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Night She Disappeared, The

Dead and Gone or Alive and Hidden? Author: Lisa Jewell It’s 2017. A troubled girl leaves her infant daughter with her mother, going for a celebratory dinner with her boyfriend. The couple met at a fancy restaurant. Everything was going well. Then they left to attend a sumptuous party hosted by local cool-girl, Scarlett Jacques, at her family’s secluded mansion. They were never seen again. Two years later, the mother, Kim, is raising her grandchild, still searching for her daughter, still wondering how two people can disappear without a trace. Wondering if they got into a fight. Wondering if they are [...]

Frances Carden2023-02-26T15:30:04-07:00February 26th, 2023|Tags: book, book review, botm, mystery, read, reading, thriller|

Daisy Darker

One By One They Die Author: Alice Feeney In an isolated ocean mansion cut off from land by high tide, 80 clocks are chiming on the wall and one old woman lies murdered beneath a cryptic poem about her dysfunctional family. Her family has gathered around her on this Halloween night, her 80th birthday. They all hoped to inherit. They all had reason, opportunity, and motive. As the clocks chime each hour, another family member goes missing, another family member dies. Someone is culling the heirs; someone is willing to do anything for Nana’s money. Slowly, lines are crossed out on [...]

Frances Carden2023-02-06T20:54:41-07:00February 6th, 2023|Tags: botm, mystery, read, reading, thriller|

Paris Apartment, The

Another Generic Thriller Author: Lucy Foley Jess is a stranger in Pairs, a girl on the run from a job turned sour, looking for her pretentious brother and a place to crash. Instead, she finds an elaborate, empty apartment, a spot of blood, and a building full of strange people with secrets. In the darkness of shadows and wealth, Jess is alone, and she doesn’t know if she can trust anyone. This is my first venture into the hyped world of famed mystery/thriller author Lucy Foley. I have some of her other books on my shelves, curtesy of Book of the [...]

Frances Carden2022-08-26T09:41:43-07:00August 20th, 2022|Tags: book review, botm, mystery, read, reading, reviews, thriller|