Books, Coffee & beyond
Waking Gods ( Themis Files #2) by Sylvain Neuvel Okay ! I am absolutely in love with this series. The story pretty much starts from where it was left at sleeping Giants. Personally I felt the first book was written to prep the stage for the second. I hear there is one more book in... Continue Reading →
The Dry ( Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper Set in Kiewarra, Australia " The Dry" by Jane Harper presents triple murder and small town Dynamics in the right proportion. Aaron Falk returns to his hometown 20 years later to attend his friends funeral. His friend, Luke Hadler allegedly killed himself after killing his wife... Continue Reading →
Sleeping Giants ( Themis Files 1) by Sylvain Neuvel A Sci Fi novel that I read after a long time. It somehow reminded me of Michael Crichton's " Sphere" though both are completely different. When she was 14, Rose Franklin discovers a giant hand near her hometown in deadwood, South Dakota. Seventeen years later, now... Continue Reading →
A Map of the dark by Karen Ellis Ruby Haverstock, a 17-year-old girl has been abducted at the end of her shift working in a Café on Friday evening. Detective Lex Cole, a new to the department Detective who’s just spent three years undercover with Vice is assigned to the case. It is his first... Continue Reading →
Two Girls down by Louisa Luna is a fast paced mystery driven by great characters. In a small Pennsylvania town, two girls Kailey and Bailey gets kidnapped. Their mother’s family hires the bounty hunter Alice Vega to find the missing girls. Alice Vega has a great track record in finding missing people. It’s her specialty.... Continue Reading →
Through " The Lying Kind", Alison James introduces Detective Rachel Prince. Another police procedural with a strong female lead. So how does it stand from the others ? Six year old- Lola Jade Harper is taken away from her home. The mother of the child blames it on her estranged husband Gavin Harper. The local... Continue Reading →
The Changeling by Victor LaValle The Changeling is a fairy tale for adults. It talks about our fears, insecurities, obsession with phones and computers, racism along with witches and trolls. “A bad fairy tale has some simple goddamn moral. A great fairy tale tells the truth.” Changeling is one such fairy tale. Apollo Kagwa's father... Continue Reading →
Little girl Lost (DI Robyn Carter Book 1) by Carol Wyer After finishing DI Kim Stone series by Angela Marsons, this book showed up on my suggested books and I decided to give it a go. And, I was not disappointed. The story starts when Alice's mother leaves her with her step siblings and decides... Continue Reading →
Book Review : The Breakdown by B.A.Paris This one is hard to review. I haven't read the author's debut " Behind Closed Doors" . After reading this, will I go go back and read her first book ? maybe.. Here is the plot: Cass Anderson drives home from a party on a stormy night. On... Continue Reading →
Broken Bones (DI Kim Stone Book 7) by Angela Marsons If you haven't read the Kim Stone Series before and are wondering if you should start with this one, I would suggest not. I recommend that you start with Book 1. Even though each book is a standalone story of its own, understanding how... Continue Reading →
