I loved this book! It was such a different take on the traditional whodunit mystery/thriller books with a strong main character that has so many challenges to overcome. Nurse Amelia Winn was seriously injured when a hit and run driver slammed into her. While most injuries have healed, the accident left Amelia deaf. Trying to cope with her new life makes her spiral out of control, leading her to become an alcoholic, dissolving her marriage, and leaving her with only the briefest of supervised visits with the step daughter she loves as her own. Just as Amelia is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and reenter the working world - a world she hasn't been in since the accident - she and her service dog, Stitch, come across the body of a woman in the river near her house. Although she was a trauma nurse and has seen dead bodies before, Amelia is rattled when she recognizes the woman as a nurse she used to work with. Amelia feels as if there is more to Gwen's murder than it appears, and she starts digging around, especially when she finds an unread email from Gwen in her inbox. What did Gwen know, and who killed her to keep it quiet? As Amelia tries to uncover pieces of the puzzle, she discovers that someone is also out to discredit her. How far will someone go to find out what Amelia knows, and will Amelia be able to overcome her past and her disability in order to uncover the truth before she dies trying? Read this book to find out!

Good book

Light book about a heartbroken woman who shares a house in the Hamptons for the summer. It is interesting and deeper than it first seems, with themes of perseverance and appearances can be deceiving. Good summer read.

In the 4th installment of the Will Trent series, we return to Sarah Linton's hometown - where she had some of her best days, and her worst day - the day he husband was murdered. Sarah is hoping that she can come spend a quiet Thanksgiving with her family and head back to Atlanta without coming face to face with the woman she holds responsible for his death, his former partner, Lina. But when a local college student / waitress is found murdered and the police arrest a former patient of Sarah's, she is called down to the station to talk to him. When Sarah arrives, she sees that tragedy has struck again, and quite possibly with Lina to blame due to her negligence. Sarah calls the GBI and Will Trent is sent down to investigate. When another body is found, it's clear to Will that the small town cops are covering up something, but what? With both Lina and Sarah's help, Will begins to uncover the truth - but at what cost? Karin Slaughter has again created a remarkable cast of supporting characters in this novel and woven such an intricate plot. I can't wait to start the next one to see what happens to Will next.

Such a charming true story about 2 actors who move to upstate NY for a quieter life.

I picked out this book not realizing what it was. I normally steer clear of vampire books, but his one was not that bad. Two thirds of the book was about the lead up to how Pandora became a vampire and was more historical than anything else, which made the whole book tolerable.

Historical fiction about the forgotten women who served in Vietnam, mostly as nurses.

I have been a fan of Neil Simon for a long time. He has a way of presenting the challenges of life and combining it with humor in a way that will touch tour heart. In this story a father is hard pressed for money and has to leave his 2 sons with their crotchety grandmother and his mentally challenged sister. It ends up being like mixing oil and water, but somehow everyone gets through it. How Simon relates the story will make you want to cry and laugh.

The Thursday Murder Club is back in action - this time trying to solve the suspicious death of Bethany Waites. The cast of unlikely heroes set out to find out what the big story Bethany was about to break was. Along the way, they enlist the help of their usual friends - Bogdon, Chris, and Donna, they also bring new help in the form of television personalities and money launderers. But as usual, nothing is easy for this crew. Elizabeth and her husband are kidnapped, but by whom, they aren't sure. But one thing is clear- Elizabeth is to kill someone or she and Joyce will be killed instead. Elizabeth can't figure out who kidnapped her, but just possibly, her husband, who suffers with dementia, might have noticed the clue to unraveling that mystery. While working at that, the others are trying to determine where the money that was laundered in the scheme that Bethany was on to came from and went, all while trying not to get killed. Will the Thursday Murder Club close another cold case? While not as action packed as The Man That Died Twice, the book was a solid whodunit and filled with the charm and witt we love about these retirement community sleuths.

This was a great book