2 Novels of Crime Fiction To Curl Up With

by Donna Huber

My library just added a bunch of audiobooks to its digital holdings so I'm catching up on some of the books I missed earlier this year. Today I have a couple of crime fiction stories by authors I enjoy.

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All the Way Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen

August 2024; Minotaur Books; 978-1250904140
audio, ebook, print (352 pages); psychological thriller

All the Way Gone is book 4 in the Detective Annalisa Vega series. I have read Gone for Good (book 1) and Dead and Gone (book 3) in the series, but you don't have to have read the previous books to enjoy this one. But they are good so if you haven't started the series, you may want to plan a binge weekend over the holidays.

It is a quick read. I got sucked into the story and raced through it. Before I knew it, the story was over and I was a little sad because I was enjoying the ride so much.

The plot features a sociopath, which I think is one of my favorite thriller tropes. You just don't know who to believe. We know upfront that one of the characters, a renowned neurosurgeon who has saved hundreds of lives, is a sociopath. He is the focus of a psychology professor's new book - The Good Sociopath. The psychologist fears he may not be as "good" as she has presented in her book and hires Annalisa. 

There are a lot of twists and turns and everyone involved becomes a target. I love psychological thrillers and I loved every minute of this book. If you enjoy Lisa Gardner's novels then you definitely want to pick Joanna Schaffhausen's books.

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Buried Too Deep by Karen Rose

August 2024; Berkley; 978-0593638583
audio, ebook, print (528 pages); romantic suspense

If you look this book up on GoodReads, it will be listed as being book 30 in the Romantic Suspense series. And if you haven't read Karen Rose before, then you won't know that all her books are listed in this "series", but there are actually separate series under this. Buried Too Deep is book 3 in the New Orleans series. 

I don't read a lot of romantic suspense but I usually enjoy Rose's characters. I have read both Quarter to Midnight (book 1) and Beneath Dark Waters (book 2) of the New Orleans series. The characters in the New Orleans series aren't my favorite (I prefer the characters in the San Diego series more), but the plots are usually pretty interesting and they can be a fun distraction.

While the group of characters that make up the Broussard Private Investigations appear in all the books, it isn't really necessary to read the previous book. The plots stand alone and in each book, a different character is the focus of the budding romance. In this book, it is Phin's turn to find romance. 

I enjoyed the plot of this book. A woman has been receiving letters from her father since he disappeared 23 years ago, but when her father's body is found during a demolition she finds herself in danger. Who killed her father 23 years ago and what do they think she has that will implicate them.

I liked Cora and I find Phin's backstory interesting, but I didn't really like their romance. I didn't feel any chemistry between them. When the book was more focused on their growing attraction, I found the story slow and kind of boring. It would pick up again for me when they focused on the investigation.

If romantic suspense is your thing, then you should give this book a chance.

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Donna Huber is an avid reader and natural encourager. She is the founder of Girl Who Reads and the author of how-to marketing book Secrets to a Successful Blog Tour.

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