“Hide” is the first book in Tracy Clark’s Harriet Foster series. Foster is a mid-forties African American Chicago PD detective who is just returning to work, at a new precinct, following an 8-week leave recovering from the latest of three traumatic events in her life. Foster’s new supervisor tells her about her new partner, Lonergan: “Full disclosure: he’s an **expletive**, but he’s serviceable. Don’t take his crap.” Of course, things get off to a rough start when their first case together involves a young women found brutally murdered, with a bloody, but uninjured young man, passed out within close proximity. The list of suspects is long, and the trail to the solution is twisted. I am looking forward to the next two (and hopefully more) books in this series. Clark preceded this series with a 4-book set featuring Chicago private investigator Cass Raines that I am also eager to try. It is fun to find a good new-to-you author.

I was not as captivated by this book as some of Maas others. The story line continued from Crescent City but was slow to develop. Once I got the gist of the plot it did get better but I had trouble following all the side plots which eventually did come together. She does leave me wanting to read the next book in the series and I am looking forward to it the end January 2024.

A delightful annotated compilation of works from the wizarding mythology of the Harry Potter world!

It was very funny

Good book!

5 - Star

“The Final Twist” is the third book in Jeffery Deaver’s Colter Shaw series. Shaw, the son of a survivalist, makes his living collecting rewards from private families and law enforcement agencies all across the country by finding missing or endangered individuals. His adventures typically become dangerous, both for himself as well as the people he is helping, especially when the target of his search does not necessarily want to be found. In this venture Shaw deviates from the normal reward seeking routine when he begins investigating clues regarding his father’s death. He is soon reunited with his long-estranged brother, Russell. Together they pursue BlackBridge, a devious corporation whose motives are very suspect. The CBS TV series “Tracker” is based on these stories. The TV series is good because it is based on good books; the books are enhanced because the reader can easily picture Colter Shaw looking and acting like Justin Hartley. In audiobook format, Kaleo Griffith does a great job voicing the characters and setting the tone for the action. I am hoping that Deaver will continue with more episodes in the near future (book four was published in 2022.)

We read this for book club. I liked it a lot. It presents some points of view that I had never considered.

“The Final Act” is a stand-alone novel by Lisa Gray. Unfortunately, I did not find this book as interesting or exciting as Gray’s previous works, which includes a very satisfying 4-book Jessica Shaw series. The book bounces back and forth from the 2003 era story of budding young actress Madison James, whose work is limited to relatively minor roles in two slasher flicks and one rom-com, and the 2022 effort by Detective Sarah Delaney to locate the now 40-ish Madison after her reported disappearance. At only 272 pages (about 7 hours in audio) the book still seems too long. I just couldn’t find much to like about any of the characters, past or present. Gray is a good writer, but at least for me this one missed the mark.

Awesome!!!