Just a girl and her books
THE GUILT TRIP | Sandie Jones 08.03.2021 | Minotaur Books Rating: 3/5 stars Rachel and Noah have been friends since they met at university. Twenty years ago they thought that they might become something more, but today they each find themselves happily married to other people, Jack and Paige. Jack’s brother Will is getting married … Continue reading Book Review: The Guilt Trip
THE PHOTOGRAPHER | Mary Dixie Carter 05.25.2021 | Minotaur Rating: 3/5 stars As a photographer, Delta Dawn observes the seemingly perfect lives of New York City’s elite: snapping photos of their children’s birthday parties, transforming images of stiff hugs and tearstained faces into visions of pure joy, and creating moments these parents long for. When … Continue reading Book Review: The Photographer
THE GIRL WHO DIED | Ragnar Jónasson 05.04.2021 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Teacher Wanted At the Edge of the World Una wants nothing more than to teach, but she has been unable to secure steady employment in Reykjavík. Her savings are depleted, her love life is nonexistent, and she cannot face another winter … Continue reading Book Review: The Girl Who Died
FINLAY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT | Elle Cosimano 02.02.2021 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars Finlay Donovan is definitely not killing it. She’s a stressed-out single mother of two who is struggling to find time she desperately needs to finish her latest novel. Her ex-husband just fired the nanny without telling her and this morning … Continue reading Book Review: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
THE HALF SISTER | Sandie Jones 06.16.2020 | Minotaur Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars Everything is about to change for Kate and Lauren. A stranger has shown up at their door with shocking news. The woman standing before them, Jess, is their half sister. She has the results of a DNA test, which prove that they … Continue reading Book Review: The Half Sister
THE SPLIT | Sharon Bolton 04.28.2020 | Minotaur Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars South Georgia is a remote Antarctic island home to a handful of scientists and a tourist location for only the most adventurous. Felicity Lloyd is one of the resident scientists occupying this island while working on her glacier research. Felicity was more than … Continue reading Book Review: The Split
LITTLE SECRETS | Jennifer Hillier 04.21.2020 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars Sixteen months ago Marin’s world was turned upside down when her four-year-old son Sebastian was abducted while out Christmas shopping. The case never provided any solid leads as to what might have happened to her son. Marin feels as if she is unable … Continue reading Book Review: Little Secrets
THE ABSOLUTION | Yrsa Sigurdardottir (Children’s House #3) 02.11.2020 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars Social media has taken over as a source of spreading news throughout the world. Now Icealandic police are finding it as a source for discovering a crime has occurred. Videos of a terrified young teenager are being spread across Snapchat, … Continue reading Book Review: The Absolution
THE WIFE AND THE WIDOW | Christian White 01.21.2020 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars Meet the widow: Kate’s husband mysteriously went missing after telling her that he was heading to another country for a conference. Turns out he went to the remote island of Belport, where their Summer house is located. His body has … Continue reading Book Review: The Wife and The Widow
TRACE OF EVIL | Alice Blanchard (Natalie Lockhart #1) 12.03.2019 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Natalie Lockhart grew up destined to be a cop. Her father was on the force, so she grew up with his stories and a love of mysteries. She is now a rookie detective on the Burning Lake police force … Continue reading Book Review: Trace of Evil
