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Mass Update #2: Even Masser than the first. These are all the usual books I read – mystery / murder / suspense. I think I liked them all!

Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman

Rapid Falls by Amber Cowie

The Killer Ascendant by Barry Eisler

A Killer's Mind by Mike Omer

In the Darkness by Mike Omer

Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly

Zero Day by David Baldacci

The Whistler by John Grisham

Witness to a Trial by John Grisham

August 29, 2019 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Review #1: Nothing to Lose.  This is book two in the Ziba MacKenzie series. Ziba’s a profiler helping out the cops in London.  She’s called to the scene of a murder of a woman.  There was apparently another woman killed there just over a week prior, and they both somehow look like Ziba. She’s not one to freak out, but she’s a little unnerved. She’s also secretly investigating her husband’s murder, and someone or multiple someones are starting to catch on.  Ziba found a flash […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Amber Cowie, assasins, Barry Eisler, cbr11bingo, cops, crooked judge, David Baldacci, gaslighting, John Grisham, Michael Connelly, Mike Omer, sister love, Victoria Selman

kfishgirl's CBR11 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Amber Cowie, assasins, Barry Eisler, cbr11bingo, cops, crooked judge, David Baldacci, gaslighting, John Grisham, Michael Connelly, Mike Omer, sister love, Victoria Selman ·
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John Rain is back

Redemption Games (John Rain #4) by Barry Eisler

Extremis (John Rain #5) by Barry Eisler

April 29, 2019 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

This is Book number four in the John Rain series. John’s last job didn’t go so smoothly, and he almost died in Hong Kong.  He’s also now working for the Mossad, and kinda sorta working with his sometimes girlfriend Delilah.  He gets hired to eliminate a target in Manila, and after tailing the man for a while, realizes that he has a family.  For some reason the kid’s face flashes before John’s eyes when he’s about to kill the man, and he can’t do it. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: assasin, Barry Eisler, John Rain, ladyfriends

kfishgirl's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: assasin, Barry Eisler, John Rain, ladyfriends ·
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John Rain goes to Rio

October 23, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So after the events of book two, where John almost gets killed a few times, he activates his escape plan.  John had been cultivating a false identity in Brazil for years in the eventuality that he’d need to get out of Japan and start a new life. Unfortunately, one of the women he met in Japan is actually from Brazil, and she returns home and they start seeing each other again.  She unknowingly (he thinks knowingly) leads them to John, and he’s almost killed again.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: assassin, Barry Eisler, John Rain, Rio

kfishgirl's CBR10 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: assassin, Barry Eisler, John Rain, Rio ·
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John Rain might be trying to get out of the game?

September 7, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

cbr10bingo… Dream Vacation Ok so this book falls into the “Dream Vacation” category for cbr10bingo for 2 reasons: Tokyo and Osaka: John moved to Osaka to get away from the people who might want to kill him, but he travels back to Tokyo for most of the book.  I’ve never particularly wanted to go to Tokyo, but he makes it sound so interesting.  He goes to the little places that aren’t touristy, are off the beaten path, and that have great food.  The food he […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: assassin, Barry Eisler, cbr10bingo, John Rain, judo, murder, yakuza

kfishgirl's CBR10 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: assassin, Barry Eisler, cbr10bingo, John Rain, judo, murder, yakuza ·
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John Rain is a new character for me… and I like him

August 22, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Listicle… cbr10bingo So I cheated a little with this one.  I read it first, and then I found a list it was on 🙂  However, the list toooootally applies to me!  It’s called “What the over 35’s are reading”, and here it is: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/83374.2015_What_the_Over_35_s_Are_Reading I’m very much an over 35 (by 2 whole years!), so this list appeals to me.  I’m going to go back to it and see if there are other books on it I’d like! Enough about my old age, back to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: assassin, Barry Eisler, cbr10bingo, jazz, John Rain, judo, Tokyo

kfishgirl's CBR10 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: assassin, Barry Eisler, cbr10bingo, jazz, John Rain, judo, Tokyo ·
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Livia continues to be scary

May 24, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Livia gets a visit from a man in Homeland Security who is kinda offering her a job.  But because she is who she is, she can’t just say yes, even though she wants to.  She talks him into letting her go to Asia for a little recon before she will accept.  Livia wants to see if she can finish what she started in the first book, which is basically torturing and murdering everyone involved with her and her sister’s sex trafficking.  She also thinks that […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Barry Eisler, Livia Lone, sex crimes

kfishgirl's CBR10 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Barry Eisler, Livia Lone, sex crimes ·
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