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Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder

I Loved It. It's Dumb. Sorry Not Sorry. Author: Joanne Fluke Hannah is back, layering on the glucose in this frenzied eating fest while, once again, the murder hub of the world produces another unfortunate, bloodied victim. Mayor Bascomb, the philandering long-term Lake Eden resident and shady schmoozer, has finally picked one too many fights or had one too many affairs. Readers who have been with the series from the beginning, like yours truly, figured that since he survived the sugar rush and hokey homicide of the previous twenty-seven books, Bascomb was safe. Even more shocking, the docile, overly caffeinated, stylish [...]

2023-01-24T20:20:22-07:00January 24th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

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Science, Sincerity, and the Super Humans Author: Blake Crouch Logan Ramsay’s mom was a brilliant scientist, but she caused worldwide starvation and the deaths of 10s of thousands. Logan remembers helping her with her research – the genetic modifications that should have created a planet of plenty, but instead went awry. He remembers helping to release the insects that caused it. And now, as an adult, he lives under this cloud. Logan has spent his entire life avoiding science, trying to make up for what his mother did. He isn’t the smart one anyway, the one with the genius intellect. And [...]

2023-01-23T18:36:29-07:00January 23rd, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Cruel Prince, The

The Way of Faerie Author: Holly Black Most fairy tales – most real, unvarnished fairy tales – begin with blood and violence. The Cruel Prince is no exception. Madoc, an angry fey seeking his runaway ex-wife and their half-fairy child (Vivi) shows up one day to turn a peaceful cottage scene into one of murder and mayhem. But Madoc has rules, ruthless as he is, and he takes not only his true child, but his ex-wife’s human children by another man, Jude and Taryn, under his wing. It is, after all, the brutal law of faerie. The girls, however, have [...]

2023-01-22T13:19:50-07:00January 22nd, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |
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