Monday, May 27, 2013

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (May 27)

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This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.  The participants post the books read in the past week, the current reads and the planned upcoming reads, and often find books to add to never-ending TBR lists.




I completed one book this week, Playing With Matches by N.C. Hyzy (aka Julie Hyzy, writing books that are Not Cozy).


As a female PI in Chicago, Riley Drake doesn't get the respect she deserves. Why should she? Right now her only client is PS Consultants, a high-class matchmaking enterprise, for whom she runs discreet background checks. But then Riley is hired by billionaire John Stratton who is desperate to resume dating and make his own love connection. The handsome widower would be quite the catch—if it weren't for the fact that he probably murdered his wife. Stratton’s woes are only part of Riley’s problems. Other clients—a TV celebrity with sexual-perception issues, a Trump-like entrepreneur with an embarrassing secret, and a worshipful drug-addict trying to go straight—keep her running through the streets of Chicago, ready to take down anyone who gets in her way. Riley is determined to discover the truth about all of them, even though she knows playing with matches means you sometimes get burnt.



I am currently reading Something Blue by Emma Jameson.


SOMETHING OLD…
Anthony Hetheridge, ninth baron of Wellegrave and chief superintendent for New Scotland Yard, will marry Kate Wakefield in three weeks. It’s inevitable–the invitations are out, the flowers are ordered, the cake is chosen. But murder waits for no man, and no wedding.

SOMETHING NEW…
In London’s prestigious West End, a disgraced CEO has been murdered at Hotel Nonpareil, an exclusive destination. No one, it seems, liked Michael Martin Hughes. Not his estranged wife, Thora, or his defiant son, Griffin. Not Hotel Nonpareil’s manager, its head of security, or perhaps even the other two women in Hughes’s life: his future bride, Arianna, or his other girlfriend, Riley. Still more ominously, before Hughes died, he incurred the wrath of a potentially more unforgiving foe: Sir Duncan Godington, longtime nemesis of both CS Hetheridge and DS Deepal “Paul” Bhar.

SOMETHING BORROWED…
For the first time, CS Hetheridge, Kate and Bhar find themselves under tremendous pressure to uncover the killer in the shortest time frame ever. Has Scotland Yard, not to mention Downing Street, lost confidence in Hetheridge? Will the murder conviction rest on hard forensic evidence, a mountain of circumstantial details, or an impulsive theft? Find out by returning to the world of ICE BLUE and BLUE MURDER in SOMETHING BLUE, the third mystery featuring Lord Hetheridge, Kate Wakefield and Paul Bhar.


Next, I will probably read After All These Years by Susan Isaacs.  

 After All These Years

The day after her lavish wedding anniversary bash, Rosie Meyers gets a big surprise: her nouveau riche husband, Richie, is leaving her for a sultry, sophisticated, size-six MBA. So, when he's found murdered in their exquisitely appointed kitchen, no one is surprised to find Rosie's prints all over the weapon.
The suburban English teacher is the prime suspect -- the police's only suspect. And she knows she'll spend the rest of her life in the prison library unless she can unmask the real killer. Going into Manhattan on the lam, Rosie learns more about Richie than she ever wanted to know. And more about herself than she ever dreamed possible.



Well, that's it for my Book Week.  What about you?  

         What did you read last week?  

         What are you reading this week? 



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COMMENTS from GOOGLE+



Mardel Sissle

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I had completely forgot about Susan Isaacs until I read your post.  I read Compromising Positions a long time ago, and remember laughing through the book - it was a murder mystery, but it had some funny moments in it.  I remember reading a few others, but couldn't remember the names, so I just looked up her website.  She put's links to her inspiration for each book she writes - interesting stuff.

Now I want to read more from her novels...  Thanks for the reminder of this fun writer.  :)
   

You're welcome!  And thank YOU for the info about her website and other books.  This is the first books of hers that I've read.  Now I want to read more of her novels also! 

That's what it's all about! right?  (the book bloggin' at least.lol)  


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Yvonne Hering

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These all sound great!  Thanks for visiting my blog.
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You're very welcome.  Thanks for blogging!  You are one of my Blogger Inspirations!

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Deb Nance

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Funny! I see so many people reading cozy mysteries these days that I had almost forgotten that mysteries aren't, really, that cozy!
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Thanks for stopping by!  

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Rose Milligan

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OOh mysteries! I'm reading The Host and Anna Karenina.
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Thanks for the visit!  Mysteries are my favorite genre.  I must admit, I've never read either of your current reads (~hangs head in shame~).

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Celeste Marinus

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Nice! My favourite genre is Thriller/Mystery/Suspense. Happy reading :)
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Thanks for the return visit!  I'll check it out for sure!

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Lisa Jay

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These all look awesome.  One day I might get sick of YA and move back into adult books.  Thanks for visiting my Monday post.


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Or you could just stick with what you love - lol!  When my daughters were younger, I read their YA books instead of getting my own, to be frugal.  I liked The Uglies, Artemis Fowl, the Series of Unfortunate Events, and Harry Potter.

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Sharrice Hewlett      1 month ago  -  Shared publicly

Really liking the sound and the cover of Something Blue. Thank you so much 
for sharing with me and thank you for stopping by!

Reese's @ Reese's Reviews: MA2F


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Thanks for the visit!  I really appreciate it!


 
Something Blue was SUPER!  I really really loved it!  A five-kitty read!!

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Ciska van der Lans

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That are some nice mysteries you have there and a lot of marriages and weddings going bad. Enjoy your reading!
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Thanks! and thanks for the visit!  Mysteries are my favorite genre.  What's yours?

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Sunny Duvall

1 month ago  -  Shared publicly
Ooh, the first one sounds cool with the female PI! I'm slowly making my way through The Elite by Kiera Cass and will be reading Defiance soon or a Jen Calonita book!


Jane Reads

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It WAS cool!  The first of a new series.  I am looking forward to reading more about Riley!  Thanks so much for the visit and the follows!
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