Don't Keep Silent by Elizabeth Goddard

Investigative reporter Rae Burke will do anything to find her missing sister-in-law, even if it means facing Liam McKade, a man who almost lost his life saving hers. A former DEA agent, Liam thought he could find peace at his Wyoming ranch, but he just doesn't feel at home anywhere anymore. When the reporter who blew his cover on an important investigation inserts herself back into his life, he's less than thrilled. But Rae's keen investigative skills have led her down the right path--and directly into the dragon's mouth--leaving Liam no choice but to protect her. As the danger increases, the past they both tried to flee catches up to them, along with the feelings they once had for each other.

This is the third book in the Uncommon Justice series.  It is not necessary to read the first two books to read this one.  This is the story of the third McKade brother, Liam.  When his cover as a DEA agent is blown and he is injured he heads home to the family ranch in Wyoming.  When he left it wasn't under the best of conditions.  So he is hoping to make things right with his brothers.  While there, he runs into Rae Burke.  She is the reporter who blew his cover and was responsible for his injury.  He wants nothing to do with her and tries to stay as far away as possible.  Rae is trying to find her missing sister in law and she will do any thing to find her.  Even ask Liam for help.  Against his better judgement he starts to help her.  What they don't know is the kind of people they are up against.  

This is a book that I recommend for all those who like a good mystery.  The book kept my interest the entire time.

I was given this book by Revell Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

Where Tomorrow Leads by Diann Mills

Once a member of the royal family in Sudan, Paul Farid now carries a price on his head for becoming a Christian. Called to aid his persecuted countrymen, Paul risks his life nearly daily but worries that his sometimes-reckless actions may bring harm to his wife, Larson. This war-torn country is certainly no place to raise a family . . . but that’s little comfort when Larson realizes she’s pregnant.

After fighting more than two decades against the Sudanese government’s mandates, Colonel Ben Alier is wary of the fledgling peace treaty meant to unite the north and south again. Ben vows not to give up the fight, but a pressing health concern turns his thoughts toward securing his legacy and finally acknowledging his son.

The days ahead hold no promise of peace, so Paul, Larson, and Ben must learn to trust God in all things, no matter where tomorrow leads.

This is the second book in the series.  I recommend reading the first one before you read this one.  The characters will make more sense.  Also, the situations they find themselves in.  This book had some of the same issues for me as the first one did.  Too much background and not enough action.  The story is good but I found myself skimming ahead to get past parts of it.  Larson has finally accepted God back into her life.  That doesn't mean her life is any easier.  She is still trying to run a medial compound in the middle of a jungle and a war.  Paul has been contacted by his brother and is trying to decide to accept his offer to meet.  Ben has accepted the fact that Paul and Larson are married and are happy.  He has even begun to consider Paul a friend.  The news Ben receives in the middle of the book shatters his stoic personality.  This is a good book with a good story line if you don't mind skimming.


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Long Walk Home by Diann Mills

As an Arab Christian pilot for a relief organization, Paul Farid feels called to bring supplies to his war-torn countrymen in southern Sudan. But with constant attacks from Khartoum’s Islamic government, the villagers have plenty of reasons to distrust Paul, and he wonders if the risks he’s taking are really worth his mission.

American doctor Larson Kerr started working with the Sudanese people out of a sense of duty and has grown to love them all, especially Rachel, her young assistant. But despite the years she’s spent caring for them, her life feels unfulfilled. It’s a void that both Paul and Rachel’s older brother, Colonel Ben Alier of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army, notice.

When Rachel is abducted, Paul, Ben, and Larson agree to set aside their differences to form an unlikely alliance and execute a daring rescue. Their faith and beliefs tested, each must find the strength to walk the path God has laid before them, to find their way home.

This book had a great story line and kept me reading.  I will admit to skimming pages when the war details were discussed.  Not that they were gory.  I was more interested in the characters and the story than the background history.  It was a necessary part of the story.  I just felt it was discussed too much.  

Larson is a doctor who is running from God and is working in the most primitive of conditions.  Paul is a converted Muslim who is trying to atone for all he did while being a zealous Muslim.  Paul also has a price on his head by his family because he converted to Christianity.  Ben is fighting for the Sudanese people and has no time for God.  He also doesn't trust anyone.  Especially Paul.  The one thing they have in common is they both love Larson.  

I was given this book by Tyndale House Publishing via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

Relative Silence by Carrie Stuart Parks

A powerful family with lots of secrets. A forensic artist with his own tragedies. And a hurricane drawing bearing down on their private island.  Fifteen years ago Piper Boone’s only child died in a boating accident, and Piper’s almost perfect life came to an end too. After living through a divorce and losing her job, she retreats to Curlew Island and her childhood home—a secluded mansion for the politically powerful Boone family, who are practically American royalty. But Piper’s desire to become a recluse is shattered when a mass shooter opens fire and kills three women at a café where Piper is having lunch. The crisis puts her family in the spotlight by dredging up rumors of the so-called Curlew Island Curse, which whispers say has taken the lives of several members of the Boone family, including Piper’s father and sister. Forensic artist Tucker Landry also survives the shooting and is tasked with the job of sketching a portrait of the shooter with Piper. They forge a bond over their shared love of movies and tragic pasts. But when police discover a connection between the shooting and two more murders on Curlew Island, they face a more terrible lineup of suspects than they could have imagined: Piper’s family. Unraveling the family’s true history will be the key to Piper’s survival—or her certain death.

