All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda FIC Mir

Ten years ago Nicolette Farrell had left her hometown of Cooley Ridge to live in Philadelphia where she is living a good life with a job and a fiancé.  She rarely goes home since the day she left soon after Corinne, her best friend, disappeared.  A decade has passed and no one knows what happened to Corinne.  But now Nicolette has to return to help as her father is now in a facility since his dementia has progressed. Nic's brother, Daniel, needs help with cleaning out the family home so that they can sell it.  Being back is not easy - especially since her former boyfriend is still there.  He is involved with a woman named Annalise Carter.  Annalise was part of a group of friends that were hanging out the night that Corinne was last seen.

And soon after Nic returns Annalise also disappears.  I loved the way the story went back and forth between the present and the night Corrine disappeared.  As Nic is cleaning out the house she comes upon some items that only add to the old mystery.  A good read!

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The Good Life by Marian Thurm FIC Thu

I thought this was a good book. I liked the way Thurm built up the suspense by interspersing the thoughts and actions of the husband Roger with the story of how Roger and Stacy met, fell in love, married and had two children.  Stacy worked as a social worker.  One day she was at her neighborhood muffin shop when she dropped her purse and everything spilled out.  A well-dressed older man helped her to pick things up while glancing at her driver's license.  He notices that they share the same birthday. They had both bought the same kind of muffin and sweet tea.  It must be fate.  He is wearing a $15,000 watch.  They definitely come from different worlds.  Yet it worked.

Sounds like a happy book.  But it starts out with Roger buying a gun.  And that is all I'm going to say!

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A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain FIC McE

FBI agent and child prodigy Kendra Donovan is on the hunt for the man who infiltrated her team and led to their deaths.  Her search takes her to England and Aldrich Castle.  When her plans go awry she runs for cover in a secret passageway...

...and comes to in the same castle in 1815.

Forced to hide her identity while she tries to figure out what happened to her and how to get back to her own time, Kendra becomes involved in trying to solve the murder of a young prostitute whose body is found in a local river. She must also try to figure out how to put her 21st century experiences to use while not giving up the truth about her life.  If only the presence of the Duke of Aldrich's nephew wasn't such a distraction.

This wasn't a great book but rather a fun book to read.  The book bore some resemblance to other time travel romances I've read.  The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon springs to mind.  Kendra is a likable heroine, concerned with finding the killer but also with how her presence in the past could affect the future. The author hints at a sequel.

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