Glory in Death by J.D. Robb

This book is one of the better J.D. Robb books. I have been reading all her bad books lately so I am glad to get back to a good one.
A powerful DA is killed in a bad part of town. She is an attorney respected by Eve Dallas and one of the DA's closest friends is the Eve's boss the Chief.
Eve has to investigate every angle and one angle involves the DA's children. This upsets the Chief.
Another murder occurs close to Eve, it's a reporter.

Ran of time. Sorry! Can't remember much now.

Hilton Head

Recently my son and I went to Hilton Head to spend a few days before picking up my daughter at SCAD after a summer class program.  We stayed at the Holiday Inn Oceanside.  Whoa, expensive for what you get.  The hotel is on the ocean but the beach in front of the hotel is a public beach and if there is one person on that beach there is 200,000 people on that beach in front of the hotel.  My husband calls it "Waikiki Beach on steroids". 

My son and I got to the hotel the night before our check in and called the 1-800 number to see if they had a room for us and they said they did.  When we arrived at 2:30 am they said they were booked and offered no compensation at all for their mistake.  A huge mistake at 2:30 am when we could have stopped before we got into the southern most point of the island.  

We also took a "Kayaking tour" at shelter cove with "Outside Hilton".  My son and I wanted to actually kayak AND talk about the nature we saw.  Our guide wanted to kayak out a few minutes and sit and  rest of the two hours.  My son and I were so bored I thought we would fall asleep in the kayak.  Our bad, how could we have thought that we would actually kayak on a kayaking tour.  We paid $60 for that pleasure.  

Hilton Head, I say forget the whole island.  It's a rip off and there are plenty of good beaches in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida where you can get EVERYTHING you can get in HH but better and not get ripped off so badly.  

The biggest problem I have with HH is the length of time it takes to your destination.  The problem is the low speed limit and the traffic.  They keep the speed limit low I am sure so they can get even more tourist dollars from you by giving you a ticket.  On one stretch of road the speed limit drops 10 mph and the road is identical.  There is no reason for the speed to drop other than as a speed trap.  This gives me a bad taste in my mouth but not as bad as the $1.25 you have to pay just to get in.  You also have to pay that to get out.  It's a nominal fee but if you are going on and off frequently like I had to it adds up.  We are already paying outlandish fees to do anything on that island why do they need to rape us as we enter and leave.  The worst fee of all on the island is the $5.00 entry fee just to enter the Sea Pines side of the island.  If you have to go somewhere else and re-enter that part of the island, you guessed it, you pay another $5.00.  

My advise is to go up north past Myrtle Beach and stay in any number of great beach communities up there.  Or go to Destin, Florida.  Any number of beaches around those will cost you half the money and get you the exact same beautiful beach with fewer people and less traffic.  Of course if you prefer being surrounded by millions of people and paying twice what you need to then Hilton Head is for you. 

The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is now one of my favorite authors. I really enjoyed the book. There were so many twists in this book that I couldn't even count them and I didn't see any of them coming. It was pretty amazing.
A female officer gets called to check out a home on a lake that is in it's off season so there really isn't anyone at the lake. There is a 911 call that was placed and then disconnected so it has to be responded to. After driving 45 min. the officer gets a call that the home owner called back and said the 911 call was an accident. She decides to go in the home to use the restroom before driving back. Opps, it wasn't the home owner who called back in and now no one knows the police officer is running for her life. Luckily the police officer is very well trained but unfortunately a killer is just as well trained and together with some friends they all have the night of their life.
I was sitting on the edge of my chair for most of the book and constantly taken aback by the twists. Thanks Mr. Deaver for a good read!

Remember When by Nora Roberts

A man is hit by a car outside a woman's store.  Another man who has been following the man hit by a car, because of his connection to a diamond heist, interviews the store owner and they end up falling in love.  The store owner's father is involved with the diamonds and father and daughter reunite after years apart.  A third man involved in the diamond heist is extremely dangerous and wants all the diamonds for himself.  There is danger, humor and love but in the end the store owner and investigator get to be together but many diamonds remain missing.  

Fast forward fifty years and the couple's granddaughter write a book about the love story.  As  a result the author's friend and housekeeper get killed and Lt. Eve Dallas gets called in.  She is worried about the authors safety and thinks that someone is killing to find the missing diamonds. The problem is no one knows where the diamonds are and why would a killer wait until now to look for the diamonds.    

Lt. Dallas uses her investigative skills to work on the mystery and find her killer.  She and her trusty sidekick "Peabody" have the ususal witty banter between them and Roarke and Eve have the usual steamy love scenes.  It's and easy and enjoyable read.