Here for the Drama by Kate Bromley This one was super cute. Winnie is an assistant to a very famous playwright, and she is also an aspiring playwright. She goes to London with her boss because they’re doing a revival of one of the boss’ old shows. The boss is uninspired as of late and asks Winnie to go on a variety of Tinder dates and report back on the weirdos she meets so her boss can get fodder for a new play. But in the meantime Winnie meet’s her boss’ British nephew and starts hanging out with him instead. Then the whole thing goes crashing down. She is falling for the nephew. The request by the boss is super inappropriate of course, and Winnie starts to see her boss for who she really is, a toxic narcissistic boss who will never help Winnie with her own career. So then she has to figure out where she wants her life to really go to with regards to love and her career. I like this one because it was something different and interesting.
Mother - Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon Lana is ill and needs to move in with her daughter in northern California. Her daughter Beth has a daughter of her own, Jack. Jack is a guide for the local kayak touring company when she comes across a body in the water where she leads her tours. Then grandmother, mother and daughter get into investigating the murder on their own when the finger is pointed at Jack. It was pretty awesome to see Lana and Beth work through their past issues and help Jack. And I love how badass Lana was in dealing with people who potentially committed the murder. Awesome story.
The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly Martha Hall Kelly has done it again. This book was awesome. It takes place just after World War II with women who were detained in the Ravensbruk concentration camp. The two women during the war worked with the French resistance and ended up getting caught as they were stealing information from local Nazi soldiers and then transmitting the info to the British. After the war they figure out that a lot of the Nazis have escaped justice and one of them starts tracking them down. The other one is trying to find her young son who was taken from her at the camp. When she is promised that she will be reunited with her son she learns that a former Nazi doctor is still up to no good after the war and she uncovers the whole thing. Very well done.
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