Monday, August 27, 2018

Book Reviews for August: Heartaches 3, Pancake Money, Superhighway, World Incorporated, The Girl Who Knew da Vinci, Island Games, Gringo, Banana Cream Pie Murder, The Embalmer, Stillhouse Lake

The following are books I have read and my reviews. I have links to the original posts and links to the books if you would like to read it.

The genres for these books are fiction, paranormal, romance, suspense, fantasy, cozy mystery, fictional crime, serial killer, thriller, horror, non-fiction


Heartaches 3: Bad Boy Vibes by H.M. Irwing





Anna and Rafe are back, and they are plotting to end the men who abused them.

The author, H. M. Irwing has written more than ten romance books, and Heartaches 3 is the third book of the Bad Boy Vibes series. This book has 184 exciting pages.

Heartaches 3: Bad Boy Vibes is all about the plot against the bad guys. Anna and Rafe pot to stop a wedding, and they will go to great lengths to get what they want. Rafe has also conspired with Ned. Ned wants to bring down the person he blames for his brother’s death and Rafe agrees to help him. They want to destroy the Preston’s and Dayton business and the men themselves; meanwhile, Anna’s brother Brian comes home for Christmas to confess something to Anna. She doesn’t want to hear anything he has to say, but he needs to tell her before he dies. Brian has his plot to destroy the Preston’s and Dayton. Everybody seems to have a similar plot, to put an end to the men responsible for the abuse directed at them or in Ned’s case to avenge his brother’s death. continue reading




Pancake Money by Finn Bell





Pancake Money is about the brutal murders of retired Catholic priests. Detectives have no fingerprints, no witnesses, and no DNA. They have nothing, and they have nothing that connects the murders. They also must find Jones Maihi, he escaped after being let out of prison for his son’s funeral. Detective Pollo was the lead detective that sent him to prison now he must find him and send him back to prison.

Quote: “Dead priests and escaped gangster. You couldn’t make this sh*t up, “Pollo says. continue reading




Superhighway (Superhighway Trilogy Book 1) by Alex Fayman





Superhighway is about Alex Fine, an intelligent, 18-year-old who has been an orphan living in an orphanage for most of his life. He loves reading books and was upset when the home was gifted with several computers. A couple of months before he was to move into a college dormitory his life was changed forever by those computers. continue reading




World, Incorporated: A Modern Dystopia by Tom Gariffo





Agent Sliver hasn’t felt anything for years but now he feels, and the feeling is RAGE!

World, Incorporated: A Modern Dystopia has 288 pages. This is the first book by Tom Gariffo.

World, Incorporated: A Modern Dystopia is about Agent Sliver, the man who takes care of problems for World, Incorporated, one of the super corporations. If there is an attack or threat to World, Incorporated the CEO, Fellrock, assigns Sliver to the job. Things changed for him when he literally ran into Kelly, and now he has a target on his back, and after another attack, he is left with rage for the man who abducted him. continue reading




The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci" by Belle Ami





Searching for a painting believed to have been stolen more than seventy years ago is a greedy museum director who will do anything to possess the painting, and a billionaire wanting to exonerate his uncle.

The Girl Who Knew da Vinci has 240 pages and is the first book in the “An Out of Time Thriller” series. Belle Ami, the author, has written six novels and a short story. Her genres are thrillers, romantic- suspense novels, and a little paranormal thrown into the mix. continue reading




Island Games" by Caleb J. Boyer





The friendship of two boys, Matthew and Ryan, will be tested on their amazing journey as they try to find their way off the island and to get back home.

Island Games: Mystery of the Four Quadrants has 242 pages and it is the first book by this young author, 12-year-old, Caleb J. Boyer. If he continues to write like this, then I suspect this won't be the last time we see his name. continue reading




Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive by Dan "Tito" Davis





As his friends from Mexico said, “Gringo stupido” sums it up.

Gringo” My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive has 340 pages. This is the first book by this author.

Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive is the memoirs of Dan “Tito” Davis, and his life on the run from the DEA, and Federales. Dan started selling drugs in college, and the money was great, but not good enough. He had to get more product to sell to more contacts. He got caught by DEA, but he didn’t get as much time as the DEA would have liked, and they were not happy. He got sent to a prison on the west coast. When he got out of prison he started selling marijuana, which was just a repeat for the life before prison, but a different drug. His best friend was partners with a meth cook, but when he got caught he told the DEA officials that the meth was Dan’s. Dan wasn’t dealing meth, but he was a big marijuana distributor. Dan, being told that he could get thirty years in prison, left the United States for Mexico, where his friends there called him “Gringo stupido”. He was on the run for thirteen years. continue reading




Banana Cream Pie Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery) by Joanne Fluke





Banana Cream Pie Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery), book 21 in the series has 432 pages. The author Joanne Fluke has written, at the time of this review, more than 40 books with most of them being the “A Hannah Swensen Mystery” series.

Delores Swensen, author of Regency books and mother of Hannah Swensen has just found the body of her friend Tori Bascomb, the Mayor’s sister. Hannah and her husband have been on a cruise for their honeymoon. Hannah gets a message from her sister, Michelle. The message tells her about Tori’s murder and that Delores wants her to come home right away. Delores thinks that Tori knew her killer because a couple of plates and Hannah’s Banana Cream Pie was on the coffee table. Also, after returning home, Hannah doesn’t know where Ross is. continue reading




The Embalmer: A Steve Jobz Thriller by Vincent Zandri





Someone is kidnapping young women and embalming them while they are still alive.

The author, Vincent Zandri has written more than twenty books. His genres are mysteries, thrillers, suspense, and fiction. The Embalmer is book one of the series “A Steve Jobz Thriller” with 373 exciting pages.

The Embalmer: A Steve Jobz Thriller is about Steve Jobz a former cop who was let go from his job after shooting a teenager. He now works at the Unemployment Fraud Investigations Agency with Herman and Lu; they report to Henry.

Detective Miller has asked for Steve’s help in solving a murder case he is working on called the “Mortician Murderer.” The killer is using online dating sites to find his victims, then he kidnaps them and embalms them while they are still alive. He has sent emails to the funeral home’s electronic guest book with comments that suggest he has been unemployed. Detective Miller wants to search for unemployed people that worked in the funeral service field looking for their killer. Steve’s knowledge of police work and his accessibility of unemployment records makes him the right man for the job. continue reading




Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake Series) by Rachel Caine





Stillhouse Lake is about Gina and her two children, Lily and Brady, trying to survive after they find out that the man they thought they knew was a stranger. Mel is a husband and father and he is a serial killer, who killed and torture women in the garage of their house, which had been enclosed. Gina was arrested for helping him torture and kill the women but was later acquitted. Now, Gina and the children have moved to several different places and changed their names several times, but they want to try to live a normal life.

Stillhouse Lake, the first book of the Stillhouse Lake series it has 302 pages, written by Rachel Caine. the author of over 50 novels. One of my favorite book series by this author is Morganville Vampires. Stillhouse Lake series is now a new favorite. I found it hard to put this book down, it was intense, and I just had to see what was going to happen next.

Gina now Gwen is a strong woman and she is vigilant. She watches for signs that their identities or their location have been compromised. She prepares for things that could happen and she protects her children, Lily now Atlanta or Lanny and Brady now Connor, at all costs. I like strong women characters and Gwen is a strong, vigilant, and well-prepared woman who is aware of everything going on around her. She has trained her children with emergency drills at night, so they will know what to do and where to go if they are threatened. continue reading




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