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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Witness in Books

Jan 6, 2021  
The Witness
The Witness
Nora Roberts | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.5 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
4.5 stars.

This is my first Nora Roberts book that wasn't part of a series or paranormal and I have to say I
really enjoyed it!

I was drawn in very quickly to the story with young Elizabeth and her rebellion against her rather clinical mother and her rules. I know it's called The Witness but I didn't think we'd actually see her witness the crime--which sounds stupid, considering, but oh well. She did. She saw the crime and did the right thing.

It quickly moved on and we met Brooks. I have to tell you now that I really liked him from his first page. He's a good cop with an awesome family behind him.

It's twelve years later (though on the back cover of my paperback it says fifteen?) and Elizabeth is now Abigail and a loner. She isn't good around people and finds it hard to trust people. She has a way about her that is so odd but at the same time you can't help but like her.

Enter Brooks and the fun starts.

I really loved their relationship! They make a great couple and I loved reading it happening.

I'm not sure how I feel about the ending. Everything worked out great in the end but I think I'd have liked it to have been fleshed out a little more, considering it had been building since around 100 pages in, but it was still pretty good.

I look forward to reading my other Nora Roberts and J.D.Robb paperback books now :)
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2395 KP) rated Cozy Up to Death in Books

May 12, 2020  
Cozy Up to Death
Cozy Up to Death
Colin Conway | 2020 | Mystery
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Debut that Grew on Me
Today is Brody Steele’s first day running The Red Herring, a mystery bookstore in Pleasant Valley, Maine. However, he’s not a reader. So what is he doing here? It’s a cover since Brody has just entered the Witness Protection Program after turning on his former motorcycle gang. Brody is sure he will find his new life too quiet. However, as he tries to settle into town, he begins to find questions. Is there danger lurking just below the surface?

I’m always looking for something different, so I was intrigued by the premise of this book when I first heard about it. It took a while for the story to get going, but once Brody started to realize something was wrong, I was hooked all the way until the climax. I enjoyed the character growth we saw in Brody, and I liked several other characters as well. I did think the writing could be a bit more polished. I also found a few things about the Witness Protection Program, as described here, a little hard to swallow. Then again, I haven’t done any research on it and instead learned everything I know about it from the TV show In Plain Sight, so I decided to sit back and enjoy the story, which I most certainly did. Despite the series name and book title, we do get more violence than in a typical cozy. Overall, I’m glad I gave the book a chance, and I’m curious to see where the series will go from here.