Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Zoo by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge

All Dressed in White by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke

All Dressed in White - Five years ago, Amanda Pierce disappeared on the eve of her wedding.  Her mother never gave up hope of finding her daughter.  Laurie Moran, is now investigating for her TV series "Under Suspicion".   Among the suspects are the ex-fiance and a bridesmaid who are now married to each other.  Her sister took Amanda's place has heir apparent of the family business.  The groomsmen, still bachelors, are suspect, even though they didn't know the bride well.  Even the bride herself is not immune from rumors of running away.

Monday, August 15, 2016

X by Sue Grafton

X (A Kinsey Millhone Novel) - Ruth Wolinsky, the widow of Pete Wolinsky, is being audited by the IRS.  Or more accurately, Pete Wolinsky's records are being audited.  Ruth asks Kinsey if she came across any financial records, receipts, or other accounting records when she went through Pete's boxes.  Although Kinsey didn't remember anything, she promised Ruth she would look in the box she still had.  While doing so, Kinsey finds an envelope hidden in the bottom of the box.  It is addressed to a priest, and dated over 20 years prior.  Kinsey decides to investigate.  Ruth's home and Kinsey's office are both searched by an unknown party. Kinsey realizes that the searches are because someone realizes that Pete had evidence that Kinsey and Ruth don't know they have or even if they do have it.  As she investigates the envelope and talking to the people that Pete talked to, she realizes that she has judged Pete unfairly and that he was looking after several women who had become obsessions of a deranged man.

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1) - Smith introduces Mma Ramotswe.  This first book gives us Mma Ramotswe's history as well as how she came to run the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.  She solves a couple of little mysteries and looks into the disappearance of a young boy.