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“The Cuckoo’s Calling” by Robert Galbraith Mystery/Thriller/Crime 5 Books in the Series After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. This is the first crime novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

Deal Breaker” by Harlan Coben“
Suspense/Thriller
11 Books in the Series: Great characters, I laughed a lot.
Sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron’s prized client. But
when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend—a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead—the deal starts to
go sour. Myron is up against the dark side of his business—where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed.

The Face of Deception” by Iris Johansen
Mystery/Thriller 25 Books in the Series As a forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan helps identify the dead from their skulls. Terror lies ahead when she accepts work from billionaire John Logan. Beneath her gifted hands a face emerges from the skull he has given her to reconstruct—a face no one was ever meant to see. Now Eve is trapped in a frightening web of murder and deceit. Powerful enemies are determined to cover up the truth, and they will make certain that truth goes to the grave…even if Eve gets buried with it.

“The Innocent” by David Baldacci
Mystery/Thriller
5 Books in the Series
Will Robie, a stone cold hitman for the government, never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have just
made the first – and last – mistake of his career…
It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something
about this mission doesn’t seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself
and must escape from his own people.

“The Late Show” by Michael Connelly
Mystery/Crime 3 Books in the Series Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none as each morning she turns her
cases over to day shift detectives. One night she catches two cases she doesn’t want to part with: the
brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing of a young woman in a nightclub shooting. Against orders, she works both cases by day while maintaining her shift by night. As
the cases entwine they pull her closer to her own demons and the reason she won’t give up her job no matter what the department throws at her

“Naked in Death” by JD Robb
Mystery/Crime/Romance
63 Books in the Series: I adore this couple. It is the year 2058, and technology now completely rules the world.
When a senator’s daughter is killed, the secret life of prostitution she’d been leading is revealed. The high-profile case takes Lieutenant Eve Dallas into the rarefied circles of Washington politics
and society. Further complicating matters is Eve’s growing attraction to Roarke, who is one of the wealthiest and most influential men on
the planet, devi

“The Way of Shadows” by Brent Weeks
Epic Fantasy/Magic/Adventure
3 Books in the Series
For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city’s most
accomplished artist.
For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for
granted. As a guild rat, he’s grown up in the slums, and learned to
judge people quickly – and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing
himself to Durzo Blint.
But to be accepted he must learn to navigate the assassins’ world of
dangerous politics and strange magics – and cultivate a flair for
death.

Walk on Earth a Stranger” by Rae Carlson
HIstorical Fiction/Western/YA 3 Books in the Series: A fun series that throws in a little history. Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth and mall nuggets in a stream. She has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that kind of power? A person might murder for it. When everything Lee holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to California—where gold has just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one place a magical girl can be herself. If she survives the journey
“The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Michele Richardson Historical Fiction ,Stand Alone I had no idea there blue-skinned people in Kentucky. I also knew nothing of the Pack Horse library service of the 1930’s. This book grabbed me from the start. It addresses being judged for what you look like and what you do or do not have. It talks about the fierce pride in becoming something no one expects and the bravery to get there. *This will also appear in my “Book Club” list
“Cinder” by Marissa Meyer Fantasy/Dystopian/YA 4 Books in the Series: Super fun! Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder is a cyborg, a second-class citizen. Hated by her stepmother and stepsister. Her life becomes intertwined with Prince Kai’s and she suddenly finds herself caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, and she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

“The Queen of the Tearling” by Erika Johansen
Fantasy/Dystopia/YA
4 Books in the Series
Amazing series! I had no idea it was YA simply because it was
graphically violent.
The online descriptions are very long-if interested, read them!
Here is a “teaser”:
Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic
debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother’s
throne, learn to be a ruler—and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful
and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her.

“The Selection” by Kiera Cass Dystopian/Romance/YA 5 Books in the Series For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape a rigid caste system, live in a palace, and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her, and competing for a crown she doesn’t want.
“Fool’s Assassin” by Robin Hobb Epic Fantasy/Magic/YA 3 Books in the Series I did not know this series could get better! The story of Fitz and the Fool continue and does not disappoint! Many years have passed and Tom Badgerlock is actually FitzChivalry Farseer, bastard scion of the Farseer line, convicted user of Beast-magic, and assassin. A man who has risked much for his king and lost more… One Winterfest night a messenger arrives to seek out Fitz, but mysteriously disappears, leaving nothing but a blood-trail. Suddenly Fitz’s violent old life erupts into the peace of his new world, and nothing and no one is safe.
“Unwind” by Neil Shusterman Dystopian/Profound/YA 4 Books in the Series: I am still thinking about this book years later. n a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would “unwind” them. This book looks at “right to life” and “choice” and puts both upside down. I am a better person because I have read this book. **This book will also appear on my “Book Club” list

“Munmun” by Jesse Andrews
Science Fiction/YA
I did not want to like this book. I was drawn into the story, but not the
characters at first. The entire story seemed so implausible, even for a
science fiction/dystopian type. I started paying attention, it was not that
hard, the parallels are not masked that deeply. This book says a lot
about the rich vs the poor in a world that shows clear lines of
inequality. This book is done in adventure, tragedy and comedy to
bring the message to us all.

