Reading In/Out 4-7-26
I finished some stuff! And started some stuff! Let's talk.
OUT
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan - I did not know about this place. I knew about Los Alamos because I have family all up and around there. I did not know about the others. This was fascinating to me. I grew up watching The Oak Ridge Boys on TV. Apparently they got their start as a band playing to the residents of this site, and after the war, they changed their name to The Oak Ridge Boys. I had no idea. That's not in the book, though. That was information I went after on my own. The book had a lot of characters. The story rotated around to all the different women through the 2 years they were there. By the last quarter of the book, I could just about keep straight which women did what and married whom. The book was very informative and interesting.
Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb - I don't know how she keeps coming up with little interesting twists on the storytelling. I mean, it's a mystery series, so of course there are twists in the plot, but the premises are all slightly different. In this one, Dallas picks up 2 murders in the space of one hour, and they are a block apart. One is from last night and the other is from 2024 (it's set in 2061, remember). The one from 2024 is in a building now owned by her husband, but used to be owned by the company that owns the construction site where the new murder took place. Are they related? How could they be? But could they? This was great.
Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann - I'm almost halfway through this. It's really funny. I told my nail tech about it and she's going to check it out too. The sheep are trying to solve the murder of their shepherd without actually understanding the words the humans around them are saying. They think the pastor's name is God. They keep hearing about The Lord, and they are not impressed. The humans pay no attention to the sheep, which works to the sheep's advantage. Just now, the sheep have been made aware of the return of an old ram who disappeared years ago. He is a little weird, and says strange things. I'm sure the sheep will solve the mystery.
Shadows In Death by J.D. Robb - This is number 51 in the series. This is really creepy. A woman is murdered in a park in front of a lot of people. Roarke (Dallas husband) is at the scene with her when he spots a man he knew from his mis-spent youth. He instantly knows that man is the murderer and that he let Roarke see him on purpose. Now, he believes the man will try to hurt Roarke by hurting those he loves, namely Dallas and Summerset (the butler type who raised Roarke). The man is a killer-for-hire and it's pretty easy to trace the payments to him for the woman's murder from her husband. But now they have to find him before he hurts anyone else.
Naked In Death by J.D. Robb - Okay, so I said I was going to listen to this one after I finished Forgotten in Death, but when I finished, my library loan had ended. I put it back on hold and went on to the book above. But then I realized I had a library loan on the eBook, so I started reading it on my Kindle. This is the first book in the series. Dallas is assigned to a very politically charged case because the victim is the grand-daughter of a very far right Senator from Virginia. She is also a prostitute. Also, the killer leaves a note: one of six. Meaning there are 5 more women on his list. That's all I've got so far. Oh, wait! Also, she has Roarke at the top of her list, since he had seen the victim the night before the murder. She hasn't met him before, she just knows he used to be a high-dollar thief and now he is extremely rich.
That's what I've got right now. What are you reading?