October reads

Jodi Picoult, Picture Perfect
Continuing the Picoult trend, this one drug a bit for me. But it was still good.

PJ Parrish, A Thousand Bones
Latest in their Louis Kincaid series. They turn their focus to Joe this time, outlining her first big case as a rookie cop. Very well done.

Robert Parker, High Profile
Recent in the Jesse Stone series, enjoyable enough, although the cross-pollination with the other series is a mite tedious.

Wendy Walker, Four Wives
This was an ARC sent to me for a Library Journal review – a very well done novel about four friends and their lives. Wilda sends me such great stuff to review, I'm a lucky girl.

Sarah Addison Allen, Garden Spells
Loved this book! A great story of sisters, dealing with your past and finding a new path.

Robert Parker, Spare Change
The recent Sunny Randall -- she helps out on a case that appears to be the re-emergence of a serial killer, called the Spare Change Killer. Her dad had been unable to solve this case back when he was on the police force. It was nice to get to know Sunny's dad a bit better.

Stuart Woods, Fresh Disasters
Catching up on the Stone Barrington series with this one. It's a typical Stone adventure. You would think his reputation would get around and he would never get a new girlfriend (given the chances that you'll die a violent death before page 150).

Thomas Perry, Nightlife
Excellent suspense - a police detective is on the hunt for a serial killer.

Jo Bannister, Flawed
Latest in the Brodie Farrell series, just OK imo, a lot of time spent re-trodding the love sorta-triangle stuff.

September reads

Craig Johnson, Death Without Company
#2 in the series about the sheriff in Wyoming. Very well done in terms of plot, characters, humor. A great series.

Craig Johnson, Kindness Goes Unpunished
#3 in the series, another great one

Marcia Muller, The Ever Running Man
Latest in the Sharon McCone series, one of my long-time favorites. In this one, Sharon has to investigate Hy and his partners in order to find out who is trying to destroy them and their firm.

Susan Isaacs, Past Perfect
Funny novel with a light mystery element. Isaacs makes me laugh out loud at least a few times per book. In this one, a woman who was fired from her low-level job at the CIA and still doesn't know why has the chance to find out what was going on. As she digs into the past, things get tricky and turn into a spy thriller (with that hint of farce).

Jodi Picoult, Plain Truth
Jodi Picoult, Second Glance
Jodi Picoult, The Pact
Jodi Picoult, The Tenth Circle

Had never gotten around to reading any of her work and for some reason finally tried one. Plain Truth was an excellent legal thriller, and I just gobbled up a bunch of hers. I loved all four of these, although Second Glance and The Tenth Circle were my favorites. I really admire the complexity of her plotting.