Run Away

Author: Harlan Coben

I’ve seen a couple of Netflix series based on this author’s work and thought I should read at least one of them before more come online. Although I didn’t know it when I borrowed this one from the library, it is in production for a new series.

I really had to pace myself with this book. I read almost halfway through it in one sitting but I wanted to make it last until we came home from Texada.

There are three storylines that start the book and, of course, they all come together at the end. Simon Greene is the father of a drug-addicted daughter who is missing after her boyfriend is murdered. Elena Ramirez is a private investigator looking for the son of her wealthy client. Ash and Dee Dee appear to be on a crime spree with a motive that only they know. There were surprises at every turn in the last hundred pages.

Goodreads Rating: * * * * *

The Book of Lost Names

Author: Kristin Harmel

I recently enjoyed another book by this author so thought I would try another one. It was an easy read but followed a very familiar pattern. I think for now I’m done with this particular genre. It only took a short time for me to realize where the title came from and I knew both of the surprises long before we got there.

Eva is a young Jewish woman living in occupied Paris during the Second World War. She and her mother narrowly escape a Nazi roundup but with the forged papers Eva manages to put together they escape with the hope of making it to Switzerland. Her skills are put to use forging documents for the many refugees who are desperate to flee France.

Goodreads Rating: * * *

Aah …

Thursday, February 24, 2024

I’m enjoying my week at the studio. The sun has shone almost every day but it is still on the cool side. We got out and walked the nature trail one day and we went out for lunch on Valentine’s Day – there are no restaurants open in the evenings here.

I’ve managed to get quite a bit of work done. My Stash Buster blocks have been put together into a quilt top. I’ll add a border when I get home and then wait for a sunny and warm day to sandwich it on the back deck. I needed to work out some measurements for my Alias Grace blocks and I think I have a plan now. It works on paper anyway.

I’ve been working on the grad gift the last couple of days. Still lots to do but it is going well. I finished my huge book in time to get it onto the library bin at the post office here. I’ll finish the second book tonight. I have one more library book to start so I won’t need to dig into the bookshelf here on this trip.

We’ll be heading home on Sunday but that still leaves lots of relaxation time.

The Running Grave

Author: Richard Galbraith

Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott are partners in a private detective agency. A wealthy client hires the agency to check on the welfare of his son, Will, who is a member of a very secret organization called the Universal Humanitarian Church. Some say the UHC is a cult and although many have tried to bring them down none have succeeded. In order to get information about Will, Robin goes undercover and joins the group.

One of the things I liked about the story is that the detective agency had other clients that they were working with simultaneously and they had other employees. It wasn’t a single story line with only two heroes. Although this book is #7 in a series it wasn’t necessary to have read any of the others to fully understand the story. I’ll look for other books in the series when I’m next at the library and needing a book.

When I was about three-quarters of the way through the book I looked at the note on the inside back cover. Richard Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rawling (of Harry Potter fame).

Goodreads Rating: * * * * *