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” »
Category: Thriller
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” »
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” »
Alice was recently left by her husband. Ursula’s husband died after a violent crime. And Gareth is a washed out, wannabe police officer working as a security officer in a mall. Ursula, Gareth and Alice don’t know each other — or only on the most superficial basis — when their lives intersect during a horrible crime. Which sounds really exciting and suspenseful, but, unfortunately, it’s not enough to really make this book into a great … Read More “Strangers by C.L. Taylor” »
The Liar’s Daughter was a book filled with characters who were just the worst of the worst. And if you are triggered by child sexual abuse, then this isn’t a book for you, since it was obvious that this was a prevalent theme of the book from very early on and lasted throughout. But, even though I knew what would be revealed, this was one I had trouble putting down (even as I was trying … Read More “The Liar’s Daughter by Claire Allan” »