Reading with the Mystery Book Club-
The Survivors by Jane Harper
Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets...
Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences.
The
guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young
family to the small coastal community he once called home.
Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn.
When
a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to
emerge. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never
washed away...
The Hercule Poirot book for this month-
Taken at the Flood (Hercule Poirot #26) by Agatha Christie
A few weeks after marrying an attractive young
widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London
blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole
possession of the Cloade family fortune.
Shortly afterwards,
Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man’s sister-in-law who
claims she has been warned by ‘spirits’ that Mrs Underhay’s first
husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to
find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what
mystifies Poirot most is the woman’s true motive for approaching him…
Book Club read for November-
Mutineers' Moon (Dahak#1) by David Weber
For Lt. Commander Colin Maclntyre, it began as a
routine training flight over the Moon. For Dahak, a self-aware Imperial
battleship, it began millennia ago when that powerful artificial
intelligence underwent a mutiny in the face of the enemy. The mutiny was
never resolved--Dahak was forced to maroon not just the mutineers but
the entire crew on prehistoric Earth.
Dahak has been helplessly
waiting as the descendants of the loyal crew regressed while the
mutineers maintained control of technology that kept them alive as the
millennia passed. But now Dahak's sensors indicate that the enemy that
devastated the Imperium so long ago has returned--and Earth is in their
path. For the sake of the planet, Dahak must mobilize its defenses. And
that it cannot do until the mutineers are put down. So Dahak has picked
Colin Maclntyre to be its new captain. Now Maclntyre must mobilize
humanity to destroy the mutineers once and for all--or Earth will become
a cinder in the path of galactic conquest.
Reading for NetGalley-
The Dragons of Deepwood Fen (The book of the Holt #1) by Bradley P. Beaulieu
This 1st book in a new fantasy series from the
author of the acclaimed Song of the Shattered Sands series follows an
unlikely pair as they expose the secrets at the heart of the mountain
city of Ancris.
Lorelei Aurelius is the smartest inquisitor in
the mountain city of Ancris. When a mysterious tip leads her to a
clandestine meeting between the Church and the hated Red Knives, she
uncovers a plot that threatens not only her home but the empire itself.
The
trail leads her to Rylan Holbrooke, a notorious thief posing as a
dragon singer. Rylan came to Ancris to solve the very same mystery she
stumbled onto. Knowing his incarceration could lead to the Red Knives’
achieving their goals, Lorelei makes a fateful she frees him.
Now
branded as traitors, the two flee the city on dragonback. In the
massive forest known as the Holt, they discover something terrible. The
Red Knives are planning to awaken a powerful demigod in the holiest
shrine in Ancris, and for some reason the Church is willing to allow it.
It forces their return to Ancris, where the unlikely allies must rally
the very people who’ve vowed to capture them before it’s too late.
Explore
the mountain city of Ancris, where fast-paced adventure and intrigue
abound. in this new offering from the author of the acclaimed Song of
the Shattered Sands series.
Also reading for NetGalley-
Spirit of the Wood (Green Rider #7.5) by Kristen Britain
This short novel set in the world of the New
York Times bestselling Green Rider series tells the backstory of
fan-favorite character Laren Mapstone
Perfect for longtime Green
Rider fans eager for more of the world or new readers discovering the
realm of Sacoridia for the first time, this action-packed, feminist
fantasy is a must-read for lovers of the genre.
After years of
leading the battle against the vicious Darrow Raiders, Lieutenant-Rider
Laren Mapstone has built a fortress around herself to conceal her
emotions and the deep scars she carries. When she is made mentor to
Tavin Bankside, a Green Rider trainee on his first message errand, her
cold and brooding exterior quickly earns her the moniker the “Ice Lady.”
Only
after Laren is severely wounded in an attack on the North Road by a
gang of bandits—including some former Darrow Raiders with vengeance on
their minds—do the fortress walls fall. Even as they seek refuge from
danger in a Rider waystation, Tavin’s natural empathic gift leaves him
vulnerable to the assault of the lieutenant’s emotions. Tavin must save
Lieutenant Mapstone’s life and master his empathic gift before it
destroys them both.
However, an ancient power lurks deep within
the Green Cloak, and its aid or hindrance could mean survival for the
Riders or the downfall of Sacoridia and all the free lands.
My "Pick it for me" book-
The Memory Watcher by Minka Kent
When Autumn Carpenter stumbles upon the social
media account of the family who adopted her infant daughter years ago,
she finds herself instantly drawn into their picture-perfect existence.
From
behind a computer screen, Autumn watches Grace's every memory, from
birthdays to holidays to bedtime snuggles. But what starts as an
innocent fascination spirals into an addictive obsession met with a
screeching halt the day the McMullen family closes their Instaface
account without so much as a warning.
Frantic and desperate to
reconnect with her daughter, Autumn applies for a nanny position with
the McMullens, manipulating herself into Grace's life under false
pretenses. And it's only then that Autumn discovers pictures lie, the
perfect family doesn't exist, and beautiful people? They have the
ugliest secrets.
I would also like to read this one-
The Sword's Elegy (The Sorcerer's Song #3) by Brian D. Anderson
The Sword's Elegy is the third book in a new epic fantasy trilogy from successful self-published author Brian D. Anderson, perfect for fans of The Wheel of Time and The Sword of Truth.
The
doom of humankind has at last been realized. Belkar's prison is broken
and his army is on the move. The nations of Lamoria, unaware of the
greater danger, look to repel the aggression of Ralmarstad.
Mariyah
and Lem, certain that only the magic of the Bards can save them,
desperately search for that lost knowledge. But friends and allies are
what they need to complete their task. And they are in short supply.
For, while peril often brings out the best in us, it also brings out the
worst.
In the end, it is not great power, terrible armies, or
mighty warriors who will influence the course of fate. But two lovers
and the unbreakable bond they share. All questions are answered. All
mysteries revealed. And even Belkar will learn that fate, once tempted,
cannot be denied.
Everything else I read this month will be whatever I feel in the mood to read. I'm guessing there will be a lot of mystery and suspense read this month because that's what I've been in the mood for the most lately, but I do want to squeeze a romance in there somewhere, because I haven't read one since August.
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