The Right Swipe/ Alisha Rai/ 386 pgs

This is the start of a new series for Rai, though I discovered it's tangentially related to her first series. It can be read as a standalone. Rhiannon Hunter is the creator of a successful dating app who is looking to buy a more traditional online dating company. Rhi has trust issues because she used to work for a different dating app company and became involved with the CEO of that company. When things went sour in their relationship, the CEO spread nasty rumors about Rhi and she was forced to leave the company. Samson Lima is a former pro football player who left the game abruptly due to the NFL's injury and concussion policies (fiction predicting the future with Andrew Luck's retirement?). Samson is the new spokesman for the company Rhi wants to buy and just happens to be related to the owner. You can see where this is going and it's a great ride. Samson is one of those gentle giants, very sweet, very loyal, very patient. Rhi is tough on the outside (because she has to be) and super smart. A wonderful romance and a great start to a new series!

The Bookshop of Yesterdays / Amy Meyerson / 364 pages

Miranda Brooks is a middle school history teacher in Philadelphia.  She grew up in Los Angeles where her parents are still living.  As a child she was close to her mother's brother, Billy, who owned a bookstore and would challenge her with clues on scavenger hunts.  Then on her twelfth birthday her mother and Uncle Billy had an argument and she did not see her uncle again.  Now sixteen years later she receives news that her uncle has died.  She returns home to attend his funeral, which her mother refuses to also attend.  Through Billy's lawyer Miranda learns that she has inherited the bookstore which is almost in bankruptcy.  While Miranda works to save the bookstore she is also working through the clues to Uncle Billy's final scavenger hunt for her.  This one will explain what really happened to lead up to that argument on her twelfth birthday that resulted in the disappearance of her Uncle Billy from her life.

Narrows / Michael Connelly 352 p.

Warning: Read this after reading the Poet.  Contains spoiler.

In this 10th Harry Bosch police procedural, Terry McCaleb's widow calls Harry in to investigate what she believes is his murder.  Strands from an earlier mystery, The Poet, are interwoven when FBI agent Rachel Walling, a protege of The Poet as was Terry McCaleb, is called back to investigate a serial murderer who left his calling card directed at her.  So begins a race to find The Poet before he strikes again.  As they join forces, it is clear that The Poet has had time to use all his skills to devise an intricate murder plan.

Narrows / Michael Connelly 352 p.

City of Bones / Michael Connelly 393 p.

Harry Bosch, LAPD homicide detective, investigates a 20 year old murder uncovered when a dog brings home a bone.  The case brings back memories of his childhood as an orphan.  Love blossoms when he connects with a young beautiful rookie.  Then the plot twists with a sudden and sharp turn that shakes him up.  Harry's "the devil is in the detail's" investigative style blows the sure-fire case out of the water, leaving he and his partner back at square one.  And he wondering about his "mission".  A gritty police procedural.

City of Bones / Michael Connelly 393 p.