“Spider’s Bite” by Jennifer Estep Urban Fantasy/Magic 17 Books in the Series I’m the most feared assassin in the South. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the vibrations of the soaring Appalachian Mountains above me. Now that a ruthless Air elemental has double-crossed me and killed my handler, I’m out for revenge. And I’ll exterminate anyone who gets in my way — good or bad. I may look hot, but I’m still one of the bad guys.

“Skin Walker” by Faith Hunter
Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
14 Books in the Series
Jane Yellowrock is the last of her kind—a skinwalker of Cherokee
descent who can turn into any creature she desires and hunts vampires
for a living. But now she’s been hired by Katherine Fontaneau, one of
the oldest vampires in New Orleans and the madam of Katies’s Ladies,
to hunt a powerful rogue vampire who’s killing other vamps.

“Moon Called” by Patricia Briggs
Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
12 Books in the Series: Definitely ranks among the favorite
Mercy Thompson is a shapeshifter, and while she was raised by
werewolves, she can never be one of them, and was run off by her
pack. She runs a one-woman mechanic shop in the Tri-Cities area of
Washington State. But Mercy’s two worlds are colliding. A half-starved
teenage boy arrives at her shop looking for work, only to reveal that
he’s a newly changed werewolf.

“Scent of Shadows” by Vicki Pettersson
Fantasy
7 in the series
This reads almost like a comic book with light vs. dark. All of the “super
heroes” have abilities based on their zodiac signs. This gives the book
a different twist. The group fights against the evils based in “Sin City.”
I liked this series simply because it had a different premise: zodiac.

“You Slay Me” by Katie MacAlister Magic/Comedy/Romance 5 Books in the Series. Aisling Grey is kind of a ditz. The entire series is pretty brainless. And yet, I loved it. I kept coming back for more. I could totally escape in dragon worries. I adore the demon who comes in the form of the Newfoundland Dog and keeps Aisling company.

“First Grave on the Right” by Darynda Jones
Paranormal Romance/Comedy
15 Books in the Series
Probably the funniest series I have read-love it!
Charley Davidson: part-time private investigator and full-time Grim
Reaper. Charley sees dead people. . And it’s her job to convince them
to ‘go into the light.’ But when these very dead people have died
under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder), sometimes they
want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice.

“Dark Fever” by Karen Marie Moning Dark Fantasy 11 Books in the Series: One of my favorite series! My philosophy is pretty simple-any day nobody’s trying to kill me is a good day in my book. I haven’t had many good days lately. MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. At least that was what she thought until her sister is murdered.
“Body Movers” by Stephanie Bond Romantic Suspense 11 Books in the Series This has been a series that has stuck with me that I enjoyed. It is also a series that I could never find again! I was so glad to find it for these recommendations because I finished at book 4! Atlanta debutante Carlotta Wren was raised with a silver spoon in her mouth. So at 18, when her parents skip town after being accused of a white-collar crime and leave her to raise her younger brother Wesley, her entire world is upended. She becomes a mother to her brother, has a job moving dead bodies and evading loan sharks.
“Written in Red” by Anne Bishop Contemporary Fantasy 5 Books in the Series: A new twist on “paranormals” I liked this a lot. As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard—a business district operated by the Others. The Others are your typical fantasy characters, however, the war is on and they do not like humans.

“Prodigal Son” by Dean Koontz
Suspense/Horror, 5 Books in the Series. He is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-ofreality artist who has traveled the centuries with a secret worse than
death. He arrives in New Orleans as a serial killer stalks the streets.
Meet police detective Carson O’Connor and her partner, Michael
Maddison, who are tracking the slayer but will soon discover signs of
something far more terrifying: an entire race of killers who are much
more–and less–than human and, deadliest of all, their deranged,
near-immortal maker: Victor Helios–once known as Frankenstein.

“The Wolf Road” by Beth Lewis I call it a horror novel, listed as thriller/suspense I never saw it coming…any of it. I was horrified at the end. And yet, I wanted a book to come after this one I was enthralled with the story and the characters. Elka is orphaned at seven years old. She wanders into a loner’s hunting camp and he takes her in and teaches her how to survive. She comes to love him and call him father. One day, she discovers he is a killer and she escapes, using the skills he taught her to survive. Dead people keep turning up all around her, it seems her dad won’t let her go. *This book is also on the “Book Club” list.