Just a girl and her books
CROSS HER HEART | Sarah Pinborough 09.04.2018 | William Morrow Rating: 2.5/5 stars Lisa is living an ordinary life with her daughter Ava. She has a steady job where she has worked for a long time with Marilyn, who over the years has become her best friend. Lisa is what you would refer to as … Continue reading Book Review: Cross Her Heart
THE GOOD DAUGHTER | Karin Slaughter 06.13.2017 | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars Twenty-eight years ago, Samantha and Charlotte Quinn’s lives changed forever. Growing up in the small town of Pikeville things had been mostly peaceful for the Quinn family. Rusty, the father of the family, was a local defense lawyer whose stance on fighting … Continue reading Book Review: The Good Daughter
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW | A.J. Finn 01.02.2018 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars Anna Fox lives alone in her spacious New York City residence. She used to filling her days as a psychologist and spending time with her husband and daughter. These days she can be found drinking copious amounts of wine, watching … Continue reading Book Review: The Woman in the Window
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE | Agatha Christie 05.06.2014 (first published 11.06.1939) | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars Ten strangers have been asked to arrive at a secluded island in Devon on August 8th. They have each received a letter from someone they know inviting them to come to the island for various reasons at … Continue reading Book Review: And Then There Were None
FIVE LITTLE PIGS | Agatha Christie 02.01.2011 (first published May 1942) | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars Sixteen years ago everyone believed it was an open and shut case. The evidence irrefutably pointed at Caroline Crale poisoning her husband, Amayas. Caroline simply had enough of her husband’s cheating ways, which everyone kept trying to justify … Continue reading Book Review: Five Little Pigs
SUNDAY SILENCE (Frieda Klein #7)| Nicci French 01.09.2018 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars Frieda Klein is a London-based psychologist, who has been known to serve as a consultant with the local police department. After assisting with solving several cases, Frieda suddenly finds herself on the other end of an investigation. A body has been … Continue reading Book Review: Sunday Silence
NOS4A2 | Joe Hill 10.15.2013 | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars Victoria "Vic" McQueen has a secret she's been hiding for most of her life. She has a secret gift for finding missing things. It all started the day her mother's bracelet went missing and she desperately needed to find it to keep her parents … Continue reading Book Review: NOS4A2
CROOKED HOUSE | Agatha Christie 02.01.2011 (first published 1949) | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars The Leonides are a wealthy family, living in a sprawling mansion in England known as "Three Gables" or the Crooked House. The Second World War has brought all of the family members to live under one roof. Despite the hardships … Continue reading Book Review: Crooked House
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS | Agatha Christie 01.18.2011 (first published 1934) | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars The famous Orient Express is travelling during the winter, a time when usually the train cars are empty. Hercule Poirot finds himself on an unusually crowded train car headed back home. The train is filled with a … Continue reading Book Review: Murder on the Orient Express
ODD CHILD OUT | Gilly Macmillian 10.03.2017 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars Noah Sadler and Abdi Mahad are best friends who have become inseparable. One night Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol's Feeder Canal with Abdi sitting, unable to speak, on the embankment. Detective Jim Clemo who just returned from a mandatory leave … Continue reading Book Review: Odd Child Out
