Feb 28, 2018

Roses are Red by James Patterson (2001) Grand Central Publishing

Different gangs of criminals are killing and robbing banks Alex Cross has to find the mastermind behind all of the crimes.

Feb 24, 2018

Artemis by Andy Weir (2017) Ballantine Books

A girl living on the moon in the Artemis colony, saves her city by breaking all the rules 

Feb 19, 2018

Every heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (2016) Tor

Where young people go to learn how to move on in this life after returning from a fantastic journey to a world that feels more like home than this one.

Feb 15, 2018

Day Shift by Charlaine Harris (2015) Ace

A Midnight, Texas novel wherein our hero, Manfred, does a reading for a favorite client, who drops dead and passes through his connection to her husband.  Her son accuses Manfred of stealing her jewels (which she hid).  At the same time, a young man, growing amazingly fast is brought to town to be looked after by the Rev, who isn't very good at looking after, even if they are both were-tigers.

Feb 10, 2018

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (2016) Algonquin 

Each year, in the Protectorate, a child must be sacrificed to the Witch.  But one year, the witch, who feeds each child starlight and takes them to a better place and finds good parents, accidentally feeds one child from the moon and keeps her because her magic will be too wild for most people to control.

Feb 6, 2018

Mr. Majestyk by Elmore Leonard (2002) Mariner Books 

All he wants to do is get his melon crop harvested and to market.  But he let his temper get away from him when a local hoodlum tries to drive off his workers and replace them with drunks.  He ends up on a bus with a killer whose crew tries to break him out and now he has to deal with that man.

Feb 1, 2018

Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher (2006) Ace 

The only human in the world who does not have the ability to capture and train Furies is trained to be a Cursor (spy) and has to draw on his abilities to save the kingdom while the First Lord is unconscious.