It’s been a very long time since I have picked up a book and finished it in a 3-hour sitting, but that is exactly what I did with The Inmate. Readers follow the first-person, present tense view of Brooke Sullivan as she adapts to her new life in upstate New York, including taking on aContinue reading “The Inmate”
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The Lost Apothecary
Admittedly, the back of this book was a bit misleading. I was honestly expecting a bit more intrigue and darker mood to the story, but I still enjoyed the overall execution. Written in a dual timeline – present day and in the 18th century London – The Lost Apothecary follows the story of Caroline ParcewellContinue reading “The Lost Apothecary”
Murder by Degrees
I wanted to love this book. It seemed like the perfect story for the mood I’ve been in lately – a murder mystery set in the late 1800s in Philadelphia. While standing in the bookstore, I read the introduction and was hesitant based on the writing style, but the story seemed decent enough that IContinue reading “Murder by Degrees”
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
3.5/5 Stars – by Stuart Turton – Eight days, eight points of view, one protagonist to solve a murder.
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
by Holly Jackson – 4/5 Stars – 17-year-old Pip chooses an interesting subject for her school project – a deep dive into a murder-suicide that occurred in her small town 5 years prior. Convinced that Andie Bell was not murdered by her suicidal boyfriend, Sal Singh, Pip teams up with Sal’s brother, Ravi, to uncover the truth.
Killers of a Certain Age
by Deanna Raybourn – 2.5/5 Stars – Four retirement-age assassins are finally getting out of the business, but are quickly pulled back in when they discover there is a price on their heads set by their employer.
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn – 5/5 Stars – Charlie St. Claire enlists the aid of drunken ex-WWI spy Eve Gardiner to track down what happened to her cousin, Rose, during WWII.
A Deadly Gilded Free Fall
by Cecelia Tichi – 4.5/5 Stars – The DeVere’s are back to solving crime when Roddy’s future business partner reveals he is under investigation for the suspicious death of his wife.
The Night Shift
by Alex Finlay – 4/5 Stars – Y2K: only one survives a brutal attack on the employees of a Blockbuster in a small town. 15 years later: only one survives a brutal attack on the employees of an ice cream shop in the same small town. Ella and Jesse, the lone survivors of the attacks, forge a bond and work with FBI Agent Sarah Keller to discover who is responsible.
Every Last Fear
4/5 Stars – by Alex Finlay – Matt Pine’s family is dead, his brother in jail, and the whole world knows his name thanks to a Netflix documentary. As he navigates the aftermath of his family’s death, he begins to realize there might be more to their deaths than the accident everyone was led to believe.
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