Cheryl's Book Nook

It has been two years since Mick "Scorcher" Kennedy has scored himself a prime case. He has been stuck dealing with little crime cases like drug dealers. Although Scorcher does work hard to make sure the bad guy does not escape. He is number 2 in the rankings as far as cases that have stuck. Scorcher's boss gives Scorcher the golden opportunity that he has been waiting for. A murder case involving a family. The father and two children have been murdered and the wife is barely hanging on in the hospital. For Scorcher this was suppose to be a easy open and close case. Scorcher is joined by his rookie parter, Richie. The more involved that Scorcher and Richie get with the case, the more bizarre that it gets. Like what is with the big holes in the wall? As if the pressure of solving a big murder case was not enough, Scorcher has to deal with his mentally unstable sister. I liked Scorcher. He was a by the book kind of guy, which is not a bad thing but you could also ...

Faithful Place Back in 1985, Frank Mackey was nineteen, growing up poor in Dublin's inner city and living crammed into a small flat with his family on Faithful Place. But he had his sights set on a lot more. He and his girl Rosie Daly were all set to run away to London together, get married, get good jobs, break away from factory work and poverty and their old lives. But on the winter night when they were supposed to leave, Rosie didn't show. Frank took it for granted that she'd dumped him - probably because of his alcoholic father, nutcase mother, and generally dysfunctional family. He never went home again. Neither did Rosie. Everyone thought she had gone to England on her own and was over there living a shiny new life. Then, twenty-two years later, Rosie's suitcase shows up behind a fireplace in a derelict house on Faithful Place, and Frank is going home whether he likes it or not. Getting sucked in is a lot easier than getting out again. Frank finds himself straight...

I want to again thank Kate with Penguin for sending me The Likeness by Tana French. Cassie Maddox is no longer with the Murder Squad. Cassie receives a phone call from her boyfriend, Sam to come down to Glenskehy to view a body. She can’t help but wonder what’s so important about the victim that Sam would call her? Once Cassie arrives in Glenskehy to her surprise and amazement the female victim looks exactly like Cassie. In fact the victim could very well pass as Cassie’s twin. But that’s not the most shocking thing. The id found on the victim says her name was Alexandra “Lexie” J. Madison. Cassie knows that name all too well. Years ago when Cassie worked undercover, she went by the name of Lexie Madison. Now Cassie is living the life of Lexie again. Someone she never thought she would ever have to be again. I was glad to see that Tana French’s second book The Likeness featured Cassie Maddox this time. Readers got introduced to Cassie in Ms. French’s first novel In the Woods . I th...

I want to thank Kate with Penguin for sending me In the Woods by Tana French . It was the summer of 1984. Things were peaceful in Knocknaree, Ireland but that was about to change. One August day, three friends by the names of Germaine “Jamie” Elinor Rowan, Adam Robert Ryan, and Peter Joseph Savage went out to play in the woods. When they didn’t come back, their parents went searching for them. What the parents found was horrifying. Adam was found with his shirt torn, bloody sneakers and his fingernails embedded in the tree trunk he was hugging. That was twenty years ago. Now Rob is a detective. Rob and his partner, Cassie Maddox’s next case will test both of their wits. A murder victim’s body discovered in the same woods as him and his friends used to play in so many years ago. This case might be what Rob needs to make him finally remember what happened that fatal day. But maybe some things should be forgotten forever. Rob’s character has a mysterious aire about him. He is calm, cool,...