The Sinister Pig – Tony Hillerman – Another Visit with an Old Favorite

The Sinister Pig - Tony Hillerman

Another The Sinister Pig – Tony Hillerman 

So I have read almost all of the books in the Jim Chee – Joe Leaphorn series. However, the last Tony Hillerman  book I read was in 2000, when I read  Hunting  Badger (Book #14)!The Sinister Pig (Book #16) in the series has probably been on my bookshelves unread for about 5 years or more. Since one of my reading challenges for 2018 is to read 25 books that are on my TBR shelves and specifically books from series that I have not read for years, choosing The Sinister Pig was a no-brainer. Read More

The Shadow District Begins a New Series from Arnaldur Indridason

The Shadow District- Arnaldur Indridason

The Shadow District – Reykjavik Wartime Mystery #1

The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason is book one in his new Reykjavik Wartime Mystery series.

Indridason is the author of the excellent Detective Erlender series. However, I must admit that while I have loved the series books I have read, I have fallen behind in the series. As a result, I often forget about the series. Can out say once again “too many books too little time”. Read More

Shadow of Death – Wiliam G Tapply – EKK Returns to an Old Favorite

Shadow of Death - Wiliam G Tapply

Shadow of Death (Brady Coyne #21)  – William G Tapply

Ok so here we are in February and I still have not formalized my 2018 Reading Challenges. The only thing that I do know is my goal is to read 65 books in 2018. Additionally I want at least 25 of them to come from my “to be read bookshelves” I’m actually close to having everything worked out and should be able to post the formal challenges this week. Read More

Shut Your Eyes Tight – John Verdon

Shut Your Eyes Tight - John Verdon

Shut Your Eyes Tight – John Verdon

So yesterday I did it. I reached what I thought was an unreachable goal. When I finished Shut Your Eyes Tight by John Verdon, I reached my goal of reading 60 books in 2017!

Shut Your Eyes Tight by John Verdon is the second book in his Dave Guerney series. The main character in the book, Dave  Guerney, is a retired New York City homicide detective. He is a gifted detective and is the most decorated detective in NYPD history. Read More

Carter Blake Hunts The Samaritan (Hint Not a Good Samaritan)!

The Samaritan - Mason Cross

The Samaritan – (Carter Blake #2) – Mason Cross

The Samaritan is book two in the Carter Blake series from Glasgow author Mason Cross. It is also the second of Blake’s adventures that I have read about.And I must say that I found this episode more enjoyable than the first. So I am really looking forward to Winterlong the third book in the series, that has been languishing on my library books to be read shelf for about five weeks!! See I checked it out of the library and then found out it was book three in the series. So I went back and read books one and two before partaking of book three. Read More

The Killing Season a Fine First Visit to the World of Carter Blake!

The Killing Season - Mason Cross the final book read in July 2017

The Killing Season – Mason Cross -(Carter Blake # 1)

The Killing Season by Mason Cross is the first book in his  Carter Blake series. And reading it was my first visit to the world of Carter Blake. He told me in the opening sentences that his name was not Carter Blake. And that he use to be part of a top-secret government operation called Winterlong. But now he hires himself out to find people who don’t want to be found. He’s good at it because he has an uncanny ability to predict his quarry’s next move.In The Killing Season his quarry is a deadly sniper known as “The Chicago Sniper” Read More