Atlanta

In the notes at the end of the book, Gardner describes this as her most violent book yet. She isn’t kidding. But as challenging as the material is, I could not stop turning the pages until the chilling finale.

Third in the six-book BODY MOVERS series: “Carlotta Wren works at Neiman Marcus in an upscale Atlanta mall by day…and helps her brother move bodies from crime scenes by night!”

• New York: Lincoln becomes guardian of his infant niece and hires Brazilian Ana to be the Nanny. 

Katherine is still recuperating from the vandalism of her house, dealing with decorating while her husband, Tom, is away with his boss on business, when a friend she knows slightly, Dr. Florence "Flo" Gadney comes to her with a geneaological mystery.  What starts as an innocent trip to the Georgia coast becomes a costly and dangerous journey into the past, searching for Dr. Flo's ancestors and running into some serious racism along the way.  Everyone tells them that there were no pirates in the Civil War, but then who is the pirate Mallery buried just outside the family graveyard on Bayard Island, and why are the Bayards so determined not to be related to Dr. Flo? 

Debby Giusti doesn't shirk in detail when she's describing the seamier side of life. She takes you right down into the heart of the story, the city and the hearts of the two main characters. She hooked me right in and kept the pace up while effectively balancing the action with the romance.

Returning war hero, Jude Walker is finally back on US soil and he only has one thing on his mind - to reconnect with a girl he met and fell in love with six months ago on his last US leave. The only problem was she'd sent him a Dear John email and won't answer his calls.

Sarah Montgomery knows the dark side of the city. As the temporary director of a shelter, she's seen people affected by drugs, prostitution and other crimes. She's tried to guard her heart from it all but when Jude Walker comes knocking on the shelter's door, her heart stirs. If it weren't for the fact that he was looking for his lost girlfriend, she might think twice about her vow to stay away from relationships.