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Review: Last Seen Alone by Laura Griffin
After finishing the Tracers series and a short segue into the Wolfe Security series, I had a moment where I thought about switching to something else, but I just couldn’t bring myself to look for something else to read so I decided to stick with something I knew would be good and that is basically any book by Laura Griffin! I picked up this standalone book and was eager to dive back into another murder mystery that I knew would be solid and well researched. All of Laura Griffin’s books can be read as standalone book, even in the series even with a few appearances of other fringe characters from…
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Review: Her Deadly Secrets (Wolfe Security #2) by Laura Griffin
When I was first introduced to the Wolfe Security team, Jeremy was the one I was interested in. I always like a strong silent type and I thought that Jeremy fit the bill. I also liked the hint of a romance for him in one of the Tracers books—even if it didn’t go anywhere in the book. I was really excited to see he got his own story in this book but I was surprised that his wasn’t the first one of the series since we met him in other books in the Tracer series. That’s probably why I accidentally read this book first! The Wolfe Security books can be…
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Review: Desperate Girls (Wolfe Security #1) by Laura Griffin
I should just re-name my blog ‘Laura Griffin Fan Girl Website’. After finishing the Tracers series I promised myself I would move on to something else, but I just couldn’t say goodbye to some of the characters from Griffin’s books yet! In the Tracers series books, we meet a few of the Wolfe Security characters and I thought it would be fun to read a bit more about them in this short series. Currently it’s only two books, but I hope we get a couple of more! The Wolfe Security books can be read out of order—-I actually read the second one first by mistake and had no trouble doing…
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Review: Stone Cold Heart (Tracers 13) by Laura Griffin
I finally made it to the last book in this length series. I don’t know that I am ready for this series. to end yet—-but it appears to be the end at least for the foreseeable future. I personally feel like there are more stories in this series as there are some reoccurring characters in the books that I think could have interesting stories to tell—-the one I am thinking of inparticular is Ben. He’s been a long standing character in the books and I would love to see him have his own book. Same with Ric Santos’s brother. Who knows maybe there will be other books in this series…
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Special Feature: The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
When this one came across my desk for review, I almost passed for a couple of reasons. One, I had no room on my review calendar and two, I try to keep my horror or creepy books for the fall. But then something in the description popped and there was no way I could pass this one up. In the description that the publisher sent over it noted that this book would be featuring some Guatemalan history and folklore. My husband is from Guatemala and I know that there just isn’t a lot out there when it comes to Guatemalan anything for literature. So that sold me on this one…
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Special Feature: Muffin But The Truth (A Bakeshop Mystery #16) by Ellie Alexander
Ellie Alexander has written a number of cozy mysteries series, her most well known being this one. Clearly it’s popular as it currently has 16 books in the series! I have skipped around in this series without too much trouble and I have also read some of Alexander’s other book series and really enjoyed her mix of classic Oregon towns and interesting characters—-not to mention the food! Alexander is from Oregon and this particular series is set in Ashland. I live in Oregon so naturally I am partial to any book set in the PacNW. Ashland is a fun town and they have an annual Shakespeare Festival there as well…
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Review: Touch of Red (Tracers #12) by Laura Griffin
In this book, we meet Detective Sean Byrne. Well that’s not quite accurate, we met Sean in a couple of other books prior to this one and he is always portrayed as the cocky devils advocate. At least that’s how I read him. I wasn’t really a fan of him in previous books but at the same time I was intrigued a bit by his character so when I saw he was getting his own story I was excited to reconnect with him and see what he was like as the hero. Brooke was also in a couple of other books but we barely get a glimpse of her beyond…
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Review: At Close Range (Tracers #11) by Laura Griffin
Throughout this series the stand out hero for me has been Derek from a few books back, as for stand out story, all of them have been so complex and interesting that it’s hard to pick a favorite. The last couple of books in the series have been a but disappointing in the romance category so I wasn’t really sure about picking this one up. I recalled Scott from a couple of books back but he didn’t really stand out to me as a swoon worthy hero. I briefly skimmed the summary of this one mostly just looking for who the main characters were because I already know that Griffin’s…
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Review: Deep Dark (Tracers #10) by Laura Griffin
Laura Griffin really has a way of getting under your skin. Her mysteries always leave me more aware of cars following me, my cyber security, being on alert for terrorists, and of course watching out for stalkers who might tamper with my home security. She has such a great way of tapping into the very real fears that women live with—make sure you have a peephole, always check the inside of your car, have a home security system, keep your hedged trimmed etc. This book left me chilled to the bone even if I didn’t understand half of what was going on. This book takes a much more techy turn.…
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Review: Shadow Fall (Tracers #9) by Laura Griffin
Having met Mark Wolfe, FBI Profiler, a few books back I was excited to meet his brother, Liam, in this book. Liam is a former Marine and I loved that this book had this great military angle along with a twisty murder mystery. All in all I was stoked to get into this one, not to mention Griffin has a break out series based on Liam’s security company, Wolfe Security Series. I plan on reading the Wolf Security series once I am done with the tracers series. In this book we are introduced to potential characters in the Wolfe Security series so that made me excited since this series is…