Liz Between The Lines

In between all the traveling I did during my month-long winter holiday (follow my travel blog Vagabond and Beyond for my mini adventures) I obviously had a few literary companions on the road (and in the air). Here are a few of the books I enjoyed the most. 1. The Partner by John Grisham I read a John Grisham book at least once every 6 books, so it only made sense to have John accompany me to Johannesburg after a tough semester. Click  here to read the review.  2. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult When Sarah and Brian's second child needs a blood donor and none of them are a match, they decide to have a baby whose genes are a perfect match for their older daughter. What was meant to be a once off donation turns into a lifetime of medical procedures and bone marrow donations until Anna sues her parents for rights to her own body. Nothing is morally black or white for the Fitzgerald family as they use one daughter to keep their other daughter alive. A lot of p...

No matter where I go or how  many books I read, I always come home to John Grisham. I'm a sucker for quick-witted criminals with good intentions and John Grisham always portrays his main characters as such. Patrick Lannigan (or whatever his name is right now) is no exception.  Four and a half years ago, a law firm lost a partner in a tragic car fire and a few weeks later, $90 million from their best deal to date was stolen immediately after it was wired into its offshore account. Suspicion and circumstantial evidence led to the belief the two events coincided too well, which began the hunt for Patrick. The FBI, an insurance company, unscrupulous lawyers and their firms suffered major losses and would stop at nothing to recover them. After leaving behind his gold-digging wife, a 2 year old daughter, a job he despised and a life he had no interest in, Patrick lived a sheltered life in a small town hiding from his past. He assumed multiple identities and homes while on the ...

Title: It’s Always the Husband Author: Michele Campbell Genre: Suspense/Psychological Thriller Three college roommates: Jenny   who  has always been a critical and logical thinker.  She  lives with her husband Tom in the small town of Carlisle where they grew up, went to college and where she is now the Mayor. Aubrey , who was always more of a follower than a leader, is a married mother and successful yoga instructor in the same town. Kate Eastman , who has never worked a day in her life, is a New Yorker who only moved to Carlisle for college. Kate has always been suicidal. A homicide investigation in Carlisle, almost 20 years after the tragic accident that led to their  demise, threatens to bring up ancient town secrets that ought to have been  buried two decades ago. How far are the roommates willing to go to keep their secrets hidden? Is anything ever an accident in Carlisle? The book switches between the present time and...