THE CAT WHO AT DANISH MODERN BY LILLIAN JACKSON BRAUN

THE CAT WHO ATE DANISH MODERN (2) BY LILLIAN JACKSON BRAUN introduces the Cat Who fans to Yum Yum,the tiny delicate female siamese who is soon to become the third in the trio , joined with KOKO & QUILL.  Quill, stuck with the indignant assignment of being "reporter" for the Gracious Abode's  insert comes across another set of robberies and yes murder.  Quill, with KoKo's help hunts and finds the bad guys and in the process, Quill adds another siamese to his growing "family"

If you cant tell already, I am a huge fan of the Cat Who series. It is , yes, a cozy mystery& I am still after many many moons still enjoy relaxing with them. 

HAUNTED HOUSE ON HENRY STREET THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF PROFESSOR DARKK AND MISS SHADOW BY JEFF WALKER

HAUNTED HOUSE ON HENRY STREET THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF PROFESSOR DARKK AND MISS SHADOW BY JEFF WALKER is a very short story which shows why it took a very little time to read.  I was a bit disappointed the characters were a bit shallow and not well defined.  I hope the next in the series will solve that issue for the readers. As for the plot, it was very graphic in the description of the events surrounding the characters which made a pretty gruesome read, which in this humble readers point of view was the major plus of the story. Being a short story in a series I am very anxious to check out the further adventures of Professor Darkk and Miss Shadow.

I recieved this e book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review.

THE MANSION BY EZEKIEL BOONE

Most of us have it: AI or Artificial Intelligence.  From "Hey Siri" to Amazon Echo AI is a huge part of our lives.  It does great things, checks appointments recommends restaurants and even guides our vehicles to our destination.  Now stop and wonder what would happen if someone put an AI into a haunted mansion?  In the book THE MANSION BY EZEKIEL BOONE, one of the main characters, multi millionaire wizkid Shawn Eagle does just that!  And the results of this will make you think twice about using your devices ever again!

Shawn Eagle is super rich. He has it all fame, wealth, power, a multi-million dollar conglomerate and NELLIE, his and Billy Stafford's creation.  The perfect AI, or maybe not. NELLIE has been integrated into Shawn's family mansion,which has the reputation of being haunted.  Billy,on the road to recovery from drugs & alcohol, flat broke and toxic in any job but a dead end job, is hired by Shawn to get the kinks out of NELLIE before he opens his renovated home,now a hotel for the idle rich, to the public.  Billy moves into the mansion with his wife and starts to work on fixing NELLIE,but soon Billy and his wife discover there is really something badly wrong with NELLIE, NELLIE has infused with the evilness of the house and the house wants more than Billy is willing to give. The only way out of this nightmare is to bend to the will of NELLIE/MANSION.

Creepy to say the least THE MANSION left me wondering if maybe I need to get away from my Siri for awhile ! Haunting is not the word that I want to use to describe this book, more like Creepy! It left me sitting there thinking about how technology does run my life,from my cell,which  sleeps, I mean lays on my nightstand to the computer I am typing this review on.  It is a good book to curl up with (naturally with your smartphone by your side)!

I received this book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review.

THE WOLF'S HOUR BY ROBERT R MCCAMMON

THE WOLF'S HOUR BY ROBERT R MCCAMMON is by far on of my favorite novels of Mr.McCammons! That being said, I listened to the book on audio and I have to say that I was a bit disappointed with whom they chose to read the book.  Using a Brittish reader to read a novel that is set in Nazi Germany took away some of the pleasure of this audio book, which is why I only gave it a four star. 

Michael Gallatin : British citizen,Russian,  spy and believe it or not a lycanthrope !  Michael goes into situations where no mere human can go!  Along with his helpers along the way Michael is tasked to penetrate Nazi occupied France and find out what "Iron Fist" is before D-Day.  Along the way he uses whatever means, even turning into a wolf,  to find out and hopefully stop the Nazi plan to pave the way for troops to land in Normandy.

You have to be pretty patient with the book Wolf's Hour because it flips back and forth from Michael's being bitten to Michaels life as a wolf then back again to Nazi Germany & France.  If you can be patient with it , it is a very good book and I will be re reading it in the future.

THE STRANGE CURSE OF BREDA BY STEVEN ARNETT

THE STRANGE CURSE OF BREDA BY STEVEN ARNETT is a thrill a page mystery.  We have, in this novel, a deranged serial killer who has taken an old curse and turned it into a killing spree.  I found this book so engaging I stayed up into the wee hours of the night getting it read. It has a breakneck pace that keeps the reader  flipping thru the book wanting to see what happens next.  The setting for the book is perfect:  small town where everyone knows each others business, finds themselves dealing with a serial killer .  Everyones lives are impacted but this killing from the sheriff investigating the murders to the corner hardware store owner. 

Living in a small village I understand the dynamics of the city of  Breda , we all know each other, and when an event happens the whole town is affected. Breda will never be the same. The murders have taken the town and turned it inside out.  No one trusts anyone, no one goes out to businesses and the town and its people are changed forever. An excellent novel for anyone who loves the thrill ride of a good mystery/thriller.

I recieved this book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review.

THE CAT WHO COULD READ BACKWARDS BY LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN

THE CAT WHO COULD READ BACKWARDS BY LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN is the first Cat Who mystery of the series.  It introduces the reader to two of the three main characters of the series Koko and Jim Qwilleran, an out of work down on his luck reporter who will do anything including the art beat to get a job at a newspaper.  Qwilleran, know to his friends & devoted reading fans, as Quill thinks the art beat is going to be dullsville. But when a murder pops up things get hot and his reporter nose gets to investigating. 
Koko , a very intelligent siamese cat, who read newspaper headlines(backwards) , eats chopped beef(in gravy or broth, heated) and is sometimes more intelligent than his soon to be roomy, helps solve the crimes.

I fell in love with the Cat Who series a long time ago & the other day I dug into the bookcase to renew my friendship!  Yes, these are cozy mysteries but very entertaining and worthy of a read or in my case a re-read.

THEY THIRST BY ROBERT R.MCCAMMON

THEY THIRST BY ROBERT R.MCCAMMON is in my humble opinion one of the scariest of the vampire stories out there today.  If you think about this book you can see why the king vampire COULD take over L.A. and no one would be the wiser .  L.A. where if anything weird is going on the rest of us would just ho hum typical L.A. and move on.  In this story, the vampire starts out slowly, building his empire and like the Prince he is, then plans and executes the compete (well almost ) takeover of one of the largest cities is the US!  Problem is, where evil is present so is good. Good in the form of four everyday people who recognize what is going on and will die to get rid of the vampires. In THEY THIRST we also get a tiny bit of a murder mystery in the form of the Roach.  Killing prostitutes and stuffing their mouths with live roaches. 

I have been a fan of Mr.McGammons for a very long time and THEY THIRST is one of my favorites and I am more than glad to see AUDIBLE has seen fit to include it in its lineup.

THE MOSCOW OFFENSIVE BY DALE BROWN

THE MOSCOW OFFENSIVE BY DALE BROWN is a continuation of the Iron Wolf squadron and only the second of the MacLanahan series that I have read.  I am fast becoming a fan of Brown's because of the breakneck pace the series takes and from one page to the next you have zero clue if the good guys are going to win or not.  Mr.Brown takes the reader on a military thrill ride, battling the Russians & their very government .   Yes, like in most books there is a little bit of a lull in the action and plot but all and all Mr.Brown again succeeds in writing a thrill a minute read!

I recieved this ebook free from goodreads in exchange for a review.