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Read: Punishment by Scott J. Holliday I’ll Keep You Safe by Peter May Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney End Game by Matt Johnson A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson It by Stephen King The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh Stats: … Continue reading March Wrap Up
LET ME LIE | Clare Mackintosh 03.13.2018 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars Anna Johnson lost both of her parents. Her father, Tom, was the first to commit suicide by jumping from a local cliff. He texted his wife, Caroline, to tell her that he couldn’t continue living the way he was and that he was … Continue reading Book Review: Let Me Lie
THE PERFECT NANNY | Leila Slimani 01.09.2018 | Penguin Books Rating: 4/5 stars Miriam and Paul are the parents of two young children. Miriam has been a stay-at-home mother for some time now and has recently gotten the itch to head back in to the workforce when she bumps into an old acquaintance. The kids … Continue reading Book Review: The Perfect Nanny
IT | Stephen King 01.05.2016 (first published Sept 1986) | Scribner Rating: 5/5 stars Derry, Maine has an interesting history of cycles of violence and cases of missing children. There is something hunting the town’s youth and impacting the behavior of the adults. In 1958 Bill Denbourgh’s brother George is found murdered with his arm … Continue reading Book Review: It
MISTER TENDER'S GIRL | Carter Wilson 02.13.2018 | Sourcebooks Landmark Rating: 5/5 stars When Alice Hill was fourteen she was a lonely teenage girl who was looking for friends. When the Glassin twins asked her to come over and hang out with them, she didn't hesitate to accept the invitation. The twins volunteered to walk … Continue reading Book Review: Mister Tender’s Girl
A TRICK OF THE LIGHT | Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #7) 08.30.2011 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Clara Morrow has finally made it in the art world. It is the night of her vernissage, a private art show where the most exclusive art dealers and critics of the art world gather with … Continue reading Book Review: A Trick of the Light
END GAME | Matt Johnson 03.31.2018 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars Robert Finlay believes that he has left his military days behind him and it is now time to kick back and enjoy life as a detective working in London. That dream is quickly shattered as a series of odd incidents start happening around … Continue reading Blog Tour: End Game
SOMETIMES I LIE | Alice Feeney 03.13.2018 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Amber has woken up in a hospital. She is unable to move, speak, or open her eyes. She can hear everything happening around her. She can hear everything people are saying about her. Amber is trapped inside her body thanks to a … Continue reading Book Review: Sometimes I Lie
I’LL KEEP YOU SAFE | Peter May 03.06.2018 | Quercus USA Rating: 3/5 stars Niamh and Ruairidh MacFarlane are the co-owners of a popular Scottish textiles company known as Ranish Tweed. The couple is in the midst of promoting their brand in Paris when Niamh receives an anonymous email telling her that Ruairidh is having … Continue reading Book Review: I’ll Keep You Safe
PUNISHMENT (Detective Barnes #1) | Scott J. Holliday 02.01.2018 | Thomas & Mercer Rating: 4/5 stars Detroit-based homicide detective John Barnes plays a unique and often painful role in investigating the local murder cases. Technological advances have led to the creation of a machine that can access the memories of the living, the dying, and … Continue reading Book Review: Punishment
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