This is the story of the "Perfect" family.  Or so everyone believes.  Except for the curse.  Pipers sister, father, and daughter have all died.  After the death of Pipers daughter her marriage fell apart. Fifteen years later she is still grieving.  While she is having lunch with a friend someone opens fire and kills three people.  Nathan Tucker knocks Piper out of the way or she would have been killed also.  Nathan and Piper work together to find the shooter.  As they do, things begin to happen that ties to the death of Dove, Pipers daughter.  As a hurricane approaches they are running out of time to find the killer.  

This book kept me reading when I should have been doing other things.  I recommend this book to all who enjoy a good mystery.

I was given this book by Thomas Nelson Publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.  

Crushing Depths by Dani Pettrey

When an accident claims the life of an oil-rig worker on the first drilling platform off the North Carolina coast, Coast Guard investigators Rissi Dawson and Mason Rogers are sent to take the case. Tensions surrounding the oil rig are high and the death has everyone on edge. Environmental activists are threatening to do whatever it takes to stop the structure from being completed, while rumors are being whispered about ancient curses surrounding this part of the ocean.

Mounting evidence shows the death may not have been an accident at all. Was he killed by one of the activists or, perhaps more frighteningly, a member of his own crew? Rissi and Mason have to sort through not only a plethora of suspects, but also their own past and attraction to each other.

Just as the case seems like it'll break open, worse news arrives. A tropical storm has turned their way and soon they're cut off from any rescue--and right where the killer wants them. It's a race to discover his identity before he eliminates the threat they pose.

Another great book by Dani Pettrey.  Coast Guard investigators Rissi Dawson and Mason Rogers have known each other for years.  They were in the same foster home as teens.  Mason looked after her and made sure Rissi was safe from the foster father.  It's been years since they have seen each other.  But Rissi still remembers her crush.  Rissi and Mason are sent on a case involving a death on a drilling platform.  It seemed like there were two different stories going on.  Noah, the one in charge of the CGIS group, and Brooke, a CGIS medic.  It was still a good book and hard to put down.  

I recommend this book to everyone who likes a good mystery.

I was given this book by Bethany House Publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any awy.  

Airborne by DiAnn Mills

Heather Lawrence’s long-awaited vacation to Salzburg wasn’t supposed to go like this. Mere hours into the transatlantic flight, the Houston FBI agent is awakened when passengers begin exhibiting horrific symptoms of an unknown infection. As the virus quickly spreads and dozens of passengers fall ill, Heather fears she’s witnessing an epidemic similar to ones her estranged husband studies for a living—but this airborne contagion may have been deliberately released.

While Heather remains quarantined with other survivors, she works with her FBI colleagues to identify the person behind this attack. The prime suspect? Dr. Chad Lawrence, an expert in his field . . . and Heather’s husband. The Lawrences’ marriage has been on the rocks since Chad announced his career took precedence over his wife and future family and moved out.

As more victims fall prey days after the initial outbreak, time’s running out to hunt down the killer, one who may be closer to the victims than anyone ever expected.

I couldn't put this book down once I started to read it.  All Heather wanted to do was get away from her husband and take a vacation.  Chad, her husband, was supposed to go with her to Salzburg.  But he has put work above everything else in his life.  Including his wife.  Heather isn't willing to give Chad the divorce he ask for.  On the way to Salzburg passengers begin to get sick and some of them die.  Once the plane lands all non sick passengers are quarantined.  Now  Heather's work is just beginning.  There seem to be only one person who has the knowledge to make the virus that is attacking.  Her husband Chad.  As I stated previously, I couldn't put this book down.  I highly recommend this book to all mystery buffs.  Beware though.  It will make you leary of wanting to get on an airplane again.

I was given this book by Tyndale Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

The Women in the Green Dress by Tea Cooper

A cursed opal, a gnarled family tree, and a sinister woman in a green dress emerge in the aftermath of World War I.

After a whirlwind romance, London teashop waitress Fleur Richards can’t wait for her new husband, Hugh, to return from the Great War. But when word of his death arrives on Armistice Day, Fleur learns he has left her a sizable family fortune. Refusing to accept the inheritance, she heads to his beloved home country of Australia in search of the relatives who deserve it more.

In spite of her reluctance, she soon finds herself the sole owner of a remote farm and a dilapidated curio shop full of long-forgotten artifacts, remarkable preserved creatures, and a mystery that began more than sixty-five years ago. With the help of Kip, a repatriated soldier dealing with the sobering aftereffects of war, Fleur finds herself unable to resist pulling on the threads of the past. What she finds is a shocking story surrounding an opal and a woman in a green dress. . . a story that, nevertheless, offers hope and healing for the future.

This is the first book I have read by Ms. Cooper.  I found the story line to be quite good.  At first I was a little confused when it kept bouncing from 1919 to 1853.  As I kept reading,  it started to make more since to me.  When the book first starts Fleur doesn't want to acknowledge that Hugh is actually dead.  She hopes he is waiting for her on his farm in Australia.  She doesn't want his money so she goes looking any next of kin that she can find.  What she finds is a mystery.  With the help of an old man she goes on a hunt for Hugh's belongings.

The only negative I found with this book was the swearing that took place here and there. I was disappointed to see it from a Christian publisher like Thomas Nelson.   I would give it a four star rating if it wasn't for that.

I was given this book by Thomas Nelson Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.