Review: Murder, D.C. by Neely Tucker

Murder, D.C. by Neely Tucker
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Sully Carter is a journalist in Washington, D.C. When he starts to investigate the murder of Billy Ellison, the son of a prominent African American family in the area, he finds out a lot more information then he had planned to. With so many questions about this death and curious circumstances about talking to the family about it, Sully is determined to get to the truth, even if his own life may hang in the balance because of it.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Viking for the opportunity to read and review this book. This is the first book I have read by Neely Tucker and I look forward to more that he has. I enjoy reading books in and around Washington DC as I have lived in this area most of my life.

This book had a very interesting story line and a few twists and turns along the way. Billy Ellison is gay and his family is very well known throughout the DC area. His family wants him to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer, but this isn't something he is interested in. He enjoys exploring his family's rich and illustrious past in Washington, but then he discovers something very disturbing. After his death, Sully Carter, picks up where Billy left off and tries to find out what in the research could have gotten him killed. As Sully gets closer to the truth, his life is on the brink of ending as well.

In the book, Sully works for "The Paper" not sure which that would be, but I'm assuming its the Washington Post, the largest in the area. Sully is a character who you can love or hate, really. He didn't grow on me too much. The story overall had a good plot, but there were parts of it that my eyes read but my brain did not digest.

Overall the book is good and if given the opportunity, I will read more books by Neely Tucker.

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What I'm Readin' This Spring!

What I'm Readin' This Spring!

I receive lots of bookish emails from Authors, Publishers, Goodreads, Oprah, and others.  I love the emails that give you the upcoming books for the month or for the season.  I've decided to compile the lists I have received, and give you a list of my own.

The first book on my list is The Underwriting by Michelle Miller.  "In this sexy debut novel a high-stakes deal pitches the power of Wall Street against the savvy of Silicon Valley—until a young woman’s death threatens to topple it all."  I've gotten a copy of this book from FirstToRead and am looking forward to reading this next month. 

Next we have The Shell by Jenni Boyd  I have read and reviewed a couple of Jenni's books in the past.  She is bright and upcoming author and I'm excited about this new read.  Check out my reviews of her other titles Missing and Steel Justice.

These next two books, I believe, will get the wheels in my head turning:
Ghettoside:A Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy. With so many issues going on with police brutality and killings, I am very interested to hear this authors take on the situation. Murder D.C.: A Novel by Neely Tucker I live very close to the nation's capital and I enjoy most books that have to deal with this area.  They always keep me on my toes.

Here are the other books I have added to my TBR:

The Fixer by Joseph Finder, At The Water's Edge by Sara Gruen, Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll, I Take You by Eliza Kennedy, The Deal by Elle Kennedy, Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton, The Stranger by Harlan Coben, The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler, A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson, The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton ,and A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.

As always, there are so many good books to read out there and not enough hours in the day to get them all read.   What do you plan on readin' this Spring?