"The Husband" by Dean Koontz
The wife gets kidnapped, and the husband, who is an ordinary gardener who wouldn't normally hurt a fly, rises to the occasion to get his wife back. Another entertaining page turner.
"Killer Dreams"
Another Iris Johansen book, the main character, a woman, has some type of mysterious past and has a child she is raising on her own. In comes a commando-type character she despises and ends up, well, just read the book. Same basic overall theme as the other one's I've read by the same author.
John Sandfords, "Hidden Prey" and "Mind Prey"
I am not sure why these 2 old books arrived on my bookshelf, but "Mind Prey" was published in 1995 and "Hidden Prey" in 2004. "Mind Prey" was the 7th book in a series featuring Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport and all his cohorts. I wasn't crazy about the book overall until I picked up "Hidden Prey", the 16th book with Lucas Davenport. I became more curious about what happened to his personal life between all those books and the second one was more enjoyable because I felt familiar with the main characters.
"Sam's Letters to Jennifer" by James Patterson
Reminded me somewhat of a Nicolas Sparks novel, but with a little more depth to the character development. It was very different from the other James Patterson novels I have read and was enjoyable to read about this woman who returns home and starts to read letters addressed to her.
"Sandcastles" by Luanne Rice
Starting out in Ireland, this book's setting changes back to the Connecticut shore and follows what happens after he husband returns home. Everyone's secret past is slowly unrolled throughout the novel coming to a lovely, but predictable end.
"Prior Bad Acts" by Tami Hoag
A horrible crime changes the lives of all who investigate it, and this story reveals how hard it is for officials to distance themselves from a crime, and what happens when they don't. A strong woman figure is brought to her knees and bounced back up again, as is the theme of most of these books I have been reading this year.
"Sweetgrass" by Mary Alice Monroe
Set in the South Carolina lowcountry, this book follows the "loser" son that returns home to tragedy, not only for his family but the inevitable erosion of lowcountry plantations and traditions. For anyone living near the coast or from the coast of South Carolina, it is an honest, eye-opener about what is really happening to this area of the state.
"The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
A chilling story about a young girl lured into an underground bunker (which right now is scaringly similar to real incidents in the news) and what happens to her. The story is told by the young girl who cannot fully rest until her murder is solved.
"The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this follows what happens to a young girl after the death of her mother and an emotionally distant father, who decides to leave her home to find out about her mother's past based on something she found in a box of her mother's belongins. What follows is how this young girl ends up living with 3 black women in their home and how they become the only real family she has.
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