Killer (Alex Delaware, #29)

Killer by Jonathan Kellerman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When Cherie Sykes' sister Connie tries to take Cherie's daughter Rambla away Alex gets called in to prove Cherie is fit to raise Rambla. Connie blames Alex when the court case goes against her and tries to hire a hitman to kill him. Fortunately for Alex the hitman has ties to a former patient of Alex's who is grateful and reports Connie's attempt to hire the hitman. Shortly after Connie winds up dead and Cherie and Rambla are missing. Milo is convinced that Cherie is the killer especially when one of Cherie's bandmates winds up dead and another is shot at, but Alex is convinced he couldn't be so wrong about Cherie.

Soon Alex uncovers a plot by two bailiffs who are married to each other and their niece to kidnap Cherie and Rambla, he just has to convince Milo he is right.

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Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, #20)

Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel by Faye Kellerman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Gabe Whitman Donatti is living with the Deckers and becomes involved with a young Persian Jewish girl (Yasmine) whose parents would disapprove of their relationship so they sneak around.

Meanwhile Peter is investigating the suicides of Gregory Hesse and Myra Gelb, students at a prestigious prep school, whose suicides are suspicious due to missing items and stolen guns. Both deaths seem to involve Dylan Lashay the big man on campus and his "gang". Put Peter is having trouble pinning Dylan to the crimes until Dylan and his gang kidnap Gabe's girlfriend. Gabe goes after them and rescues Yasmine, but is shot in the process. He calls Decker for help and Dylan and his gang are rounded up while Gabe undergoes surgery. Dylan's rich parents get him out on bond and he skips bail but no one messes with Chris Donatti's son. The sentence Chris imposes on Dylan is much harsher than the jail sentence the courts would have imposed.

Yasmine's Mother forbids her to see Gabe again and she is sent away to an all girls school, but Gabe arranges to meet her on the sly and she promises to join him in New York on her 18th birthday.

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Born to Be King: Prince Charles on Planet Windsor

Born to Be King: Prince Charles on Planet Windsor by Catherine Mayer
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Charles is a cad not a Prince. The jerk wouldn't marry Camilla because she wasn't fit to be the Mother of the heir and the spare. So he seduced a young girl, convinced her he loved her used her as a broodmare and once she produced the heir and the spare dumped her for the husband stealing bitch Camilla. And conveniently for Charles and Camilla, Princess Diana was killed so they could marry. Really don't understand how Diana's children can accept the woman who made their Mother's life miserable. Poor Diana never had the chance to find a man who actually loved her and enjoy a loving marriage, thanks to Charles and Camilla.

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Unlucky 13 (Women’s Murder Club, #13)

Unlucky 13 by James Patterson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Mackie Morales is back and Cindy is determined to track her down and get an exclusive and hopefully get her boyfriend Richie back in the process.

Yuki and Brady are enjoying a fantastic honeymoon cruise until pirates hijack the ship. Brady takes charge and rescues the ship.

Lindsey and Richie are hot on the trail of the belly bomber.

And then while Lindsey is out on a walk with Julie she thinks she spots Morales, leaving Julie with a startled cashier Lindsey attempts to find the fugitive, but Morales disappears. Cindy and Lindsey meet up in the boutique where Lindsey stashed Julie and they head back to Lindsey's apartment. Right outside the door they assume they are safe and Cindy heads to her car, but Lindsey is in trouble Morales is right in front of her and ready to shoot. Luckily Cindy comes to the rescue, but she is shot in the process.

But apparently getting shot rekindles Richie's feelings for Cindy.

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Invisible

Invisible by James Patterson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When Emmy Dockery's twin sister dies in what was supposedly an accidental house fire, no one takes the FBI analyst seriously when she insist it was murder.

Emmy finally gets her ex-fiancee to use his clout at the FBI to investigate the string of what Emmy has deemed murders, but local authorities have deemed tragic accidents and the investigation uncovers brutal torture covered up by staged accidental fires.

Slowly they begin to close in on the freak only to have him slip away but eventually they end up outside his home, where they find the "Graham Sessions" a chilling account of the murders that lead them to his "girlfriend" Mary. Mary is badly beaten and Emmy takes her under her protective wing as they are sent into hiding until Graham can be caught.

But to late Emmy discovers that Mary isn't what she seems at all and Graham doesn't really exist.

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Nowhere to Run (Nowhere, #1)

Nowhere to Run by Nancy Bush
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

On Livvie Dugan's sixth birthday her adopted Mother supposedly committed suicide. 19 years later Livvie received a package from a law firm that they held until her 25th birthday. Her Mother put her birth certificate, some pictures and a personal note in the package for her daughter. Then the killings start.

Running late Livvie goes to lunch later than normal and walks into her office to find everyone dead or dying. Convinced it had something to do with the package she received Livvie returns to her apartment long enough to pack some clothes and a gun in her backpack and heads out. Desperate to get away she hops in the car of a handsome stranger and demands he take her to his home at gun point. Detective August Rafferty is more that happy to oblige, and Livvie soon steals his heart. In between bouts of hot sex the lovers uncover Livvie's past.

After her neighbor is killed, Auggie finally convinces Livvie to go to the police, at first they think the killer is Doctor Navarone a questionable psychologist who was Deborah Dugan's lover. After shooting Weasel, Navarone is in custody so Auggie feels safe leaving Livvie alone when he goes to question Navarone. Thankfully he forgot his phone because in the minutes he was gone the real killer snatched Livvie. After questioning Hague (Livvie's brother) he realizes the killer is Albert Dugan (Livvie's adopted Father). Auggie races to her rescue, but the police still don't know who is responsible for the murders and mutilation of three women, one of who was Navarone's niece. To September's horror a package in the mail makes it all to clear the "Do Unto Others" murderer has a fixation on Detective September Rafferty.

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Close Your Eyes (Kendra Michael, #1)

Close Your Eyes by Iris Johansen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Kendra teams up with Lynch to help find her ex-boyfriend FBI Agent Jeff Stedler. They start looking into the last case he was working on and discover that the victims are all suffering from something that causes that organs to age at an alarming rate. The closer they get the more danger Kendra and those close to her are in, but the more determined Kendra is to make those responsible for harming her friends pay.

They finally discover that the "cover up" has something to do with what is thought to be a mothballed Military Project Pegasus. They find Jeff at a warehouse where the bad guys are loading a shipment of Pegasus and headed for Iran. A severely injured Jeff, stops a bullet for Kendra and dies in her arms.

Kendra and Lynch stop the bad guys and it looks as if their partnership may blossom into something more.

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