Bonfire, by Kristen Ritter So, this is a great little thriller/mystery. It’s also a quick read, I think it took me three days or so. Abby Williams is an environmental lawyer. It is in this professional capacity that she returns to her hometown of Barren, IL even though she has had no desire to in the ten years since she left. The water in town is bad and her group is trying to find out if the local, town supporting factory is responsible. While trying […]
Damages > Profit = Recall
It’s that hated introductory line: Long time reader, first time poster. Seemed like I should say something, and also introduce myself as “that person with a dog breed joke as a username who mostly only reads mysteries, medical thrillers and work-related nonfiction, binges one author at a time a lot, and refuses to give a book under 3 stars.” (Only partially true; I won’t review anything that was sub-3 star quality unless it was so bad it becomes doubly worth it, because I’m super overworked […]
Turow’s sequel to Presumed Innocent should be called Presumed Guilty
In this sequel to Turow’s Presumed Innocent, Judge Rusty Savich is back with his brilliant but rage-filled bipolar wife Barbara, anguished over the state of his marriage, fearful of his imminent 60th birthday and once more vulnerable to the call of the wild—this time, with his lovely young assistant Anna. In the first book, Savich’s lust-filled affair preceded the woman’s horrible rape/murder and Savich barely escaped conviction for the crime. In Innocent, Savich’s new love affair flares, but his guilt overwhelms him and he eventually […]