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This is book 10 in the DI Calladine and DS Bayliss series.  This thriller involves ransomware, kidnapping, food tampering,  drug dealers, torture, and murder.  Definitely not for the faint of heart in places.  The story opens with the murder of a young man on the way home from a night out at the pub.  This gets DI Calladine involved and the case begins to move along swiftly.  The plots connect through interactions of the characters and there are also well done subplots involving their personal lives.  DI Calladine’s adult daughter is pregnant and her choice of donor has evoked rather complicated issues.  Meanwhile, Ruth’s family is coming apart at the seams.  A well done, fast paced thriller.

This is a series that vastly improved as it went on.  I had read book 2 as part of the Kindle English Mystery Book Club on Goodreads and I didn’t continue with the series at the time, but now reading this I see a substantial growth in story development and writing and would read more now.

I received a free copy of this ebook from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

I am interested in reading about health and healthy living so I requested this from NetGalley and was approved.  It is heavily focused on heart health as the author was once a cardiac surgeon.  It is an engaging read and the author uses a lot of anecdotal data to support and provide examples for his ideas.  There is some information that I have read in other sources regarding supplements like CoQ10 and the impact of sugar and gluten, etc. on inflammation in the body.  Dr. Willix does advocate for a vegan, alcohol free, and almost raw food diet, which is a bit more than I am up for.  The book is well written and the stories add a personal touch to keep it from being a dry informational text.  He provides footnotes and sources for his data for those interested in pursuing some of his suggestions.

The Rejuvenation Solution would be a good read for someone who is already vegan  or interested in making that change or someone who is exploring alternative medicines, such as Acupuncture and Ayurveda.

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I had already read the first in this series and was on the lookout for more by Andrea Carter as I did enjoy the world of the Inishowen Mysteries.  This is the third in the series and Ben’s legal practice in the town seems well established and her relationship with the Sergeant, Molloy is at least on somewhat solid ground.  The town and Ben are shaken by a series of acts, the pub burns to the ground, a barmaid and mother disappears, and the man who is responsible for Ben’s sister’s death is released from prison.  The story includes several of the members of the community and connections to the past as it unfolds.

A definite sense of menace and foreboding is developed  in the story along with feelings of isolation due to both  weather and location.  An intriguing mystery with a well developed sense of place.   I would definitely read another in this series.