February
#10/90:
Beartown by Fredrik Bachman (5/5) (fiction)
A heart wrenching story of a town where hockey is king, and a tragic event tears them apart. I just put a hold on the sequel,
Us Against You.
#11/90:
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad #2) by Tana French (4/5) (suspense)
Someone has taken on Cassie’s former undercover identity – and turned up dead. Now Cassie has agreed to once again assume the identity to try to find the killer.
#12/90:
A Merciful Fate (Mercy Kilpatrick #5) by Kendra Elliot (4/5) (mystery)
A skeleton is discovered that is related to an old bank heist. Mercy is on the case to track down the remaining robbers while her fiancé is dealing with attacks on citizens who may or may not have a connection to the heist.
According to
Amazon, the first book in this series is supposed to become a television show.
#13/90:
Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad #4) by Tana French (4/5) (suspense)
A successful detective is called to investigate what a first seemed to be an easy solve, but things did not just add up.
#14/90:
The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers (3.5/5) (historical fiction/Civil War)
Told through letters and journal entries, a young woman has to deal with the difficulties of life on a remote farm when her husband of two days returns to battle. A horrific event that occurs in his absence upends their lives.
#15/90:
Us Against You by Fredik Bachman (5/5) (fiction)
The town and the inhabitants try to recover from the tragic event that tore them apart in
Beartown. Another emotional tale.
#16/90:
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff (3.5/5) (historical fiction/WWII)
A young woman in NYC finds pictures of young women in a suitcase and tries to solve the mystery of their origins. The story of the women is told in flashback chapters.
I was interested in this as I had read a novel dealing with female spies during WWI, but I did not enjoy this one as much.