Marriages aren’t always what they seem and neither are people. Who can you really trust? Who should you really trust? This book is told from two points of view: Frances, who seems to have a deeply troubled past and is married to William who “rescued” her, although might be having an affair now, and Samantha, whose 15-year-old deeply troubled daughter Edie vanished without a trace 20 years earlier. Frances and William are in his hometown … Read More “The Missing by Daisy Pearce” »
Jill Mansell is back! I’ve really struggled with the last couple Mansell books that have been published in the US, but It Started With a Secret redeems her. I highly recommend this as a fun summer read. Lainey and Kit lose their jobs working at a French chateau after the business fails, and they make their way to Cornwall to take over as household managers of a private estate. While there, they shake things up … Read More “It Started with a Secret by Jill Mansell” »
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” »
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” »