Kristen Barenthaler
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Curious adventurer. Crazed reader. Librarian. Archery instructor. True crime addict.
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Mystery Novels: Private Detective
The Sentinel by Lee Child & Andrew Child When Reacher ends up in a town near Pleasantville, Tennessee, there's nothing pleasant about the place. When he spots someone walking into an ambush, the odds are four against one-- until Reacher intervenes, with his own trademark brand of conflict resolution. The man he saves is Rusty Rutherford, an unassuming IT manager, recently fired after a cyberattack locked up the town's data, records, information... and secrets. Rutherford wants to stay put, look innocent, and clear his name. But the guys who jumped Rutherford are part of something deadly. Now Reacher is involved in conspiracy, a cover-up, and murder-- all centered on a mousy little guy in a coffee-stained shirt who has no idea what he's up against.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
Mystery Novels: Psychological Thrillers. Content Warning.
A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell A debut psychological thriller--in the vein of GONE GIRL or GIRL ON A TRAIN--that focuses on a mommy blogger, her best friend who disappears suddenly, and the latter's husband--with betrayals and reversals, a dead body, and the ever-revolving question of who is duping whom.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
Mystery Novels: Spy Thrillers
Transcription by Kate Atkinson In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
Mystery Novels: Police Procedurals
Walk the Wire by David Baldacci Amos Decker, the FBI consultant with a perfect memory, and Alex Jamison FBI return to solve a gruesome murder of a young woman named Irene Cramer. In a booming North Dakota oil fracking town, the promise of a second gold rush has attracted an onslaught of newcomers all hoping for a windfall, bringing with them problems, including drugs, property crimes, prostitution and now a gruesome murder.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
Mystery Novels: Cozy Mysteries
Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews https://www.amazon.com/Savannah-Breeze-Mary-Kay-Andrews/dp/0060564660 Mary Kay Andrews takes us back to Savannah, Georgia, in Savannah Breeze, the uproarious sequel to her blockbuster New York Times bestseller, Savannah Blues. Breeze is the story of BeBe Loudermilk, a Southern belle who’d dearly like to get back at the handsome, two-faced con man who swindled her out of everything she owns except for a broken-down 1950s-era motel on Tybee Island. Joining BeBe on a revenge-inspired road trip south to Fort Lauderdale is her junking friend Weezie, the heroine of Blues, and a car-full of lovable misfits. Readers with a taste for the novels of Fannie Flagg, Jennifer Crusie, Adriana Trigiani, and Emily Giffin—not to mention Rebecca Wells and Sweet Potato Queens queen Jill Conner Browne—will adore this delightful take on the New South and one woman’s discovery of what’s really important in life.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
Mythology: Fiction
American Gods by Neil Gaiman https://www.amazon.com/American-Gods-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0380973650 Upon his release from prison, a widower accepts a job as a bodyguard and joins the battle between the gods of yore and the neoteric gods of present-day America.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
Netflix Novels: TV Shows
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman https://www.amazon.com/Orange-New-Black-Womens-Prison/dp/0385523394 With her career, live-in boyfriend and loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the rebellious young woman who got mixed up with drug runners and delivered a suitcase of drug money to Europe over a decade ago. But when she least expects it, her reckless past catches up with her; convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at an infamous women's prison in Connecticut, Piper becomes inmate #11187-424. From her first strip search to her final release, she learns to navigate this strange world with its arbitrary rules and codes, its unpredictable, even dangerous relationships. She meets women from all walks of life, who surprise her with tokens of generosity, hard truths and simple acts of acceptance.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
Netflix Novels: Movies
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier https://www.amazon.com/Rebecca-Daphne-Du-Maurier/dp/0380730405 The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
Patriotic Fiction
The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry https://www.amazon.com/Jefferson-Key-Novel-Steve-Berry/dp/0345505514 Cotton Malone battles a group of families whose influence dates back to the American Revolution and who seek to crack a code devised by Thomas Jefferson himself in their quest for power.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
Romances That Are YA, But Good for Any Age: Fake Dating
Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao https://www.amazon.com/Rent-Boyfriend-Gloria-Chao/dp/1534462457 Chloe Wang is nervous to introduce her parents to her boyfriend, because the truth is, she hasn’t met him yet either. She hired him from Rent for Your ’Rents, a company specializing in providing fake boyfriends trained to impress even the most traditional Asian parents.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
Romances That Are YA, But Good for Any Age: Friends to Lovers
Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett https://www.amazon.com/Starry-Eyes-Jenn-Bennett/dp/148147880X When teens Zorie and Lennon, a former couple, are stranded in the California wilderness together, they must put aside their differences, and come to terms with lingering romantic feelings, in order to survive.
By Kristen Barenthaler9 months ago in BookClub
