Just a girl and her books
THE SAFE PLACE | Anna Downes 07.14.2020 | Minotaur Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars Emily Proudman just lost her acting agent, her job, and her apartment in one miserable day. Scott Denny is a successful and charismatic CEO, who just happened to be the one to fire Emily from her job. He now sees her in … Continue reading Book Review: The Safe Place
THE JIGSAW MAN | Nadine Matheson (Inspector Anjelica Henley #1) 03.16.2021 | Hanover Square Press Rating: 4.5/5 stars Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery… DI Anjelica Henley has been tasked with finding a killer who recently left body parts from his victims along the banks of the River Thames in Deptford. Henley can’t help … Continue reading Book Review: The Jigsaw Man
A SOLITUDE OF WOLVERINES | Alice Henderson (Alex Carter #1) 10.27.2020 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars While studying wolverines on a wildlife sanctuary in Montana, biologist Alex Carter is run off the road and threatened by locals determined to force her off the land. It seems this small town has a series of secrets … Continue reading Book Review: A Solitude of Wolverines
WHITEOUT | Ragnar Jonasson (Dark Iceland #5) 09.01.2017 | Orenda Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Two days before Christmas, a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of a deserted Icelandic village. Did she jump or did something more sinister happen? Winter is quickly closing in on this remote rocky outcrop and the suspects are … Continue reading Book Review: Whiteout
AGATHA CHRISTIE MINI REVIEWS: HERCULE POIROT’S CHRISTMAS:The holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder. The wealthy Simeon Lee has invited his four sons and their wives home for Christmas. This isn’t a heartwarming holiday experience and instead quickly shifts into a tense and uncomfortable situation that crescendos when Simeon … Continue reading Agatha Christie Mini Reviews
HALLOWE’EN PARTY | Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #39) 05.04.2016 (first published 11.1969) | William Morrow Rating: 3.5/5 stars! The night of the big Hallowe’en party has arrived! As decorations are being put out, a teenage girl, Joyce, declares that she thinks she may have witnessed a murder. At the time she saw it she didn’t … Continue reading Book Review: Hallowe’en Party
THE ANCESTOR | Danielle Trussoni 04.07.2020 | William Morrow Rating: 4.5/5 stars Alberta “Bert” Monte has received a mysterious letter addressed to Countess Alberta Montebianco and her New York address. The letter claims that she has inherited a noble title, money, and a castle in Italy. Bert can’t begin to imagine how this might be … Continue reading Book Review: The Ancestor
THE RETURN | Rachel Harrison 03.24.2020 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars A group of friends has reunited after one of them returns from a mysterious two-year disappearance. Julie went missing, was believed dead, and then suddenly showed back up at her doorstep. She can’t remember anything that happened to her for the last two years. … Continue reading Book Review: The Return
THE NIGHT SWIM | Megan Goldin 08.04.2020 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4.5/5 stars Rachel Krall is the host of a popular true crime podcast. For season three she has chosen to cover a live trial, which brings her to the town of Neapolis. This small town is at odds over a devastating rape case. … Continue reading Book Review: The Night Swim
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES | Agatha Christie 04.30.2019 (First published 10.1920) | Vintage Rating: 4/5 stars Meet Hercule Poirot: A detective and Belgian refugee of the Great War who has settled in England near Styles Court, the sprawling estate of his wealthy, elderly benefactress, Emily Inglethorp. When Emily’s body is found the authorities believe … Continue reading Book Review: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
