Under my skin, by Lisa Unger

 

This is a page-turning, suspenseful thriller in which the main character is trying to figure out what happened to her husband, who was found bludgeoned to death after running in a park near their home. Poppy has been mourning Jack's death for a year, and is paranoid and anxious. It doesn't help that she's taking sleeping medicine and anti-anxiety medicine, and mixing both with alcohol. She thinks someone's following her and is experiencing daytime blackouts. Once she decides to forego the medicine and alcohol, she begins to make progress in tracking down the clues that will lead her to the truth.

Where ivy dares to grow, by Marielle Thompson

 

Saoirse travels with her fiance to his family estate in rural England to see his mother as her health is failing. Feeling unwelcome, Saoirse wanders throughout the large and imposing house, finding herself traveling through time and falling in love with one of her fiance's ancestors. Over time she comes to realize that her relationship with her fiance is broken and she is faced with the decision of whether to try to make it work or make a change. This book reminds me of the gothic mysteries that I read as a teenager. It's well written and entertaining.

Silent thunder, by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen

This is a page-turning thriller about an international search for historical antiquities aboard a decommissioned Soviet-era nuclear submarine. Entirely implausible, but entertaining.
 

The bone code, by Kathy Reichs

 

This is another satisfying mystery solved by forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in which she manages to solve both a contemporary crime in South Carolina and a second murder from her past in Montreal. Very enjoyable!

The lion is in, by Delia Ephron

I really enjoyed this funny, yet touching, novel about three women who are all on the run from their respective pasts. They stop one night at a closed roadside bar, intending to just sleep there, but they end up staying for months. The bar has a retired circus lion that one of the women becomes attached to and she begins to work with it and do shows for the customers. The other two help with serving and management, and the bar starts to do much better financially. Each of the women begin to makes friends with the locals, but they all know that at some point they will have to make a decision about whether to stay or return home to deal with their pasts. I've never read any of Delia Ephron's books, but I've seen some of the movies that she wrote the screenplay for. Her writing is very good and I found myself completely engrossed with the story and characters.
 

Mastering the art of French murder, by Colleen Cambridge

 

This is a fun mystery set in Cold War-era Paris. Tabitha is staying with her uncle and his friend who just happen to live across the street from the apartment building where Julia Child lives with her husband. Tabitha has befriended Julia and spends a lot of her free time learning how to cook and socializing with Julia's friends and family. After one late night, one of Julia's guests turns up dead, stabbed with one of Julia's own knives. Tabitha decides to find out who murdered her, and begins to track down clues the police have missed. 

This book was entertaining and charming. It would be fun to see adapted as a TV series or movie.