August reads

August was a bit slow for me in terms of reading, but an excellent assortment. (Well, except for the two DNF's discussed in the previous post. :-)

Ann Hood, The Knitting Circle
A group of women are drawn together through a knitting group at their yarn store. They are all suffering in their own ways and are able to overcome their personal barriers and become friends. Well-written, not too sentimental or cliched.

Karin Slaughter, Beyond Reach
The latest in the Sara Linton - Grant Co. series. It's a good one, but the ending is heartbreaking.

Peter Lovesey, The Secret Hangman
Latest in the Peter Diamond series. Diamond and the team investigate a series of murders made to look like suicides.

Harlan Coben, The Woods
Latest standalone thriller from him. Paul Copeland, a widowed attorney with a young daughter, is faced with evidence that his sister may not have been killed 20 yrs ago as had always been assumed. The end has an improbable twist, like all of his do, but this one was not throw-book-against-wall silly, imo.

Margaret Maron, Hard Row
Latest in the Deborah Knott series, one of my all time favorite series. Some gruesome discoveries pull Deborah and Dwight into an unusual case.

Anita Shreve, Body Surfing
A young widow who works as a tutor for the lovely daughter of a family falls in love with one of the sons. Nothing is ever really as it seems. I had a strange reaction to this one -- didn't really like it but couldn't quit reading.