.

Tess Gerritsen, The Mephisto Club, A
Reviewed this one for Library Journal - will be published in September. It's the latest Rizzoli/Isles and it's good!!!

JA Konrath, Bloody Mary, A-
Second in the Jack Daniels series, think I liked the first one best.

Linda Barnes, Heart of the World, A
Recent Carlotta Carlyle. This one got off to a slow start but was worth it. Very differently paced than her others, but very well done and a good story.

Lee Child, The Hard Way, A+
I look forward to the new Reacher book every year, I promise myself I'll savor it, and then I stay up half the night reading the darn thing anyway. How does he consistently outdo himself with every book? Understatement: this is another great read in the Jack Reacher series.

Peter Robinson, Piece of my Heart, A
Latest Alan Banks. Banks has had some rough times in the last couple of books and this one finds him back on his feet and taking on a case that reaches back to 1969. I enjoyed the references to the music of that era, and part of the book is told from the point of view of the detective investigating the original case in 1969. I really like this series, and this was good, although quite different, given the flashbacks and narrative techniques.