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eviltammyBlack Widow by Randy Wayne White - Doc Ford's goddaughter is being blackmailed after she and 3 friends have a last fling on the island of Saint Arc. So Doc, at first, does as Shay asks and drops off the payment, but he warns her it might not end there. And he's right - one of Shay's bridesmaids tries to commit suicide after receiving another blackmail note. So Doc puts aside his clandestine research work for the US government and heads back to the Caribbean to take down a blackmailing voodoo queen. Fun stuff, great series.
Phantom Prey by John Sandford - I loves me some Lucas Davenport :) This one has some weird psychological stuff going on, which hindered my enjoyment somewhat, but the Davenport stuff and the general police procedural part were good. Davenport delves into the world of Goths, trying to find out what happened to a young woman whose mother is an acquaintance of Davenport's wife. A couple other people in the Goth community are murdered and Davenport is hunting for a connection. The killer is where the weird stuff is - just couldn't buy it, but the investigation and the subplot of watching a drug dealer's girlfriend were good.
Black Out by Lisa Unger - Complex plot, read summary at link :) Unger is excellent - twisty, suspenseful, haunting. Story switches between current time and the past, from the POV of a damaged woman who's not quite sure what is real and what is imagination/hallucination. But her confusion may not just be because of the repressed memories she's trying to sort out - other forces may be at work trying to keep her confused and helpless. A literary psychological thriller. Read her other books too! (A to Z)
Infected by Scot Sigler - Best book this month - Black Out is a close second, but Infected is much more accessible. Kind of a horror/science fiction/thriller combo. Icky, violent - and totally gripping. People have been infected. Those people start out itching, but the itchy places turn into blue triangles under the skin. And the people turn into violent homicidal maniacs. Margaret Montoya, from the CDC, is working with CIA agent Dew Phillips (who's acting against all rules by working a domestic case) to find out what is making people crazy - the problem is that all the infected bodies rapidly liquidify, leaving nothing much to examine. Former football player Perry Dawsy is infected, itching, and angry. But his father's abusive behavior when he was young and serious training when he was playing, have given him disipline and he doesn't take crap from anyone, not even his own body. But can he control the alien infection long enough for Montoya and Phillips to find him? And who or what is behind the infection? Excellent job at Perry's descent into homicidal rage and the things he does to fight off the influence of the triangles. You'll cringe, but you'll keep reading.
Phantom Prey by John Sandford - I loves me some Lucas Davenport :) This one has some weird psychological stuff going on, which hindered my enjoyment somewhat, but the Davenport stuff and the general police procedural part were good. Davenport delves into the world of Goths, trying to find out what happened to a young woman whose mother is an acquaintance of Davenport's wife. A couple other people in the Goth community are murdered and Davenport is hunting for a connection. The killer is where the weird stuff is - just couldn't buy it, but the investigation and the subplot of watching a drug dealer's girlfriend were good.
Black Out by Lisa Unger - Complex plot, read summary at link :) Unger is excellent - twisty, suspenseful, haunting. Story switches between current time and the past, from the POV of a damaged woman who's not quite sure what is real and what is imagination/hallucination. But her confusion may not just be because of the repressed memories she's trying to sort out - other forces may be at work trying to keep her confused and helpless. A literary psychological thriller. Read her other books too! (A to Z)
Infected by Scot Sigler - Best book this month - Black Out is a close second, but Infected is much more accessible. Kind of a horror/science fiction/thriller combo. Icky, violent - and totally gripping. People have been infected. Those people start out itching, but the itchy places turn into blue triangles under the skin. And the people turn into violent homicidal maniacs. Margaret Montoya, from the CDC, is working with CIA agent Dew Phillips (who's acting against all rules by working a domestic case) to find out what is making people crazy - the problem is that all the infected bodies rapidly liquidify, leaving nothing much to examine. Former football player Perry Dawsy is infected, itching, and angry. But his father's abusive behavior when he was young and serious training when he was playing, have given him disipline and he doesn't take crap from anyone, not even his own body. But can he control the alien infection long enough for Montoya and Phillips to find him? And who or what is behind the infection? Excellent job at Perry's descent into homicidal rage and the things he does to fight off the influence of the triangles. You'll cringe, but you'll keep reading.
