THE OTHER WIDOW By Susan Crawford

Someone may be trying to kill this couple.  Could it be his wife?  Joe tells Dorrie they must quit seeing each other.  Joe's wife, Karen, knows he's having an affair.  She fears she could loss too much if Joe leaves her.  Dorri's husband suspects but would he leave or kill Joe to keep Dorri?  Good read.  Not gory really.  I thought there were too many characters and they were not developed enough.  All and all the story line is good just too much going on and not enough detail.

THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR by Sheri Lapena

Great book.  Really enjoyed it .  Anne and Marco's babysitter cancelled at the last minute.  They are just going to be next door.  The homes have a shared wall.  What could possibly happen if they took the monitor and checked on her every half hour?  Turns out a lot.  When Anne and Marco get home at 1:00am their baby is missing.  Will she be alive and who would take her?  I'm still not sure which couple is the couple next door.  They both have secrets to hide. Very interesting book.  Must read!

ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN by Wendy Walker

ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN by Wendy Walker is told from the point of view of the psychologist who is learned about recovering lost memories.  Jenny Kramer was brutally attacked at a party.  Jenny was given a drug to erase her memories of the attack.  But our minds are smarter than that.  We may not cower from specific events or people, but the brain has an emotional memory.  Jenny cannot understand why she has such a rage inside her.  The rage affects everyone associated with her, even her psychologist and his son.  Good book, sometimes the explanations from the psychologist require slower reading and more attention. All in all I would recommend the book.

THE WOMAN N CABIN 10 by Ruth Ware

Lo, short for Laura, is given the chance of a lifetime.  She is booked on the maiden voyage of the yacht, Aurora.  Everything is free.  She is a journalist for a travel magazine.  After Lo's apartment is burgled, she is ready for a restful vacation.  But on her first night she thinks she hears someone fall or get pushed overboard.  But no one believes her.  She had too much to drink and she takes antidepressants, according to the head of security.  Did she imagine it or is something "fishy" going on?  Who has access to her room?  Someone is stealing any evidence she has had and leaving her threatening messages.  Psychological thriller well worth your time to read.  Many twists and turns abound.

DISAPPEARANCE AT DEVIL's ROCK by Paul Trembly

Tommy Sanderson is on summer vacation. He is hanging with friends just like most other kids his age.  A new guy in town is welcomed into this group. But Arnold is much older.  Exactly how old, the boys don't know.  The parents are unaware of Arnold until Tommy doesn't come home and the police question the boys.  Josh and Luis, Tommy' best friends, and Tommy snuck out in the middle of the night.  Three boys went out but only two came back.  Where is Tommy and what is happening to him?  Do his mother, Elizabeth, and his sister, Kate, see him or maybe his ghost in the house?  Who is dropping pages from Tommy's journal on the floor?  A must read mystery.

BLOOD FLAG by Steve Martini

BLOOD FLAG by Steve Martini is about a flag that was carried by Hitler in his rise to power before WWII.  I don't know if the story about the flag is true but in the book many people are after it.  Paul Madriana and his law partner, Harry Hinds, defend a client against the murder charges of her father.  But, Emma Brauer, the client, knows her father was afraid of someone after he receives a small package in the mail. Emma swears she did not kill her father.  In their research, Paul and Harry discover two of Mr. Brauer's friends have died suddenly.  Law assistant, Sofia, suffers the same fate.  This can't be an accident, can it?  In comes the mystery of the Blood Flag.  Paul and Harry must find out who is killing people and why is the flag so important.  Surprise ending you will never see coming.

MAESTRA by L. S. Hinton

A very different book.  Not quite FIFTY SHADES but not a simple mystery either.  Judith came from poverty but would not accept that as an adult.  She wanted everything she never had.  But, until she ran into an old school chum, she wasn't sure that would happen.  Whe Judith met the rich men in the gentlemen's club, she saw how she would handle her new status.  But, the first death she witnessed gave her an insatiable appetite for murder and more.  Be prepared for shocking and ruthless scenes.