Finished my first two:
#1 Bodily Harm by Robert Dugoni. From
Amazon:
"Bodily Harm opens with a big win for David Sloane and his new partner, Tom Pendergrass, in a malpractice case centered on the death of a young child. But on the heels of this seeming victory, an unlikely charactertoy designer Kyle Horgan comes forward to tell Sloane that hes gotten it all wrong: Horgans the one whos truly responsible for the little boys death and possibly othersnot the pediatrician Sloane has just proven guilty.
Ordinarily, Sloane might have dismissed such a person as a crackpot, but something about this case has always troubled himsomething that he couldnt quite pinpoint. When Sloane tries to follow up with Horgan, he finds the mans apartment a shambles ransacked by unknown perpetrators. Horgan has vanished without a trace. Together with his longtime investigative partner Charles Jenkins, Sloane reexamines his clients sons death and digs deeper into Horgans claims, forcing him to enter the billion-dollar, cutthroat toy industry. As Sloane gets closer to the truth, he trips a wire that leads to a shocking chain of events that nearly destroys him.
To get to the bottom of it all and find justice for the families harmed, Sloane must keep in check his overwhelming desire for revenge. Full of nail-bitingly tense action scenes as well as edge-of-your-seat courtroom drama, Bodily Harm finds Robert Dugoni at the very top of his game."
First time I've read this author and I really liked the book. It turns out that its the third in a series and I liked it well enough that I'm going to get the first two.
#2 She Can Run by Melinda Leigh. From Amazon:
"Elizabeth was a young widow with two small children when she met Congressman Richard Baker. Handsome and wealthy, with a sparkling public image, Richard seemed like the perfect man to provide the security that Beth and her kids were craving. But when she uncovers a dangerous secret about her new husband, Beth realizes he will go to any lengthseven murderto keep it. After barely escaping with her life, she and her children flee. They eventually make their way to a secluded estate in the Pennsylvania countryside, where Beth dares to hope she has found a safe place at last...
Forced into retirement by an unexpected injury, Philadelphia homicide detective Jack OMalley is mourning the loss of his career when his uncle abruptly dies, leaving Jack to dispose of his crumbling country house. Unbeknownst to him, his uncle engaged a caretaker just before his death, a mysterious woman with two children and a beautiful face that haunts his dreams. Determined to know her, Jack begins an investigation into Beths past. When he uncovers the shocking truth, and a local woman is viciously murdered, Jack puts his own life on the line to keep Beth and her children safe."
I've read other books by this author and, while this one was ok, it wasn't as good as others I have read. It got a bit clichéd at times and at a couple of points it got too far-fetched. Two unrelated incidents resulting in two men trying to kill the heroine was too much for me. I think it would have been better had the author picked one story line and stuck to it.
Browsing.....can't decide!
The book was "Maude" by Donna Mabry. It was about a women's life growing up in early 1900s until her death in the 1960s. For my rating, I give it 3 out of 5 stars. While it was an interesting and certainly not a boring book, It just was a bit depressing. I kept thinking her life has to get better but it kept going down hill. I also liked the main character in the beginning but she seem to grow bitter towards the end. So, while the book was interesting enough, it was just too sad. 
