Review Kate Khavari and her Saffron Everleigh Mysteries are the historical mystery series I didn't know I needed. A Botanist's Guide to Tradition and Treachery is the fifth book in the series. But readers can absolutely treat it as a standalone. I have not read the first four books, so this rings true. But now… Continue reading A Botanist’s Guide to Tradition and Treachery by Kate Khavari
Monna Lock is the Army vet turned professional safecracker that the Los Angeles elite call when they need their vaults opened with no questions asked. And her most recent job seems no different. Except as soon as she cracks the safe and secures the valuable item in question, heavily armed guards swarm the onsite location of her assignment. She barely escapes and continues to deliver the item to her client, Huang. But realizing something doesn’t add up, she sneaks out of the meeting and heads home. Only she doesn’t find her son, Evan with her neighbor as expected. The client is at her house, with Evan, and so Monna has no choice but to comply. Before she knows it, she and Evan are being held hostage across the country. And if Monna wants to escape with her and Evan’s lives, she has to complete a risky heist, decades in the making. The Lock Box by Parker Adams is a suspense novel that forces Monna to use her Army training and specialized safecracking skills to pull off the ultimate heist. Or else she and her son won’t live to see another day. Read more
Teenagers and best friends Tommy, Malcolm, Henry, and Kevin were inseparable during their childhood and high school years. They spent much of their free time together and would do anything for each other. Until one night, when the four of them were winding down for the night and encountered a couple of other kids seemingly ready to start a fight. What neither of them predicted was how the results of that night would change them forever. Fast forward 30 years, and Tommy finds Kevin’s name in the obituary. Even though the group hasn’t rekindled their friendship since that fateful night, they reluctantly show up to pay their respects. What they don’t expect is for Kevin’s widow Naomi to confront them about their past. What’s even worse – she’s a reporter, and is hell-bent on making the rest of them pay. Like It Never Happened by Jeff Hoffman is a psychological thriller in which the surviving men are forced to confront their guilt from that horrific event – or else all of their lives will be next to come undone. Read more
