Check out these book reviews from Deena. Deena was a member of the Library’s Patron Service Team who recently retired. She has generously continued to share book reviews with us. Thank you, Deena!
I Will Find You by Joe Kenda (DB110374)
Joe Kenda writes like he talks. He has a dry sense of humor. He worked in homicide in Colorado Springs, Colorado for 19 years. He shares some of his memorable cases. This book is funny, sad, and entertaining. If you like Homicide Hunter on television, you will enjoy the book.
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney (DB36957)
Janie sees a picture on a milk carton of a missing girl. She is convinced that it is her. The more she digs into things the more convinced she becomes. She finally talks her boyfriend into driving to New Jersey where she believes her biological parents live. As they watch the house, a school bus pulls up and several children with red hair, like her own, get off the bus. Janie decides she must confront her parents with all the evidence she has gathered.
The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas (BR14986, DBC10254)
Addie meets Emma on a train going to New Mexico. Emma is going to become a mail order bride. Addie is a madam, although she pretends to Emma that she is a refined lady. Emma’s marriage plans fall through and she ends up at Addie’s “boardinghouse” or what she thinks is a boardinghouse. Addie is tired of Emma after several weeks of her staying there. It’s bad for business, so Addie gets her lover, Ned to take her out for a ride. Ned and Emma hatch a plan to rob a bank. Not everyone is in favor of this plan, but Ned and Emma agree to split the money with Addie and her housemaid, Welcome. On the day of the robbery things do not go as planned. By the end of book, everything you thought you knew is different than your thoughts at the beginning of the book. If you enjoy stories of the old west and outlaws you will enjoy this story.
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