Book Reviews

“Whisper To The Blood – Kate Shugak #16” by Dana Stabenow

“Countdown City – The Last Policeman #2” by Ben H Winters

“The Big Keep – Lena Dane Mystery #1” by Melissa F Olson -original, character-driven PI mystery

“Pines” by Blake Crouch – slow, frustrating, dark and ultimately pointless journey to the edge of sanity

“Kitty Takes A Holiday – Kitty Norville #3” by Carrie Vaughn – Kitty’s “Holiday” goes from cursed to worse

“Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel – beautiful, moving, skillfully told story that works as a mainstream novel or as speculative fiction

“Made To Be Broken – Nadia Stafford #2” by Kelley Armstrong – we finally get inside the head of our hitwoman-with-principles

“A Second Chance – Chronicles of St. Mary’s Volume 3” by Jodi Taylor – a return to form for this series- a splendid balance of fun and fear

“Murder of Crows – The Others #2” by Anne Bishop – a deeper look at Meg’s world and her people