WITHOUT WARNING

WITHOUT WARNING by David Rosenfelt is great.  After his wife is murdered by her lover, police chiefJake Ribbins is faced with another disaster.  Someone is either out to get him or avenge Jake.  His hometown is flooded by a burst dam and the time capsule buried four years ago must be opened.  The capsule holds more than the city remembered being in it.  Who put these mysterious predictions in the capsule and why are they coming true.  A must read.

LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB

LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB by Francine Prose Is a bit difficult to follow.  Many voices tell the story. Lou is a muscular woman who is a very good athlete.  She is an Olympic track star, undercover agent, traitor, and cross dresser.  There are many accurate historical facts but too many voices.  At one point it is the writer, the girlfriend, and the photographer but all in first person.  I had to keep looking back or reminding myself who was speaking and then I would lose the thread of the story. I like learning the facts, and about the people but want to enjoy a book not struggle to keep it reading smoothly.

THE INVENTION OF WINGS

I just finished THE INVENTION OF WINGS and it was great.  The time period was the early 1800s and the slave trade was very wide spread.  Sarah Grimke was very much against slavery.  She had her own ideas and was not shy to tell everyone how she felt.  This is a book of historical fiction.  Sarah was a true person and was indeed, an antislavery activist and feminist when these were not popular opinions.  The author tells us in the back that she did take liberties with some facts and used some fictitious events to make the story interesting.  I really do enjoy learning when I read.

HUNTED

HUNTED by Elizabeth Heiter was great.  FBI profiler Evelyn is now the one who must get into the "hunters"mind even though she may have been one of his victims.  She may be too close to the case, but she refuses to give up.  She must find this killer and maybe she will be able to move on from the childhood that ended tragically for her and her friend.  A must read mystery.

The Execution

THE EXECUTION by Dick Wolf is a Jeremy Fisk novel.  If you've read Mr Wolf you know he is a recurring character.  Mr. Wolf  is on desk duty after a shooting and the loss of his fiancé.  It is United Nations Week in New York and a treaty is being signed by our President and the Mexican President.  But someone does not want this to happen.  Someone who has been beheading certain cartels in Mexico, is now in New York.  He wants someone dead and is giving major warnings to everyone involved.

A CIRCLE OF WIVES

A CIRCLE OF WIVES by Alice LaPlante is a page turner.  When Dr. John Taylor dies in a hotel room in his own hometown, the police wonder if it really was a heart attack.  He had bruises on his body an at the autopsy they find potassium chloride in his system.  And then, many surprises pop up.  Like three wives and much more.  But which one did it or was it a disgruntled patient.  I guessed the murderer but was wrong and couldn't figure out how it happened.  Very good read

AFTER I'M GONE

AFTER I'M GONE by Laura Lippmann will be released in February.  It is a mystery when Felix disappears leaving behind a wife, three daughters and a mistress.  It seems as though the mistress is doing very well while the wife and daughters are just squeaking by.  Why did Felix leave the coffee house to his mistress, Julie and leave nothing for his family?  Maybe, he didn't Bambi, his wife, began to think.  She always thought Julie stole HER money but Bert, his best friend always came to the rescue.  They survived; the daughters grew up to raise families but Bambi never married and always wondered where her husband could be.  Will she ever find out?