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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|

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

Secrets in the Blood Author: Lisa Unger I’m going to be honest. I bought this book for its amazing title. Something about it is just sonorous, hinting at dark woods, buried secrets, never-ending nights of fear and betrayal. That’s just a horror hound / mystery lovers insidious dream, all pulled together in a nice binding. The title, however, is the best part of the book, and the theme of bickering couples stranded in the woods soon falls prey to stereotypes, messy storytelling, and unlikable characters. Oh, and you’re not even in the cabin or the Georgia woods that much either. It [...]

Frances Carden2023-02-11T20:04:00-07:00February 11th, 2023|Tags: book review, 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|