by Agatha Christie – 3.5/5 Stars – Dr. Calgary provides an alibi for Jacko Argyle, 2 years after he is imprisoned for the murder of his adoptive mother. Jacko is now dead, and the family realizes someone in the house is the real murderer.
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The Princess Bride
by William Goldman – 4/5 Stars – Girl and boy fall in love. Boy leaves girl on personal quest. Girl believes boy dead and agrees to a loveless marriage. Girl is kidnapped and subsequently rescued by boy and two of her original kidnappers.
The Titan’s Curse
by Rick Riordan – 4/5 Stars – Percy, Grover, Thalia and two of Artemis’s Hunters embark on a quest to rescue Artemis and Annabeth from a mysterious General. As the friends follow various leads across the country, the ominous prophecy provided by the Oracle quickly comes to pass.
The Magician’s Nephew
by C.S. Lewis – 4/5 Stars – Polly and Digory embark on an adventure to several different worlds, thanks to Digory’s cruel Uncle Andrew, in an effort to rid their world of an evil inadvertently drawn to it.
Fit to be French Fried
by Celia Kinsey – 3.5/5 Stars – Food truck owner Felicia tracks down the culprit who committed a surprise attack on one of her regular customers.
Blind Tiger
by Sandra Brown – 4/5 Stars – Laurel Plummer is newly widowed and adjusting to life as a single mother, with the help of her newly-acquainted father-in-law. She meets Thatcher Hutton, a veteran, ranch-hand, and sharp-shooter on his way into town. The day Hutton arrives to town, the pregnant wife of the town’s doctor mysteriously disappears. During the investigation into her disappearance, Hutton and the town sheriff uncover a deadly dispute between the local bootleggers – who include Plummer and her father-in-law.
Beauty and the Beast
by Vivienne Savage – 3.5/5 Stars – Unique retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Disney-version). Anastasia is a strong-willed princess who chooses to live with a dragon named Alistair when her father attempts to marry her to an awful prince.
Dark and Shallow Lies
by Ginny Myers Sain – 4/5 Stars – Grey’s best friend, Elora, has mysteriously disappeared. Joined by Elora’s brother, Grey tries to find out what happened to Elora before it’s too late.
Johnie Irish
by T.N. Jones – 4/5 Stars – Page turner that tells the story of wrongly-convicted-but-the-world-doesn’t-believe-him ex-con Bayer Thompson.
To Have or to Hoax
“He knew that she knew. Or rather, he knew that she knew that he knew. It was enough to give any man a headache, truly.” To Have and to Hoax is predictably loveable and entertaining. The storyline is essentially written out in the summary of the book, and it naturally follows the stereotypical “man andContinue reading “To Have or to Hoax”
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