Lovin To Read Little Book Corner

Becc was a good girl. A dedicated student. Aspiring reporter. Always where she was supposed to be. Until a secret affair with the charming Cal one summer in college cost her everything she held dear: her journalism dreams; her relationship with her best friend, Eric; and her carefully imagined future. Now Becc's  past is front and center as she travels up the scenic California coast to a wedding--with a man she has seen in a decade. As each mile flies by, Becc can't help but  feel the thrilling push and pull of  memories, from the infinite nights at beach bonfires and lavish boat parties to secret movie sessions. But the man beside her is not so eager to re-create history. And  as the events of that heartbreaking summer come into view, Becc must decide if those dazzling hours they once shared are worth fighting for or if they're lost forever. I thoroughly enjoyed the character of Becc. I, at times, could identify with her as I was at that juncture of lea...

  A widow hires Nils Shapiro to investigate her husband's savage murder, but she's not the only one to seek him out.  Everyone from the widow's boyfriend to a polarizing congressional candidate to the FBI wants to know what happened to Todd Rabinowitz.  As Nils unravels the convoluted case, the bodies pile up.  Someone doesn't want him to discover what happened to Todd , and won't stop until they silence Niles as well. This is a good as a stand-alone but is part of the Nils Shapiro series by author Matt Goldman.   Nils is a gumshoe detective, one day a widow walks into his office and puts him on the case to investigate her husbands death.  He isn't that sure if he even likes the woman but is intrigued enough to start working the case.   Nils, with help from colleagues Annika and Ellegaard,and Minneapolis PD detective Gabriella Nunez they try and figure out the twist and turns of unique spider web of lies, tangles and spins.  Bo...

The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney Please make a list of every possession you consider essential in your life. The request seems odd, even intrusive --and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating Emma Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe.   Until One Folgate Street.  The house is an architectural masterpiece:  a minimalist design of pale stone, plate glass, and soaring ceilings.  But there are rules. The enigmatic architect who designed the house remains in full control:  no books, no throw pillows, no photos or clutter or personal effects of any kind. The space is intended to transform it occupants--and it does. Jane After a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start.  When she finds One Folgate Street she is instantly drawn to the space--and to its aloof but seductive creator.  Moving in, Jane soon learns about the unti...

A Negro and an Ofay (The Tales of Elliot Caprice) by  Danny Gardner On the run for killing two crooked cops, Chicago PD Detective Elliot Caprice finds himself in a jailhouse in St. Louis on false charges. He enlists friends from his hometown of Southville, IL. to secure his release and returns to find the family farm in foreclosure and the man who raised him dying in a flophouse. Desperate for money, he accepts a job from the son of a deadly Jewish mobster and eventually crosses paths with a powerful family from Chicago's North Shore. A captain of industry is dead, and the key to his estate disappeared with the Chauffeur. There's good money in it if Elliot finds him, but the mixed-race son of Illinois farm country must return to the Windy City with the cops on his heels, the Syndicate with a knife to his throat, and the wealthy and powerful at his back. Good thing he is used to playing both sides to the middle.   What a great change of pace. I can easily...