A Divided Loyalty by Charles Todd - This is book #22 in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series. I will continue reading these as long as they continue writing them. This one was especially good.
The Flight Girls by Noelle Salazar - is her debut novel. I totally enjoyed this novel about the women who trained to be WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) during WWII. I have read one other book about this subject and am in awe of those young women, the chances they took and their service to our nation.
The Wicked Redhead by Beatriz Williams is the second of her The Wicked City series. This is a new author for me. The story was okay; not sure I would read more of her books.
Under Occupation is book #15 in Alan Furst's Night Soldiers series. It is also the first book of his I've read. I see my library does have a few more by him which I will most likely check out.
Smoke Screen by Terri Blackstock is a first-time author for me but our library has many of her titles so, like the above, I'll put her on my authors to be read list.
The Giver of Stars is Jojo Moyes' latest novel and the second book I've read about the Pack-Horse Librarians of Kentucky, the women who delivered reading materials to remote families during the depression. I really like Moyes as an author and I love books based on historical fact.
The Burning Air by English writer Erin Kelly is a well plotted story about a stranger exacting vengeance upon a family for years without their ever knowing, with a final act meant to shatter their family forever.
The Vendetta Defense is my first Lisa Scottoline novel. I have found a new writer to read my way through and as prolific as she is, I'll have reading material for some time.
Bygones by LaVyrle Spencer - The preceding five books were the last I checked out before my library closed (except for curbside pickup services) due to the Covid-19 regulations so I have delved into the boxes of books I have which I haven't read in years.
The first book of Spencer's that I read was Morning Glory. I remember being in Mpls/St. Paul to visit my daughter, going to a mall and buying a paperback version. I liked it so much that I began reading all of Spencer's books, buying most of them in paperback.
When Kari completed her years at Macalester College in St. Paul, she started working at Barnes and Noble in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina. Kari learned that LaVyrle Spencer would be at her store for a book signing and let me know. I went up for the weekend, met Ms. Spencer and got my own autographed copy of her 1992 book, Bygones.
I'm looking forward to getting reacquainted with more of the favorites I saved when we down-sized and moved here going on twelve years ago. It'll be like reading them for the first time. 😉
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