Christine's Book Corner

Beware of the bosses in The Cartel 7: Illuminati: Roundtable of the Bosses,  a crime fiction novel by Ashley and Jaquavis Coleman where the Diamonds are back at it again with a life of crime. Summary: Carter Diamond is in exile in order to protect his family, but his wife is in jail and he has no idea what happened to his son, or his brother's child during his time away.  Now that he has found a group of people that will help him, he wonders if he will be alone forever.  Will Carter find his family before it's too late?  My Review: I'll admit, this is the first of the series I read, so maybe that's why it was hard for me to get through, but I did.  The beginning of the book was hard for me and Coleman really should've clarified it which child was who, Mo and C.J.  I had to go back and forth to try and figure it out, which I don't like to do when reading.  I want to get right into it and continue reading.  Coleman did a wonderf...

Don't worry about being out after 11 at night in The 11:05 Murders,  a suspense novel by  Brian O'Hare  that will have you guessing who it is that is the murderer up until the very end of the book. Three different murders happen on Tuesday nights around the time 11:05 and the cops are hot on the trail to find out who is committing the crimes.  Clues lead the police to various suspects and soon they consider that these murders may be connected to a rape that happened 12 years ago in a college that resulted in the victim later committing suicide.  With a mysterious call giving Sergeant Stewart hints as to who the murderer is, the cops are sent on a wild goose chase with other cases coming in to find out who is the murderer of the 11:05 murders. The Cover: Before reading the book: It is a very eerie cover.  The clock that is seen in the background gives you the feeling that 11:05 is the key time in everything.  Then man in the picture, standi...

Title: The Burning Author: Jane Casey Photo from Goodreads.com Synopsis: The Burning Man.  He's the serial killer that has the people of London terrified.  Finding young woman, killing them, and then burning their bodies beyond recognition.  With four bodies already found through the course of five months, a fifth body is found.  Is it The Burning Man's work, or that of a copycat killer? Maeve Kerrigan is on the murder task force and has been following the cases of these women.  She wants The Burning man caught before he can kill again.  She wants to show the others on the force that she is more than just a pretty face and that she deserves to be on the force just as much as they do.  With the fifth murder, she hopes that she can break the case and finally be respected.  Rebecca Haworth is the latest victim and Maeve is determined to find the murderer.  She believes it wasn't The Burning Man who killed her....