Wow! I loved this book! A page turner for sure.

David Beck and his wife Elizabeth have known each other since they were eight years old. They've been together ever since. As they head to Lake Charmaine, they sit in the car both desperately wanting to come clean with secrets. Neither can make the first step towards lifting the weight of their own secret before tragedy strikes.

Elizabeth is grabbed, tortured, and later found of the side of the road dead. David survives that night although he can't remember anything after he gets hit in the head and falls into the lake.

Eight years later, David still hasn't properly grieved over the loss of his wife, but now two bodies buried near the lake are found and little by little David, the police, the FBI put together clues of what really happened that fateful night.

OMG... I couldn't wait to find out what happened. I so wish I could tell you what happens, but I really really really don't want to spoil the thrill of the ride. I'll give you a hint though... is Elizabeth truly dead? If not, whose body was found.

If you love Harlan Coben's books, or if you love suspense thrillers... PLEASE check this one out. And leave a comment... I would LOVE to hear what you think... NO SPOILERS please!

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Yes I know... another book series. This one is the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell. More crime, drama, suspense, and mystery... oh yeah a bit of relationship disasters.

I really should have reread the last couple of books from this series because honestly I couldn't remember what happened in the last couple of books. I vaguely remember the crew was in Florida, but I couldn't remember much more than that.

Now Kay and her crew (ex-cop Marino, niece Lucy, and assistant Rose) move to Charleston, SC where once again they strive to figure out "whodunit". All of their lives were intertwined in this story... a bit too much if you ask me. Surely even a mastermind wouldn't/couldn't come up with that much planning. I don't want to give away the plot, but I will just say Marino's unrequited love for Kay changes their relationship forever.

Like the "In death" series by JD Robb, there is one aspect of the Kay Scarptetta series that is just too unbelievable. It makes finding information so convenient, but really... too convenient. Lucy (Kay's niece) is an ex-FBI agent who basically can do EVERYTHING. Her FBI career had much to do with computers, security, etc, but she can also fly planes, helicopters and knows all about forensic crime scene stuff. It's too unrealistic for me at times.

Leave me a message about your thoughts on Book of the Dead by Cornwell or on her Scarpetta series as a whole.

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For those of you who don't know, JD Robb is a pseudonym for Nora Roberts best known for her romance books. I'm not a fan of romance novels in general although I don't mind if there is romance in the books I read. I like this series because it has elements I love: crime, drama, a bit of romance, and it is futuristic without being too "out there". By that i mean there are no aliens or objects that we couldn't see as possible. The year is 2050, so yes there are things that we do not have, but those things aren't inconceivable as being possible in a few short years.

This is just one book in a long series... not sure exactly how many books there are, but I'm getting towards the end of the series. Lieutenant Eve Dallas is the main character, and she is married to Roarke who owns almost everything, is too good at everything, and of course looks gorgeous. Roarke and his relationship with Dallas are the parts of the book that to me are too hard to believe sometimes. I even can believe that there are people living on different planets (which Roarke owns many of them), but because Dallas is so harsh, crude, and not a people person, I tend to find their relationship too convenient for the story. That's my biggest problem with this series... I just don't quite buy it.

But overall if you like crime, drama, and a little romance give this series a chance. And let me know what your thoughts are.

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