Chick Lit Thrillers

seem to be a dime a dozen as they say...and this one isn't bad but it just seems more "chick lit" to me than for my taste.  Stranger in the Lake was not a memorable read for me.  Wasn't offensive though, either. 

Jack McEvoy kinda troubles me...(NOT!)

Of course, one doesn't have to love a character to appreciate a book or series.  And Jack McEvoy didn't trouble me until The Scarecrow.  I really did enjoy The Poet but then I didn't like Scarecrow so much I was surprised by how much I really did enjoy Fair Warning. But FW was so good that I will read the book about Jack.  Even though I do find him troubling...I don't remember why...but there were some things in Scarecrow that really made me raise my eyebrows...but maybe I am just being picky.

NO NO NO WAIT!

Dude while I didn't like Scarecrow, it wasn't Jack that bothered me...it was the guy from the other book by that woman who writes about a woman priest and a sheriff.  And the sheriff guy is a HUGE Blame-the-Victim dude.  BIG Time!  This one! 

So I had to change my title of the "review."  Jack is just a regular dude.  I mean, do feel bad for him because he lacks a lot of self confidence, especially when it comes to love.  But he isn't a creep like the law guy in that other series!  Sorry! 

Ah Lucas

Thirty books and Lucas Davenport still is a charmer. Masked Prey is set in DC but there is just something very Minnesotan about Lucas that makes me love him.  He is now a U.S. Marshall.  Great story line, great Sandford.  Thank you and now I can't wait until October for hopefully a new Virgil Flowers!

And AGAIN!

After a book drought, this year has been great so far!  The Last Lie was another one I couldn't warm up to right away...I think it was the worry of the off-putting Briticisms, but if there were any, I didn't even notice them.  Alex Lake did an excellent job of keeping the suspense up an even though I figured out what was going, I didn't see it all clearly and it didn't make it any less enjoyable.  Really worth reading! 

Whoa!

So at first I started The Housekeeper and couldn't get into it,  but man...then I tried a day later and I was HOOKED!  I just thought the twists were great, I loved the ending.  I just really liked this so much!  I was surprised the whole way!  But again, I get surprised easily!  But still, this was great!