Here's a special feature for Blogvember, and almost certainly for Blogcember (awkward) since I'm not going to get fifty posts this month.
I always love to see what other people are reading, so enjoy!
The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5) by Richard Osman This wasn't one of my favorites in the series, I'm not quite sure why. Not as much happening as usual? Dunno.
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets #1) by Stephanie Garber I finally purchased the Caraval trilogy by this author, something long on my consideration list. I haven't read it yet, but I saw she had this new book coming out in October I thought I'd like, so poof, it was in my hands. It has a twisty plot involving ghosts and a Bank that hoards and tries to control magic, and a heroine with an old mystery to solve before someone kills her. I liked it very much and will get the second book when it comes out.
Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham is her latest suspense/thriller. Claire goes home to take care of her difficult and rather terrible mother. She's not able to stand staying with her, so she decides to investigate her sister's long ago disappearance and likely murder. Taking a part time job at a vineyard her sister once worked at seems like a perfect solution. Slowly she finds out that her sister spent much more time at the vineyard than Claire ever knew. Her sister Natalie is described by an old friend as having been "obsessed" with the place. Claire begins to feel the same, thinking there's something just not right on the idyllic little farm.
The Haunting of Paynes Hollow by Kelley Armstrong I tend to only read one series by an author and can't be pried into trying another. I have been reading the Historical/Time Travel Ripped Through Time series by Armstrong for quite awhile. Kelley Armstrong's other books are always reviewed so well, and if I weren't such a stick in the mud, I'd try more, right? She almost had me with reviews of last year's I'll Be Waiting (a standalone). I cracked this year with The Haunting of Payne's Hollow, another standalone title.
Samantha Payne can inherit her grandfather's cabins and three acres of land worth ten million if she stays in the old family cabin for a month. This was the scene of a horrific killing of a child by her father, an unforgivable crime which her grandfather wants her to forgive. Her beloved aunt comes to stay with her, but the groundskeeper is the older brother of the murdered child, causing immediate tension.
Things get scary the very first night, and Samantha doesn't see how she can stay a whole month, but she does everything she can to stay no matter what.
The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi I've had this on my shelves for a long time, it's turn just came up. The book is seven stories written by a mathematician who posited that murder mysteries follow mathematical rules. Each story demonstrates a rule. The book was published in a very limited run years ago. Now a specialty mystery publisher would like to bring it to modern audiences, and an editor has been sent to a remote Mediterranean island to work the manuscript into a form current audiences would like. There's a bit of quizzing after each story is read aloud by the editor, what discrepancies did she see in each tale? Did she see the mathematical rule in each story? I'm a dolt and noticed none of the discrepancies, but I did see what was being demonstrated, so two points for me.
City of The Lost (Rockton #1) by Kelley Armstrong Down the rabbit hole! This is a pretty prominent series for Armstrong. It's a mystery series featuring a cop who needs to disappear for awhile. It turns out there's a secret sanctuary town in the Yukon for people like Casey who are on the run from something or someone. The population sits at 200 people. In addition to needing a place to hide, prospective residents must have skills useful to the community. It's way out in the wilderness. No cell service, no Internet, little electricity.
Casey is an excellent detective, and the town needs one right now as there's been a grisly murder, and the sheriff and his deputy have not been able to solve the crime.
This is one of those books that just start off with a sense of constant danger and fear, and it never stops ramping up on either of those things. So good.
The Intruder by Freida McFadden I'm getting a nice list of authors who just write thrilling novels with constant suspense. This is my first novel by popular Frieda McFadden, and I'll be reading more by her!
Former teacher Casey is hoping her run down cabin doesn't have the roof fall in with an incoming storm, or that an old tree near the house doesn't fall on it. Her landlord is a useless sleeze who promises to come look at it next week. There's a handsome neighbor nearby who offers to let her stay at his place for the storm, but there's something off about him. He's always trying to kind of push his way in to her life. A little stalkery. Luckily Casey just has to make it through the storm, with her deep supply of candles and foods that can be prepared without electricity.
Then there's a face at her bedroom window. No one should be anywhere nearby, particularly in the storm. When Casey sees a light in her shed, she bravely goes out, confronting a girl in the shed, covered in blood, holding out a knife. She invites the girl to come into the house to weather the storm. Eep!
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