Badlands is the latest of Preston & Child鈥檚 Nora Kelly novels and FBI agent Corrie Swanson, a forensics specialist, has become a fixture in these mystBadlands is the latest of Preston & Child鈥檚 Nora Kelly novels and FBI agent Corrie Swanson, a forensics specialist, has become a fixture in these mysteries set in New Mexico. As this novel unfolds, the skeletal remains of a woman are discovered in the badlands area in the desert outside of Albuquerque by a movie crew flying a drone for scenic shots. Their call to police brings Corrie and her mentor, Agent Sharp as well as a field team to assess and manage what they find. What they find proves to be very strange, indicating a woman at some point walked out into the desert then slowly shed her clothes before likely dying of dehydration and heat exhaustion. Why? Was this suicide? Corrie asks for Nora鈥檚 assistance because of artifacts found with the skeleton. Nora鈥檚 expertise and work as an archaeologist has been very valuable and helpful in the past. Together, they are about to open up a case with roots in the distant past and links to an evil they have never encountered before.
Badlands is an exciting, fast paced story, filled with history that has been adapted somewhat by the authors. See the Author鈥檚 Note for information about the peoples and ideas written about in this novel. I enjoy reading mysteries that include archeology, Native American cultures and life, and variations on the themes. Badlands has everything I would want. I will give a warning for violence. This is an action novel and Preston & Child do not back away from details of violence when necessary to the plot. I do recommend this book.
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Having previously read and enjoyed Anna Hope鈥檚 Wake and The Ballroom, I was happy to have the opportunity to rad her latest novel, Albion, the story oHaving previously read and enjoyed Anna Hope鈥檚 Wake and The Ballroom, I was happy to have the opportunity to rad her latest novel, Albion, the story of an English family, an English estate of storied lineage, and all the complexities of life in the generations of the Brooke family, of Sussex, over the past approximately fifty years. As the novel begins we meet Frannie, eldest child of Philip Brooke, the late owner of Albion, the above mentioned estate. Philip has recently died and Frannie is planning the family funeral that will bring her brother, Milo, and sister, Isabelle (Isa) home to for a few days. Her Mother, Grace, and daughter, Rowan, already live at the mansion. Tension is already running high as planning is underway, thoughts about inheritance, taxes etc are a worry, and there is a lingering tension from Philip鈥檚 life and relationships throughout the two hundred years old 鈥渉ome鈥� with its twenty two bedrooms.
As the planned long weekend begins, family gradually arrives
to be continued鈥�
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Lay Your Armor Down, the latest book from Michael Farris Smith, once again follows travelers on back roads of Mississippi. This time it鈥檚 two men who Lay Your Armor Down, the latest book from Michael Farris Smith, once again follows travelers on back roads of Mississippi. This time it鈥檚 two men who live on the edge of life, skirting law and trouble as they earn money where they can. Not quite bounty hunters but living on the shady side.
to be continued鈥�
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