S.E. Reed: Black Water Bones

S.E. Reed’s latest standalone Black Water Bones spends a lot of time in and around water. Heroine Cameron St. Rose has been away from her small hometown,  Chokoloskee Island, Florida, for a long time. Though she’s there to help with the search for body parts that appeared after a big storm, she’s also missed the place and especially her father’s airboat business. Cameron had a good childhood, though she still remembers the dark day her mother disappeared and  found a severed arm at the same time. This is part of the reason she immediately takes off from her fancy job in a spa to help. read more

Pam Lecky: The Carver Affair

Lucy Lawrence #5

The Carver Affair is the fifth book in the Lucy Lawrence mystery series, and the first in the series that I’ve read. The story follows Lucy as she travels to Ireland for her husband’s work, settling in for the summer in a charming rented house with her staff and kids. Shortly, though, things go awry – her loyal housemaid, Mary, reports that her nieces Peggy and Bridget have gone missing looking for work in the city. The reader already knows, however, that Peggy has been murdered and that Bridget is nowhere to be found. read more

D.E. White: Everyone is Lying

Alexandra has built a perfect life based more than a little on a lie. When she was young, she worked for the Candy Girls – party favors for high class men – though she herself never slept with anyone. As the host of these debauched parties, she saw and heard much more than the other girls did. That included the events of the very last the Candy Girls hosted, where she saw something that has haunted, and followed her, her entire life. The aptly named Everyone is Lying by D.E. White starts when Alexandra’s house of cards starts to topple. read more