Blackout by David Rosenfelt 274 pages

I really enjoy David Rosenfelt's books and this one did not disappoint!  Doug Brock is a New Jersey State Police Officer who suffers a traumatic head injury while conducting an investigation " off the books." The fact that he cannot remember the last 10 years does not diminish the pull of the investigation.  He knows it was huge, he knows he was close, and he knows and trusts that his partner Nate and his ex-fiancé, Jessie, will help him get back on track.  Gangsters have partnered with terrorists to wreak catastrophic damage and worse yet, they have help from the inside.  Can Doug and friends  unravel it all in time?

As Time Goes By by Mary Higgins Clark 278 pages

I love Mary Higgins Clark!  It could have something to do with the huge emerald ring she wears...or it could be that she writes solid, clean mysteries.  Stories that hold your interest without all the sex and violence drama.  They do not call her the Queen of Suspence for nothing.  This one is the newest in the Alvira and Willy series.  Television journalist Delaney Wright is covering the sensational trial of Betsy Grant, accused of murdering her husband who had been suffering from early onset Alzheimer's.  Betsy is a very sympathetic character who truly loved her husband  and took excellent care of him.  But did she do it? Or was it the step-son who is deep in debt and stands to inherit $15 million?
Meanwhile, Delaney asks her friends Alvira and Willy to help her find her birth mother.  What they uncover is a bit shocking!  Will everyone live happily ever after?