This is a very good debut novel.

Already picked up to be adapted for screen.

The author IS a corporate attorney in ATLANTA. She’s writing what she knows.

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Family. Secrets. Murder.

When Atlanta lawyer Ellice Littlejohn discovers her boss dead in his office, she walks away instead of calling the authorities.

Why?

Because she has been keeping a cache of dark secrets including a small-town past and a kid brother who’s spent time on the other side of the law.

Also, she’s had a long term affair with her boss. And doesn’t want that coming to light.

After that, her life gets … complicated.

The 4th book I’ve now read by Nora Roberts I’d say was the weakest.

Still good.

Still a sprawling, multi-generational tale well told.

The first time she met her father was the day he tried to kill her…

Adrian Rizzo didn’t have the easiest childhood, to put it mildly, but she’s worked hard to put it behind her and to the outside world she is a beautiful young woman with a successful, high-profile career and a wonderful family and friends.

When, out of the blue, she receives a death threat in the post, she is shocked but puts it down to someone’s jealousy of her success and tries to forget about it. But Adrian doesn’t realise that it’s more than just spite. Someone is very, very angry about her happy life and will stop at nothing to bring it all crashing down. …

Fantastic Fiction

#14 in the Inspector Gamache series.

Not nearly my favourite.

The plot highly unlikely. That’s often the case for Gamache books, actually.

I did enjoy the book starting -35C in a fierce blizzard. Readers should understand how difficult life is in rural Canada during the winter.

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A typical Hercule Poirot tale set in Jerusalem and Petra.

Not her best.

But Christie did keep me guessing on the killer in Appointment with Death.

The city of Biloxi, Mississippi beachfront lies directly on the Mississippi Sound,

We heard about it during Hurricane Katrina. Biloxi was one of the places most devastated. 53 died there during that storm.

It’s the setting of Grisham’s 2022 book, the Boys of Biloxi.

Classic Grisham, I’d say. Long. It spans decades. Legal wrangling.

I enjoyed the book though some feel it’s not quite up to his highest standards.

Grisham was born in Mississippi. He was a lawyer. Once again, he writes what he knows.

In this one two good friends from Biloxi, both baseball all-stars, become enemies for the rest of their lives.

One goes into the law. The other into crime.

During prohibition, Biloxi had plenty of illegal booze. Prostitution. Gambling. It was called the “poor man’s Riviera.” 

Grisham is a Baptist. And a Democrat. He opposes Capital Punishment, which is a theme in this book.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. A very entertaining interview.

This is the 3rd book (2020) in the Kings Lake Investigation series.

Nothing written by Grainger is bad, but for me these books are lacklustre because DC Smith — the lead character — is not in them much.

I can’t say anything really stuck with me from this one.