An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris

Hired to find a boy gene missing in Doraville, North Carolina, Harper Connelly and her brother Tolliver head there-only to discover that the boy was only one of several who had disappeared over the previous five years. All of them teenagers. All unlikely runaways.

All calling for Harper.

Harper soon finds them-eight victims, buried in the half-frozen ground, all come to an unspeakable end. Afterwards, what she most wants to do is collect her fee and get out of town ahead of the media storm that's soon to descend. But when she's attacked and prevented from leaving, she reluctantly becomes a part of the investigation as she learns more than she cares to about the dark mysteries and long-hidden secrets of Doraville-knowledge that makes her the next person likely to rest in an ice-cold grave.


 A wonderful murder mystery with a supernatural twist! In this book Harper's and Tolliver's relationship changes, they become lovers...even though they had been raised as brother and sister, and referred to each other as brother and sister, since before they were teenagers.  

Who Killed Bianca? by Emma Darcy

Journal Entry 1 by scrapaholic from Darwin, Northern Territory Australia on Sunday, October 25, 2009 She had to die ....... As Australia's most infamous gossip columnist, Bianca Bernini was relishing every moment of her two day train trip fron Sydney to Alice Springs aboard the legendary Ghan. Two days to expose the secrets and scandal behind eight highly privileged passengers. Bianca could not have forseen that unearthing these skeletons from thier closets would inspire her own murder. Nice to see the NT in a book, and fairly accurately portrayed for once. Good mystery. Quick easy, read.

Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan

Abigail Drake is one of seven magical sisters living in California. Abby's special ability is her link to the sea and all the aquatic beings, especially a bond with dolphins with whom she works. One night while swimming with her dolphin friends, she is the sole witness to a murder near the shoreline. Now, her life is in danger and she is led right back to the man she wishes she could forget.

Alexsandr Volstov is an Interpol agent investigating possible Russian mob activities in coastal California. He never expects this investigation to drop in to his arms the one woman he's ever loved. When he discovers Abby saw the murder of his partner, he knows the danger she now faces. Who better to protect her then himself? Especially if it gives him the excuse to stay close and try to win back her love.

Now Alexsandr and Abby must work together to solve the mysteries surrounding them. However, she is still emotionally hurt because of something he did to her several years before. Can they overcome the past that is separating them?


 Suspense, intrigue and lots of hot sex made for a great read.

Another good addition to this series. 

The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn

Lady Julia and her husband Nicholas Brisbane have returned from their honeymoon and adventure in India and are settling down to ‘normal’ life together in London. Julia has taken up photography and, as you just knew would happen, still trying to force herself into Brisbane’s investigation business. Julia and Brisbane are squabbling over how much input Julia should have – I mean to say Victorian ladies shouldn’t go gallivanting around solving crimes!

This time Julia’s toffee nosed older brother is in deep trouble, he had a little bit on the side and now he is being blackmailed, not something an up and coming political person needs in his life. And he certainly didn’t want his sister poking her nose in his little peccadillo! But pokes it she does. The investigation starts at the Ghost Club where séances occur, and the medium is the ‘other’ woman and prime blackmailer suspect. Trouble is she ends up dead and all the people who attended the séance are now suspects.



Not the first in the series, but it didn't matter. A good mystery.  It took me a while to get into it and I wasn't sure about it at first, but ended up enjoying it so i'm glad I stuck to it.

Farmer in the Sky by Robert A Heinlein

The story opens on Earth in the not to distant future. The population has grown to such an extent that there is world wide food rationing. Teenager Bill Lermer lives with his widower father, George, in southern California. When the daily calorie allowance is reduced yet again the Lermers decide to emigrate to Ganymede, one of the moons of Jupiter, where terraforming is underway and good food abounds if you want to farm for it. Bill then discovers that he is about to have a step mother and a sister – only families are going to be accepted as pioneers. Struggling with his feelings of betrayal of his mother, Bill accepts the new family members and they take off for a new life. Through Bill’s eyes, readers get to see the selection process, the preparations, the wearying journey that is not without its life threatening drama’s, the chaotic arrival, and finally settlement in a new home on a new world. Bill observes both the good and bad sides of human nature. And once they settle in the new colony, they soon realise that danger is part of everyday life, and there are many deaths before the story ends. A quick, light read.  Not much depth and I skipped a lot of the technical details about terra-forming a planet and crushing rocks.

Who Killed Angelique? by Emma Darcy

"I'll give you all the dirt darling."
KC Gordan can't wait to find out what her old school friend Angelique means by this crypic comment. But before they meet someone cuts short the life of internationalmodel Angelique Lanci in a hail of bullets.



Well drawn characters with many reasons and opportunities for murder. Lots of twists and turns along the way to who-dun-it.

I liked it being set in Sydney, around places I know.

A very entertaining read. 

She's No Faerie Princess by Christine Warren

Queen Mab's niece, Fiona, has long been bored to tears by the intrigues of Court life. She'd prefer to cut loose at a punk club, knock back a few Thai beers, and hook up with a likely lad of similar interests. But when Fiona goes AWOL, she only gets as far as Manhattan's Inwood Park before a nasty demon nearly puts a permanent crimp in her plans—and a dark stranger sparks her desire...
All work and no play make Tobias Walker one cranky werewolf. After six months of doing his part to keep the peace during the delicate negotiations between the Others and humankind, he'd like nothing more than a good night's sleep—preceded by an enthusiastic mating session. The alluring woman he rescues in the park might be the answer to his most lustful prayers, but only if they can both stay alive long enough to find out who wants her dead and why.
Now, Fiona and Tobias must unravel a tangled web of treachery that spans branches of the Fae, Other, and mortal worlds, all the while falling into a dangerous attraction that could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship—or the end for them both...


Good fun, minor mystery, hot chemistry and cute pixie and imp as supporting cast made for a very entertaining read.