Just a girl and her books
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
THE TALENTED MISS FARWELL | Emily Gray Tedrowe 09.29.2020 | Custom House Rating: 4/5 stars Becky Farwell grew up in the small town of Pierson, Illinois, where she worked hard from an early age to help keep her family afloat. Over the years she has maintained her father’s business, while holding down a government job. … Continue reading Book Review: The Talented Miss Farwell
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
DEATH ON THE NILE | Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #17) 02.01.2011 (first published 1937) | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars Hercule Poirot has set off on what is supposed to be a tranquil cruise along the Nile, but what he finds is a murderer in his midst. Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. … Continue reading Book Review: Death on the Nile
WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING | Alyssa Cole 09.01.2020 | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars Sydney Green was born and raised in her Brooklyn neighborhood of Gifford Place. It seems that things are changing before her eyes. For sale signs are popping up overnight, condos are spreading like wildfire, and the people and parts of … Continue reading Book Review: When No One is Watching
SURVIVOR SONG | Paul Tremblay 07.07.2020 | William Morrow Rating: 4.5/5 stars In a matter of weeks Massachusetts finds itself overrun by a deadly rabies-like virus that is spread by saliva. Unlike regular rabies, this virus has an accelerated incubation period of an hour or less. Those infected quickly lose their minds and are driven … Continue reading Book Review: Survivor Song
MY DARK VANESSA | Kate Elizabeth Russell 03.10.2020 | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars 2000: Fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye has been accepted to an elite boarding school. While trying to find her place in this new school, Vanessa becomes entranced by her forty-two-year-old English teacher, Jacob Strane. They begin to have an affair. 2017: Allegations around … Continue reading Book Review: My Dark Vanessa
THE GUEST LIST | Lucy Foley 05.05.2020 | William Morrow 5/5 stars Guests have gathered on an island off the coast of Ireland to celebrate the wedding of Will and Jules. Will is the handsome and charming, up and coming television star. Jules is the smart and ambitious online magazine publisher. Together they have had … Continue reading Book Review: The Guest List
EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS | Peter Swanson 03.03.2020 | William Morrow Rating: 5/5 stars Malcolm Kershaw is a bookseller running a Boston-based store called Old Devils that specializes in tales of crime fiction. The last thing he expects is for the FBI to come knocking on his door. Years ago, Kershaw created a blog post dedicated … Continue reading Book Review: Eight Perfect Murders
