every mother's worst nightmare...or not?

In the book "Little Face" by Sophie Hannah, new mother Alice, who has a 2-week-old baby at home, goes out for the first time alone and comes home to the front door being wide open, her husband sleeping on the couch, and her baby being abducted and replaced with a baby that Alice doesn't recognize.  David, her husband, does not believe the baby is different.  Her mother-in-law does not know what to believe but is treating Alice differently.  Then there are the police who are investigating and think Alice is going crazy or experiencing post-partum depression.

Great book, surprising twists throughout...

bigamy...

Tayari Jones writes about a man, James, with two families living in the same town, in the book, "Silver Sparrow."

One family knows about the other and one does not.    The two daughters, Dana and Chaurisse, are the voices that narrate the story.

I didn't love, I didn't hate it...

finance and government = a surprisingly good read

In "Need You Now" by James Grippando, Lilly and Patrick have both come across a conspiracy within the bank where they work as financial advisors where someone has killed himself because of a Ponzi scheme and he has left everyone looking for answers.  What Patrick and Lilly know can get them both killed and they do not know who to trust since even people within the government are involved.

I really liked this book...

catch me if you can...

Lisa Gardner is the author of "Catch Me", a book about Detective D.D Warren.  D.D. is approached outside of a crime scene by a woman, Charlie, who asks D.D. to be the detective who solves her murder that hasn't occurred yet.  Charlie's two best friends were both murdered on the same day, January 21st, a year apart and this year Charlie expects it to be her and has been training to protect herself from her upcoming murder.

Good read...

don't go to sleep...

"Before I go to Sleep" by S.J. Watson, wow, what a read.

The story is about Christine, a woman in her 40's, who wakes up one morning, next to a man she doesn't know, looks into the mirror and doesn't recognize herself because she has been in this amnesiac state for 20+ years and then we find out that she was in a car accident that took away her memories.  But on top of having no memories, once she goes to sleep for the night, all she has learned that day are erased and she has to start again new every day. Every day her husband, Ben, leaves little notes for her on chores to keep her occupied, leaves her a cell phone.  Ben, from page one seems a bit iffy and untrustworthy, but since Christine doesn't really know anyone, they seem suspect.  She starts seeing a doctor who meets with her and tells her to start a journal and write everything down, every day, and he remind her to read it to keep her up to date on her life.

I really enjoyed this book...the ending was so good :)

another good one...

Iris Johansen wrote another good one in "What Doesn't Kill You."  This is a recurring characters book which I like because I feel that I have already gotten to know all the people involved.

Catherine Ling, a CIA agent who was abandoned by her mother at the age of 4 years old.  She had to learn to fend for herself, always.  She meets a man, Hu Chang, a man schooled in the art of poisons.  Catherine has always done things her way, not always moral, but what feels right to her.

Hu Chang has created a very deadly and untraceable poison and Catherine is called to help.

I liked this book, a lot...

always good...

I just finished reading "11th hour" by James Patterson.  It is part of a series of the Women's Murder Club, book #11.  I always like James Patterson's book and this one was no different.  His books are easy to read and easy to follow and I like that I already know all the characters too.

Lindsay Boxer is finally pregnant and her work load is not slowing down.  She is working on two major cases, one that involves two heads (without bodies) found in the garden of a major celebrity and another that involves a gun that was taken from her police evidence locker that has been linked in possibly four other murders.

Good read for sure...