Book Reviews

The Chef by James Patterson

Reviewed by K. Yanna, March 2020

It is almost Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Caleb Rooney, who recently quit his job at the New Orleans Police Department, is preparing his food truck, Killer Chef, to serve as many po’ boys as possible. When he overhears a plot to ruin Mardi Gras, he returns to his past job - not without consequences - to save his beloved town and celebration from terror.

The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom

Reviewed by K. Yanna, March 2020

Gwendolyn Bloom embarks on a journey filled with assassins, spies, and cunning criminals when her father mysteriously vanishes. Racing around the world to find her father, Gwendolyn meets people who help her - and some who manipulate her. To find her father, and keep herself, alive, Gwendolyn must be as devious, imaginative, and resourceful as the people keeping her father captive.