Spider Bones - Kathy Reichs

Really good book, I enjoyed it. The Temperance Brennan character goes to Hawaii to slove the case of a body found in a pond in S. Carolina whose fingerprints match those of a boy killed in vietnam 40 years earlier. It's typical Kathy Riechs, which means it's good. You can't go wrong with any of her books.

Secrets of a shoe addict

I really didn't care for this book. I think it was poorly written and didn't keep my interest.

It's about PTA Mom's who each have a reason to make extra money so they become phone sex operators. Dumb, dumb, Dumb. I'm sure you can find something....anything better to read.

CAUGHT - By Harlan Coben

Haley McWaid's mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and after three months without a word from the girl, the community assumes the worst. Wendy Tynes is a reporter, a skanky journalist in my opinion, who brings down sexual predators via elaborate-and nationally televised-sting operations. She ambush's Dan Mercer, a social worker who works with troubled teens. He becomes her latest sting operation and is then accused of being a sexual predator and the prime suspect in Haley's disappearance.

This is an excellent book.  I loved it and finished it in two and a half days.  I couldn't put it down. It's the type of writing that hooks you from the very first paragraph and doesn't stop until the last.

Harlen Coben is one of my favorite writers now, and I owe it to a dear friend of mine who got me started on his books. The first being "The Woods", another great book .  I couldn't put that one down either.  

ISBN-13: 9780525951582

Raymond Khoury - The Sanctuary

The Sancuary - I have to say that I didn't care for this book too much. By far it was the hardest book to get in to and took me extra long to read. By the last few chapters it picked up though. I just wasn't that in to it.
Anyway, this outing by Khoury is about an archaeologist, Evelyn Bishop, and her geneticist daughter, Mia, who becomes caught-up in a deadly conspiracy that involves an ancient symbol - a ringlike, circular snake feeding on its own tail. A (mad) scientist known as the hakeem who performs experiments on men, women, and children is believed to be working on a bioweapon. Of course, he has disappeared and the CIA is trying to find him. Evelyn just happens to walk right into the middle of this conspiracy and gets kidnapped.  Mia sets out to find her mother with the help of a CIA agent before Evelyn becomes the next guinea pig. This is set in the Middle East and the hakeem reminded me of the Nazi physician Josepf Mengele, maybe that's why I didn't care for it. It's up to you to decide whether or not you like it. Comments are welcome.
Up Next - Harlan Corben's Caught

Third Degree

Greg Iles - Third Degree

Okay, I finished. I stayed up and read until 1:30 am. Greg Iles can really tell a stroy and even though I had a hard time with this book in the beginning, I found myself captivated by it toward the end.
This book looks at the marriage of Warren and Laurel Shields. Warren, a well respected doctor and his wife, Laurel, a school teacher seem to have the perfect life. That is, until Dr. Shields slimeball partner Kyle Auster sets him up to take the fall for fraud. Being tipped off to the set-up, Dr. Shields thrashes his home in search of the evidence. During his search he finds a love letter written to his wife which sets the story in motion. He goes insane with rage holding his wife hostage, tying her up until she confesses to having an affair and names the man she's been seeing. The psychological control he has over her hit close to home for me. I found it hard to continue reading but I'm glad I did. The ending came together and you actually felt sorry for Warren Shields. Greg Iles doesn't disappoint.

ISBN: 0-743292502

Third Degree

Third Degree by Greg Iles - I am halfway through this one and I'm having a hard time with it. The plot is a tad nerve-wracking and I'm getting frustrated with it. I hope the second half of the book is better and I'll continue this review when the book is finished.

As far as Greg Iles goes, Turning Angel was my favorite. I loved the way the story flowed and it grabbed me at the beginning. That one I couldn't put down. I enjoy Greg Iles and his discription of Natchez, Mississippi brings the story to life. I'd love to visit.

The Wedding Girl - Madeline Wickham

At the age of eighteen, Milly marries Allan - who has a gay lover named Rupert. Thinking she's done the two of them a favor so Allan can stay in the country, and thinking that Allan will divorce her soon -which he never does, she moves on with her own life.
Ten years later Milly is now engaged to the wealthy Simon Pinnacle. What happens next is typical Madeleine Wickham, AKA Sophie Kinsella style - Chaos, turmoil, and lies.
You can guess the ending as it's just about the same in all her books, at least the ones I've read. Another easy read with no big surprises or twists. I found it a little boring coming off one of Sophie Kinsella's other books called "Remember Me". I'll go back to my mysteries for a while and see if her next book is a little more interesting.

ISBN: 0312383436