Author: Kate Morton

I’ve read a number of Kate Morton books and I’ve always enjoyed them. Her format in this is very similar to others I’ve read – part of the story takes place in the past and part of the story takes place in the present.

This particular book had a good twist at the end, one I never would have guessed. And once I knew the secret I almost wanted to go back and start over!

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Author: Caroline Leavitt

I’m not sure where this book came from but most likely from Kathryn, and perhaps via Regan as well. I love having readers in the family.

The book is divided into two parts. The first part takes place in 1956 in the days before and after a young boy, Jimmy, has disappeared. His sister, Rose, and Lewis are his only friends and, because of a missed meeting, neither of them know what happened.

The second part of the book begins seven years later when Jimmy’s body has been discovered in a bomb shelter on a neighbour’s property. As Rose and Lewis re-unite, they piece together what probably happened to Jimmy.

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Author: Craig Johnson

We have seen a few seasons of Longmire on Netflix and the book (on Kindle) had almost all of the characters from the show so it felt very familiar. The story takes place in Absaroka County but often flips back in time to Walt’s time in Vietnam.

The only problem I had with the book (and maybe it was just the Kindle edition) was that the jump from present day back to Vietnam gave a heading and date whereas the jump back to the present time gave no indication; one paragraph was a conversation in Vietnam and the next paragraph was a conversation back in the present day.

I enjoyed the book enough that I might look for others in the series; it is often a long wait between Longmire seasons.

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Author: Ian Rankin

This Ian Rankin book (on the Kindle) was written after he had retired the Rebus character, which I always enjoyed. The main character, Malcolm Fox, is with the team that investigates the misconduct of other police officers. When his sister’s partner is found murdered suspicion begins to rest with Malcolm and he is suspended. Malcolm, and the cop he was investigating at the time of his suspension, begins to piece together who is behind the murder and why they are both under investigation.

Although the story was interesting, the switch from cop-who-investigates-cops to the detective-on-the-street didn’t ring true to me.

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