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Sentinel: Mark Greaney
The author if the Grey Man series, he writes one heck of a military thriller too. The Chinese plot a coup is Ghana. Some Americans and Ghanese get in the way. (A)

The Burning: Linda Castillo
Kate and Tomasetti again, on the heels of a vengeful cult. (A)

The Innocent Man: John Grisham
Non Fiction, though you would think this was a legal thriller from a twisted author’s mind in how severe the miscarriages of justice were defined. The book is in Grisham’s fairly recognizable style, and being real, all the more a horror for it. (A)

Man in the Water: David Housewright
Once again, McKenzy stumbles into a case he cannot get out of his mind. One of those suicide or murder kind of things, but the scales tilt as there are more “suicides�. Nicely paced, plenty of people to suspect. (A-)

Stare Down: James Hall
Several books past the point where Hall said he would write no more Thorn books. He writes well though, so I don;t really mind. Plenty of twists as Thorn tries to stop a mass killer from striking again. A few of the twists were a bit far fetched. (A-)

Pitch Dark: Paul Doiron
Further adventures of Mike Bowditch, Maine game warden investigator, as he chases down a most peculiar father/daughter combination. (B+)

New York Dead: Stuart Woods
Seems like an old police procedural. 1991, hard for me to call old, but it was more than 30 years ago, and things do change. About halfway through, the twists and turns started, and the book became much less of a procedural, and more of a mystery. A newscaster was tossed off of a balcony, several people were suspects, but proof was just not forthcoming. (B)

Killers of a Certain Age: Anna Raybourn
A certain age being above 60. 4 retired female assassins find themselves being hunted by the organization the left, and seek to find out why, and if not why, who they have to kill to save their own skins. The book has its moments, but I would thing geared to a female audience, since I (for one) do not know the difference between an espadrille and a wedgie. (B)

Deep Black:Jihad: Stephen Coonts
Not the best series he ever wrote, kind of a superspy mission impossible kind of thing, without the catchy music. (B)

Deception: Jonathan Kellerman
Elite prep school, murderous students. (B)

Heartbreak Hotel: Jonathan Kellerman
Alex and Milo get involved in the death of a 100 year old woman who has a past that gets more interesting the more they look. (B)

The Bin Laden plot: Rick Campell
Some nice submarine action, along with plenty of Washington and CIA intrigue built around the idea that maybe it was not Bin Laden who was buried at sea. (B)

Night Moves: Jonathan Kelllerman
Alex and Milo work to unravel the case of a body with hands cut of and face disfigured dumped in a suburban living room (B)

Operation Norfolk: Randy Wayne White
The Hawker series, written before RWW was a household name. Pretty awful. (B-)

BarryP wrote: "...I would thing geared to a female audience, since I (for one) do not know the difference between an espadrille and a wedgie..."

Now THAT line really made me chuckle. Good month overall!

Nice month Barry, lots of A’s and plenty of spies. The Grisham non-fiction looks good. I recall wondering about it when it first came out. The Rayburn is on my TBR, and lol wedges are a heel and espadrilles are a style.

I'll keep wearing sneakers and hikers.

nice month, barry.
i really liked Killers of a Certain Age- thought it was a fun read

I think Hall realized Thorn was his golden goose.

Dan: I think you are right. Just noticed that Stare Down: A Thorn Novel is on Kindle Unlimited - grabbed - thanks Barry!

Dan in AZ wrote: "I think Hall realized Thorn was his golden goose."

Someone had lots of Kellerman's to gift you this month! I'm way behind. I like them but can't read too many in a row so I get behind. Like the "In Death" series.

Glad someone on this board knows her shoes, lol.

The annual sale at the Book Barn was full of Kellermans, so I filled my backlist.