Mrs Poe

MRS POE by Lynn Cullen is an excellent book.   I have always enjoyed Poe's works but never knew much about the man.  Frances Osgood, poet, and Poe had an affair and a child.  They were never however able to be together as man and wife.  Guilt and the times held them at arms distance their entire lives.  If you are a Poe fan this is a must read book.

Massacre Pond by Paul Doiron

I am not sure the title fits the book but the book is good.  When conservation officer, Bowditch is called by his friend to investigate the death of five moose on the Morse estate Bowditch is determined to find out.  When he calls in help his boss takes over.  His boss has political stars in his eyes.  When this guy bumbles the investigation Bowditch risks his job, best friend and being with his dying mother to find the person who is now killing people as well as animals.  Can he find out before his life is ruined?

TELL ME by Lisa Jackson

Reporter Nikki Gillette is about to get married to a police detective.  But then they both come upon the same case.  Will their conflicts become too much?  Nikki's childhood friend, Amity, is murdered when they are only 15 years old.  Amity's mother is convicted on an 8 year old's testimony.  Now, this child all grown up has recanted the story.  Amity's mother is being released from jail.  Nikki wants to know the truth.  The police want to keep amity's mother in jail.  The more investigation the more Nikki finds how much her family is involved.  Good book, great read.

LOST by SJ Bolton

Lost is a mystery and very hard to put down.  Barney is a young boy who is trying to find his mother.  His father seems to leave him alone quite a bit.  Barney is able to find things that are hidden and at times has blackouts of time that is lost to him.  He has friends he skates with each evening until someone starts killing 8 - 11 year old boys.  Just Barney's age.  He knows his father is usually gone about the time these killings happen but he does not want to believe it would be his own dad.  When clues begin pointing to Barney's father he can no longer keep it to himself.  His friend, an adult, who lives next door happens to be a cop on leave due to injuries suffered in a previous incident, so Barney confides in her.  Lacey Flintbecomes involved as does the whole police force after a son of their own is missing.  Very good book and many underlying tales.  I would recommend it.

BLACK COUNTRY by Alex Grecian

BLACK COUNTRY by Alex Grecian is about a small town in England that has requested Scotland Yard to help solve the disappearance of three family members.  There is also another mystery brewing behind this possible crime that no one but the two involved are aware of.  The problem is that ther are no bodies as of yet and the town is becoming fatally ill as the search continues.  It is not until the doctor from London comes into town that anyone figures this illness and the crime out.  The second mystery spans many years and two continents.

The Ophelia Cut

THE OPHELIA CUT by John Lescroart is his usual great story.  He always has good mysteries in which you don't always find an answer.  Moses, Dismas,Gina and Abe are tied together by an age old secret that may or may not have been criminal.  But when Moses loses sobriety everyone is afraid he will "spill his guts".   Moses daughter is raped and he is thrown over the edge.  Her assailant is found murdered.  Did Moses do it in a drunken state?  There are others who have motive but the judge will not let Dismas use the third person murderer defense so how will he get Moses off of this murder conviction?  And then in walks his alibi which will keep Moses out of jail and safe from telling his long kept secret.  But all of a sudden that fear is no longer.

The DARKLING

The DARKLING by R B Chesterton the pseudonym for Carolyn Haines recipient of many awards. Wow! I could not put this book down.  Mimi's the live in governess and tutor for the new family in town.  The Henderson's have bought the run down estate in Coden, Alabama and restored it to its original beauty and extravagance.  Bur, Mimi's grandmother asks the Henderson's to foster a 16 year old girl who has amnesia and everything turns evil.  Where did this young girl come from and what is going on around her.  Annie is not what she seems and people start dying or going a bit insane.  Before all of this comes to an end the terrible true must come out.  Very good book, hard to put down, the end is surprising and I wanted to get there quickly.  The book will be released in April. Get it!