The Guest List is a fun thriller and makes a good summer read. It opens with a wedding being set up on an island off the coast of Ireland, which is deserted either because: (a) the locals got tired of living without electricity and running water, or (b) the island is haunted by the ghosts of all the people who have drowned after being sucked down into the bog that covers most of the island. … Read More “The Guest List by Lucy Foley” »
Category: Mystery
This book was definitely a page turner, but the ending was a let down. When Lucy was nine, she (and her imaginary friend Eliza) snuck her 3-year-old baby brother out of the house in the middle of the night. And while she returned home, Teddy never did. Now, Lucy’s all grown up and married and has become a best-selling crime writer with her lead detective based on her imaginary friend (who she still sees and … Read More “To Tell You the Truth by Gilly Macmillan” »
Five years ago, two 11-year-old girls, Lucia and Ana, disappear on their way home from school. Now, 16-year-old Ana has been discovered as the sole survivor of a deadly car crash, and Detectives Sara Campos and Santiago Bain have arrived to try to find Lucia. Set in the very small, very insular mountainside town of Monteperdido, while some villagers want to find Lucia, others just want to keep their secrets buried. This is not an … Read More “Village of the Lost Girls by Agustín Martínez” »
Set in rural North Carolina in the 1950s, 18-year-old Rowen Hart is forced to grow up fast after his father kills himself and his mother has a nervous breakdown. The problem is, Rowen has lived a life of extreme privilege and doesn’t really understand what being an adult means. In the meantime, his mother and her long-time housekeeper Adeline take in 10-year-old Eden, who has been kicked out of her house by her mother after … Read More “Eden by Jamie Lisa Forbes” »
I’m not 100% sure what I just read, honestly. We start off with an older Carol, who starts off telling us that she killed Frankie and lost their daughter too soon. We also know that Frankie wasn’t such a good guy since she believes he went straight to hell when he died. And we know that everyone is about to find out. The first half of the book goes through Carol’s life as a 16-year-old … Read More “Killing The Girl: A story of murder and redemption” »