Original Sin by D.P. Lyle

Sam Cody is no longer a cop at Mercer’s Corner.  She is touring the country and ends up visiting an old friend, Dr. Lucy Wagner.   While visiting her friend, strange events start to occur.  Dr. Wagner’s patients begin exhibiting lethal behavior.   Does the snake handling minister have anything to do with the weird occurrences?

Sam is pugnacious as is expected.  Dr. Wagner is distraught over discovering some personal information.   Sam’s experiences in Mercer’s Corner provide her with a frame of reference to see the possibility that Lucy’s troubles may be of a supernatural cause. 

A pair of intellectually stunted good ole boys try to intimidate Sam to their resultant dismay.  Sam discovers a new admirer in Ty.  

A good story and an entertaining read.

 

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Deadly Setup by Lynn Slaughter

This is a YA mystery whose main character, Samantha, is accused of a crime she did not commit.   A responsible young woman, she is deep into her music that incidentally was the same music her deceased father loved.   The plot revolves around her narcissistic, romance-writer mother.

The book has abundant emotional turmoil with a boatload of teenage angst.  Noah, the lead in the high school play, West Side Story, is worshipped by Sam from afar.   Sam’s more of a loaner, less of a joiner, and very protective of her emotionally volatile mother.

Despite the nonstop drama or perhaps due to the nonstop drama, I found the book compelling.  

I recommend the book and enjoyed it.   

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San Diego Dead by Mark Nolan

Jake Wolfe finds himself at war with a drug cartel.   As a government assassin, Jake is tasked to take down the cartel leader.  Jake, however, has the motivation to do the job well beyond his responsibility for the mission.

Jake’s sidekick and better half, Cody sniffs out trouble in all the dangers they face.   Jake’s girlfriend Sarah is emotionally torn between love and lust for Jake and the terror of his role as a government assassin.

Grinds, Jake’s LT in the Marines has his back and provides Jake with some needed common sense.  Jake is far beyond a bit of a loose cannon and needs all the stabilizing that Cody and Grinds can provide.

The book has a plot and action that is over the top.

I recommend it. 

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Journey to the Heart Stone by Catherine Raphael

This is a novel about three peoples separated from each other due to the depredations of a dictator.   The lands have a matriarchal tradition but Evil V or Vestor has displaced his niece, Cora aka Mother Minc, and initiated war with the Dute and the Carroo.  

Raphael has created three lands with different attributes.  Those differing attributes contribute to seeing the lands reunited.  The women portrayed as leaders all have strengths that may suffice to restore the land and defeat Vestor.

I enjoyed the book and recommend it. 

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Lest We Forget

Bull’s Eye by David Baldacci

This was a short crossover story with Will Robie and Oliver Stone dealing with a questionable bank robbery.  It was a treat to see the Camel Club again.

The story had the requisite tension and a bit of a mystery.  

I know I haven’t read everything Baldacci has written but I’m certainly trying to.

I recommend the story. 

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Stumpy, The Three-Legged Alligator, The Trailer

Devil’s Playground by D. P. Lyle

Sam is a deputy in Mercer’s Corner a tiny town in the desert.   The story begins with a satanist’s conviction for the foul murder of three children.   Richard Earl Garrett believes he is connected to the devil and he seems blithely unconcerned about his confession to murder and subsequent conviction.   The plot includes Nathan, a tabloid journalist seen by Sam as a bottom-feeding slime bucket.

Sparks fly between Nathan and Samantha.  Their mating dance is interwoven throughout the story.   Manson like followers of Richard Earl Garrett show up in town and murders begin.  

Lyle creates a lot of tension.  The fearful community, the insanely attractive slimeball journalist, the town’s mayor, Reverend Billy, an unscrupulous pseudo evangelist all seem pitted against each other.

The tension carries to the end and as this is the first in a series featuring Sam, you can guess he survives the terror-stricken town’s ire.

I enjoyed the book. 

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