Badge Heavy by Frank Zafiro and Colin Conway

 

 Badge Heavy by Frank Zafiro and Colin Conway 

Rating: 5 Anti Crime Team stars

Summary: The third in this fine series of the Charlie 316 novels find the newly formed ACT team of four specifically different police officers running and gunning and making a huge difference in Spokane crime rates. So popular are they that the chief wants a second team formed. But underneath all the grit, division is brewing. 

Comments: This is certainly turning into a much finer series of books I have ever read. Edge of your seat reading. Do not hesitate . Read in order.

.https://www.amazon.com/Badge-Heavy-Charlie-316-Crime-Book-ebook/dp/B08CVRYL6G

A Time to Kill by John Grisham

 

A Time to Kill by John Grisham 

Rating: 5 stars.

Summary: A young girl is violently raped and left for dead by two rednecks in rural Northern Mississippi and sets off a chain reaction of violence, retaliation and racial tensions. Court room dramas so thick with suspense. 

Comments: Have no doubt Grisham is a masterful story teller and this is a fine court room drama. His new Lawyer Jake novel is coming this Fall. Get caught up now. 

https://www.amazon.com/Time-Kill-Novel-Jake-Brigance-ebook/dp/B003B02O0A

Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaason

 

Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaason

Rating: 4 snaky snarky stars.

Summary: Angie is called to remove a mammoth Python from Palm Beach. Once there the large behemoth has obviously eaten something very large. What is it and how does it involve our President? Chaos insues.  

Comments: Another in the long hilarious lines of South Florida funnies by the master Hiaason. 

https://www.amazon.com/Squeeze-Me-novel-Carl-Hiaasen-ebook/dp/B0841NPVX5

The Lakehouse by Joe Clifford

 

The Lakehouse by Joe Clifford

Rating: 5 missing person stars

Summary: A body of an apparent overdosed women is found down the shoreline of a mysterious man with a questionable past who has relocated to a small town Connecticut to build a Lake house. Who’s secrets will be revealed? 

Comments: A big departure from the previous writings from Clifford. A deep dive police procedural that hits the mark of great writing. Highly recommend. This book will keep you guessing until the final pages. Don’t think you’ll have it figured out early. 

https://smile.amazon.com/Lakehouse-Joe-Clifford-ebook/dp/B08CN167FB

A Shadow Intelligence by Oliver Harris

 

A Shadow Intelligence by Oliver Harris

Rating: 4 Kazakh stars

Summary: A MI6 agent is briefly recalled from his assignment. After some questions of his work he fleas to Kazakhstan to search for his missing girlfriend and co agent. Many plot lines develop into a nice little spy novel.

Comments: Oliver Harris is a fine writer and the second Elliot Kane installment is on its way. Recommended. 

https://smile.amazon.com/Shadow-Intelligence-Oliver-Harris-ebook/dp/B07T3J2GJD

When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

 

When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

Rating: 5 Tommy two ton stars

Summary: Heroin is overrun the North Carolina mountains and hollers. When a father has to take matters into his own hands to settle the death of his son. When the local and federal law enforcement have to find the dealers. When another young man realizes he can’t ever get clean. Lots of storylines make a character rich novel.

Comments: Not many writers these days can capture a mood like Joy does and pen it down. David Joy in his fourth novels has become a gifted must read storyteller. Highly recommend. I’d love to sit in a boat with him a walleye hunt. 

https://smile.amazon.com/When-These-Mountains-Burn-David-ebook/dp/B081Y31SHW

Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman

 

Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman

Rating: 5 dusty stars

Summary: We are introduced to private detective Nils Shapiro. Nils is asked to assist The City of Edina, pronounced E -dine-ah, to look into the mysterious death of a women covered in dust. Also to complicate matters is the severe Minnesota cold and plenty of women Nils has competing for his affection being all single and such. 

Comments: Reading out of order, read the acclaimed Dead West first, Matt Goldman has created a wonderful crime series all can enjoy. Highly recommended. 

https://smile.amazon.com/Gone-Dust-Novel-Nils-Shapiro-ebook/dp/B01NBJMMRR

More Better Deals by Joe Lansdale

 

More Better Deals by Joe Lansdale

Rating: 5 down the rabbit hole stars

Summary: Ed a young successful Korean War vet of mixed race is tasked to repossess a caddy for failure to make their payments. During the recovery he meets Nancy the owner of the car. They make many “more better deals” as the story proceeds. 

Comments: Be care-full  of beautiful women asking you for help. Rabbit holes everywhere. A fabulous crime novel. 

https://www.amazon.com/More-Better-Deals-Joe-Lansdale-ebook/dp/B07V8J8RXB

Love and Theft by Stan Parish

 

Love and Theft by Stan Parish

Rating: 4 stars

Summary: Alex a professional high end thief is looking to get out of the thievery business. He falls for a women he meets and just when he thinks he’s retired he gets forced to do one last job unlike he’s ever done.

Comments: A high octane page turner heist novel. Well done and a quick read. 

The Whites by Richard Price

 

The Whites by Richard Price

Rating: 3 confused stars

Summary: A New York police detective working graveyard is haunted by his past and an unknown person stalking his family. A character driven novel. 

Comments: My first foray into Richard Price. Great writing and character development. Confusingly written as if you are thrown into a already moving story. Never got a feel for who is who and why.  

https://smile.amazon.com/Whites-Novel-Richard-Price-ebook/dp/B00MLNBJOU