newly discovered author for me. love this series. Cant wait to read more by this author! I devoured this series. A cozy mystery series that any animal lover would adore!

I would recommend this book. It kept my attention and I looked forward to reading every day. I could picture the story.

What sounds inspirational is not--the book is a bit dull. Biographies of his chosen friends and half of the book is his stilted emails sent to friends during treatment.

This is book 6 in the Armand Gamache series and I recommend that you read them in order, as some events carry over from previous books. This is an excellent police procedural series and I thank my s-i-l Julia for recommending this series to my wife and I. We both enjoy it. This book is one of the author's best that I have read so far and I rate it 4.5 stars rounded down. This book opens with Armand recovering both physically and mentally from events in the previous book. Armand is on medical eave from his position as Chief of the Homicide Surete(Quebec Provincial Police) team. He is drawn into investigating a murder that has taken place in Quebec City. At the same time he suspects that he may have made a mistake in his role in convicting a murderer from the previous book. He asks his #2 in the Homicide team, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, to re-investigate the crime unofficially. Jean-Guy is also on medical leave and agrees to do so. Both cases are solved with a satisfactory ending. Both men are starting to heal, both physically and mentally. I grew up in Buffalo, NY and I can remember occasional cold spells where the temperature dipped to below zero, once to -20F. M y parents and friends would always comment that "you know it's cold because you can feel the snow crunching underneath your feet when you walk." This book takes place in February in Quebec City, where crunchy snow is an every day occurrence and daytime temps go to -30(book doesn't say Celsius or Fahrenheit, but both are bitter cold). Some quotes: Describing the Literary and Historical Society: "It takes a lot of effort to halt time, and for the most part they've done it." Conversation between members of the Champlain Society: Rene: "I sometimes thinks that we are in a rowboat society." Jean: "A what?" Rene: "A rowboat. It's why we do things like that." He jerked his head toward the window and the dot on the river. "It's why Quebec is so perfectly preserved. It's why we're all so fascinated with history. We're in a rowboat. We move forward, but we're always looking back." I raced through this library book in 3 days.

3.75- I’m having such mixed feelings about this book- I loved it in the beginning and where it was going, I loved the characters throughout,especially Grandy and Peach, I even loved the secondary characters- but sometimes I felt the story was rushed at the end. The loose ends with the mother also bothered me- suddenly she and the boyfriend were in a plane crash? I’m becoming too critical after covid- too hallmark-ey for even this hallmark fan!

4. 5 stars rounded down for a fast moving book that I couldn't put down. I read 105 pp the first day and the rest of this 396 page book on the second day. I have read 34 books by Connelly and enjoyed every single one. In this book, reporter Jack McEvoy is questioned by LAPD detectives because a woman that he met in a bar 1 year ago has been murdered. Jack investigates and believes that she was murdered by a serial killer. There is a connection to a consumer DNA company. He does solve the mystery, with help from Emily Atwater, another reporter at Fair Warning, the online newspaper where he works, and ex FBI agent Rachel Walling. The book refers to incidents in previous books and I recommend that you read them in order.

Mobituaries is a great book for history buffs! Awesome stories about people that were famous, or should have been. Audio read by Mo Rocca makes it even more engaging.

NYPD RED is an elite component of the New York City police department whose purpose is to and investigate crimes perpetrated again the wealthiest of NYC.

Suzanne Collins takes us through the history of the civil war and the hunger games itself while exploring what goes into creating a tyrant.

The images are breath taking. The story is enticing. Next read is the original text to get the full complexity of the characters. But the graphic novel is excellently done.