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Are you looking for variety in your reading this summer? Here are four books with plots that may surprise/delight you or make you think. Happy Summer Reading!
“Witch Hunt” by Cate Conte – First in the ‘spell-binding’ Full Moon Series, featuring Violet Mooney, crystal shop owner with mysterious, undeveloped powers she didn’t know she had. Murder, magical transport from spot to spot, reappearing relatives, unhappy townspeople, and other-worldly shenanigans, all play a role in this delightful series. “Witch Way Out,” book #3, is out now as well.
“The Midwife’s Touch” by Sue Harrison – Filled with wonderful descriptions of customs, food, and clothing of the period, this book combines the powerful stories of the prejudices people have against what they don’t understand, with the greed that overtakes their sanity. I turned the last page and was so disappointed that the book had ended. But, it is the first book in a trilogy, and to quote a line from the book, “We start from there.”
“Killers of a Certain Age” by Deanna Raybourn – nominated for multiple awards. 60 something, lady assassins are betrayed and elect to get their revenge in the ways they do best. Wicked fun, clever twists. Never underestimate smart women. Ever.
“The Guardians” by John Grisham – Functioning within the limitations of sporadic donations, the overworked guardians find new evidence to exonerate the wrongly incarcerated. The ‘Guardians’ in the title refers to Centurion Ministries and this story is based on an actual case written about in the New York Times in 2018. Grisham’s writing is compelling as fictional Cullen Post faces the challenges of witnesses long dead, evidence lost or buried, and grueling – sometimes dangerous – work. A fascinating read, one of Grisham’s best.
