The Paris Librarian came into my hands as I was shelving and I immediately thought Paris? Library? Wow, what a great combination! And truthfully, I probably enjoyed the comments about shelving and circulation a bit more than the average person, but hey, I like library stuff. The story is a "Hugo Marston" mystery, the first I've read, and I have to say it was a good, straightforward, enjoyable myst....

As I read the first few chapters of Before I Go to Sleep I began to get the impression that for me, this felt like an old school horror story, or as if the classic TV show the Twilight Zone had been transfered to print. The story is one of Christine Lucas, a woman with amnesia, and Ben, her husband, and finally Dr. Nash, who is secretly helping Christine, even as he studies her case. I was drawn i....

Into the Water is the latest novel by Paula Hawkins.  Like her previous best seller, The Girl on the Train, it is a blend of troubled relationships and murder.  The novel starts out fast with Jules Abbott being notified that she needs to return to her hometown as her sister Nel is dead. Seems like Jules would be crushed at this news, but no, she seems angry.  I feel that the relationship between t....

Looking for something to creep you out and make your skin crawl? The Bones of Paris will do just that. This is a mystery novel with a private detective named Harris Stuyvesant as the main character. It is Paris in 1929 and the culture is wild, free, and bohemian. It is in this setting that Stuyvesant is asked to take on a case of a missing American girl named Pip. Stuyvesant is an interesting char....

A mystery on a fancy boat. Sounds like fun? Right? Well, I thought it was fun. It seems that there is some debate as to whether or not this novel and Lo, the female protagonist of The Woman in Cabin 10,  are any good. So what if Lo is a bit unreliable? And maybe she does drink too much.... and proceed to forget things. Who's perfect anyway? It is one of the ways the author creates atmosphere in th....