Mondays: Mailbox/What Am I reading?/Musings

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at A Girl and Her Books. Marie atBurton Book Reviewis hosting MM for June starting today. 

I received one print book and two e-books, thanks to the authors/publicists:

The Last Refuse by Ben Coes
Plot Synopsis:

With time running out to stop the nuclear destruction of Tel Aviv, Dewey Andreas must defeat his most fearsome opponent yet.

Off a quiet street in Brooklyn, New York, Israeli Special Forces commander Kohl Meir is captured by operatives of the Iranian secret service, who smuggle Meir back to Iran, where he is imprisoned, tortured, and prepared for a show trial.

What they don’t know is that Meir was in New York to recruit Dewey Andreas for a secret operation. Meir had been tipped off that Iran had finally succeeded in building their first nuclear weapon, one they were planning to use to attack Israel. His source was a high-level Iranian government official and his proof was a photo of the bomb itself.

I received digital copies of

1) Frank's Wild Years by Nick Triplow: 

Frank’s Wild Years - betrayal and last chances at the frayed and fading edges of the south London underworld. IN THE TWILIGHT days between Christmas and New Year, Frank Neaves is about to drink away his last tenner in a Deptford boozer. A former friend and associate of long-dead local villain Dave Price, Frank’s scotch-soaked meditation is interrupted when Carl, Price’s son and the pub’s landlord, disappears leaving an oblique one line note for barmaid, Adeline. Carl has set his heart on bringing his young daughter home for New Year’s Eve. An undertaking that puts him on a collision course with his ex-wife’s new man, a Hull-based hard case called O’Keefe. Desperate to avoid a violent confrontation that Carl can’t win, Adeline persuades Frank to join her. They take a slow train for Humberside. And with the year grinding towards its close, Frank’s former life comes back to haunt him in a way he could never have imagined...

2) Murder On Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson:

Sarah Brandt’s family is one of the oldest in New York City, and her father, Felix Decker, takes his position in society very seriously. He still refuses to resign himself to his daughter being involved with an Irish Catholic police detective. But when a member of his private club—the very exclusive Knickerbocker—is murdered, Decker forms an uneasy alliance with Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to solve the crime as discreetly as possible.

Malloy soon discovers that despite his social standing, the deceased—Chilton Devries—was no gentleman. In fact, he’s left behind his own unofficial club of sorts, populated by everyone who despised him. As he and Sarah sort through the suspects, it becomes clear to her that her father is evaluating more than the detective’s investigative abilities, and that, on a personal level, there is much more at stake for Malloy than discovering who revoked Devries’ membership—permanently.

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila of Book 

I finished reading:

1) Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend
2) Bleed For me by Michael Robotham
3) Cuts Like A Knife by M.K. Gilroy (currently reading)

I am in the midst of reading

1) Misery Bay by Steve Hamilton
2) The Devil All The Time by Donald Ray Pollock
3) The Virgin Journals by Travis Laurence Naught (poetry)

I posted review of:

Inspector Singh Investigates: A Curious Indian Cadaver by Shamini Flint


Do you think the book cover is “dead”? Do you care whether the “covers” on digital books exist or not?

I am a real book junkie! I don't prefer to read digital books. I agree that one does not forget the author, title or cover of a print book. For digital ones, one does not remember.