Monday, November 2, 2015

NYPD RED by James Patterson and Marshall Karp

Another fast mystery from James Patterson.
Go inside the life of elite detectives.  New York City is hosting Hollywood in an attempt to get them to film there.  You have mega stars in town.  The NYPD Red are designed to cover crimes of the elite.  Then they start having a rash of murders and the race is on the find the killer.
How many will die before the catch the killer?  Will they catch the killer?

AMAZON - NYPD RED

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

Monday, October 26, 2015

SCARLET NIGHTS by Jude Deveraux

Do you like mystery and romance stories?  This is a quick read.

Mike is an undercover detective, someone that does not share his personal life with anyone.  He sometimes is undercover for months at a time.  He does have a sister recently married.  He ends up on an investigation in the town his sister lives in and where they had lived with their grandparents.  He is to stop Sara from marrying Greg who along with his mother had been hunted for a long time.  They are really bad people.

What will happen?  Will Mike be able to save the day?

AMAZON - Scarlet Nights

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

Monday, October 12, 2015

CAPE FEAR MURDERS-A Carroll Davenport Mystery by Wanda Canada

Do you like mysteries?  This is a quick and enjoyable read.

Carroll lives in a small town and runs a construction company.  She has been through a lot, she was married to the son of a man involved in organized crime.  Her husband was murdered.  While volunteering at the Arboretum one day they come across a couple murdered.  Then she gets a call that her ex mother in law has passed away, she intends to go to the funeral even though there may be a safety issue.  Her part time helper introduces her to a girl that may have witnessed the murders at the Arboretum.  With murder, crime, her friend an FBI agent and hiding her ex father in law things get very complicated.

AMAZON - Cape Fear Murders-A Carroll Davenport Mystery

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

Sunday, September 20, 2015

CALICO JOE by John Grisham

Do you love baseball?  I practically grew up on a baseball field as my brother played and our dad coached the team.

This is the story of two players, told by the son of one.  Paul's father Warren was a pitcher for the NY Mets and Paul lived and breathed baseball.  His dad however was absent most of the time and when home tended toward drinking and abuse if the family.  Paul rarely got to talk baseball with his dad or even have a game of catch.  Joe was a minor league player who was moved up to the Chicago Cubs, where he went about breaking lots of records.  Until the fateful day he came up to bat against Warren.
Both lives will be shattered.  What will happen?


AMAZON - Calico Joe


SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

Sunday, September 13, 2015

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE by J. K. Rowling

Book 6 in the series.
Harry,  Ron, Hermione and Ginny go back to Hogwarts.  Not before Harry and Dumbledore go on a mission.  This year at school Harry will have private lessons with Dumbledore, which involve going inside people's memories.   There are all kinds of danger about and lots of extra security as well in the wizarding world.   Harry also gets a used book for a class that he hadn't expected to take, this book was once used by the half-blood prince, but who was he?  He did write notes all in the book that really helps Harry with potions.

AMAZON - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

Friday, August 28, 2015

THE ANGELS OF MORGAN HILL by Donna VanLiere

A quick read, that takes you back in time.  Back to the 1947, in a small town in Tennessee.  Lonnie Gable dies, leaving a wife who finds out she is pregnant, daughter Jane and son John.  They are poor as a lot of people were then.  On the day of his funeral, Jane and John see the first "colored" person of their lives.  Milo is a boy about their age and along with his family has come to work on a neighboring farm.  This didn't sit well with some,  but Jane and her family made friends with them. One night Milos house burned, killing his father and sister and shortly after his mother.  Abby-his mother doesn't pass until Fran-Jane's mother promises to raise Milo.  This is not easy and follows along their ups and downs.

AMAZON - The Angels of Morgan Hill

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

Monday, August 24, 2015

THE CHRISTMAS BUS by Melody Carlson

If you like stories about Christmas, you will like this book.
You have a modern day story about Jesus birth.  Edith and Charles own a bed and breakfast and Charles is the pastor of the church across the street.  Their children will not be able to make it for Christmas and Edith decides to open the B & B for the holidays.  Soon the inn is filled.  Then a young couple driving an old brightly painted bus come to see if there is a room.  They are allowed to park their bus on the street.  Amy is due to have her baby soon.  Lots of fun and a disagreeable guest make this a fast read.

AMAZON - The Christmas Bus

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS