So my last post was written and posted on May 26th. Since then I have started to write several posts. Then I get distracted, do something else and they never get posted! Maybe I can catch up by writing two posts. The first will be about the books I read in May and the second about my May runs.
I read five book in May. That brought the total number of books that I have read in 2018 to 26. My 2018 Reading Challenge goal is 65 books so I’m on pace to reach my goal.
My May Reads
The five books I read in May are:
=&0=&by John Hart
=&1=& C.J.Box
=&2=& Louise Erdrich
=&3=& – Gregg Hurwitz
=&4=& – Stefan Ahnhem
I didn’t do a lot of world traveling this month. =&4=&, which is set in Denmark and Sweden, is the only book that is set outside of the United States.
Within the US, I traveled to North Carolina in The Hush, Wyoming in The Disappeared, =&6=&is set in Minnesota. While =&3=& is mostly Set in California Evan Smoak does make a side trip to Alabama.
Four of the five books are books in a series that I currently read. They are:
The Disappeared – C.J. Box
=&10=& is book 18 in Box’s Joe Pickett series. And I do believe that I have read every one except one! The series shows no signs of slowing down! In this installment Joe is asked by the new governor to help on a case out of Joe’s district. A wealthy English woman has vanished after leaving an exclusive ranch. A ranch where Joe’s oldest daughter Sheridan works. In addition there is a side story about two shady characters dropping off things to be burned in a lumber mills incinerator. Is that where the English lady ended up??
Hellbent – Gregg Hurwitz
=&3=& is book # 3 in the Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz. Evan Smoak is the Nowhere Man. Before that he was a trained killer working for a secret government agency. The agency took Orphan children, like Evan, and trained them from a young age to be elite killers. After many years as a killing machine Evan left and became The Nowhere Man a man who helps people when they have nowhere else to turn.
Now someone wants to wipe out everybody associated with the Orphan Project particularly Orphan X. They attempt to get to Evan through the man who trained him Jack Johns. The man who was the only father Evan knew and Jack ends up dead. The hunted (Evan) becomes the hunter. And the question becomes who will survive!
The Ninth Grave – Stefan Ahnhem
=&14=&is the second book from Ahnhem featuring Swedish Detective Fabian Risk. However, the book is actually a prequel to =&15=&
It chronicles the case that lead Fisk to leave Stockholm and return to his hometown. In that case Fabian and his fellow officers were chasing a sadistic killer who not only kills their victims but removes their organs?
A fast paced page turner for me and I can’t wait for the next book!
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The Hush – John Hart
=&17=& is the second book written=&18=&by John Hart featuring Johnny Merrimon. The first was =&19=&So while The Hush is technically a sequel it just doesn’t feel like a series. At least not like the other series books.
=&17=& picks up Johnny ten years after the actions in =&21=&….from JohnHart’s website…
It’s been ten years since the events that changed Johnny Merrimon’s life and rocked his hometown to the core. Since then, Johnny has fought to maintain his privacy, but books have been written of his exploits; he has fans, groupies. Living alone in the wilderness beyond town, Johnny’s only connection to normal life is his old friend, Jack. They’re not boys anymore, but the bonds remain. What they shared. What they lost. read more
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