Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown

Imagine having drinks one evening and waking up the next morning with someone lying next to you dead! This is how Ms. Brown’s latest entry begins.

This occurrence is just a “smoke screen” for the real issues at hand, a fire that occurred in police headquarters several years prior, the unfortunate demise of a man who was arrested for a crime; some alleged cover-ups and you have the makings of an intense thriller.

This story kept this reader guessing until very late in the book which is what I prefer as opposed to knowing who perpetrated the crime from the beginning.

If you like a good mystery/thriller, this one’s for you.

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Faces of Fear by John Saul

Risa and Michael have been married for about 20 years and they have a 15-year old daughter. Michael is harboring a secret which will effectively dissolve the marriage and it does.

Risa is heartbroken but over the course of a year, regains her self-esteem and remarries a plastic surgeon. It appears to be a union designed in heaven but something is not quite right.

Meanwhile a series of unusual murders are taking place and Tina Wong, consummate reporter is bent on solving them.

This is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you guessing until the end.
If they EVER make a movie out of this title, I will not be able to watch it!


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Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos

It is my thought that a good story has twists and turns which sometimes lead you down a winding path to nowhere and then there are those paths that lead to a culminating profound truth. This is such a story.

Cornelia Brown moves from the city to an upscale suburb where she has a difficult time adjusting to the established friendships in the neighborhood. She finds friendship in the unlikely form of a waitress at a restaurant in town who shares her love of literature and old movies.

A tragedy in the upscale neighborhood disrupts the solid friendships and causes a change in the behavior of one of their own. It is through this tragedy that Cornelia’s personality is tested and the reader can find herself wishing she had a friend like Cornelia.

The ending of this book was not a total surprise but the author’s writing techniques keep the reader enveloped in the story to the end. A wonderful second novel and I hope just the beginning of a prolific writing career.

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