Category: Mystery

I had a lot of fun reading this book — couldn’t put it down — and then I got to the ending. Womp womp. Amber and Nick have separated and decided to sell the home that his mother, Barb, sold to them a few years earlier to make into a home for themselves and their … Read More “The Open House by Sam Carrington” »

Lucy lost her mother at a young age, so when she gets engaged to Ollie, she dreams of having a close, loving relationship with Diana, her mother-in-law to be. But, while Diana is well-respected in the community and established a nonprofit to help new refugees, she is very cold (albeit polite) to Lucy. She isn’t … Read More “The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth” »

While there was some suspense in this book, I felt a lot of it was predictable, and I often just couldn’t figure out why the characters would actually do what they did.  Hannah returns to her hometown for the funeral of her older sister April, who dies by suicide in the first chapter of the … Read More “In My Wake by Ruth Harrow” »

Paige Northwood is a freelance BSL (British Sign Language) interpreter who is brought in by the police after a 15-year-old deaf student (Leon) goes missing on an overnight school camping trip. Also missing is the head teacher, Steve, who is found a short time later, murdered. The police — along with Paige — are desperate … Read More “Silent Night by Nell Pattison” »