Saturday, September 27, 2025

The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding

 When Jodi hires a housekeeper to help her aging parents, they get more than they bargained for.

4 stars.

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica

 Audio.  12 hours.

Read by Carly Robins and Graham Hamilton.

Clara's husband dies in a car crash, but was it an accident or was it murder?  Told from the POV of Clara and her dead husband (in the past).  Clara finds out that her husband has been keeping secrets and the reader finds out there were more than Clara even finds out about.

4 stars.

Cul-de-sac by Joy Fielding

 Five families living on a small cul-de-sac in Florida.  One of the residents winds up dead.

4 stars.

Friday, September 19, 2025

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

 Depressed Phoebe checks in to a fancy hotel where she plans to kill herself, only to find that the rest of the hotel has been rented out to a family gathering for a wedding.  A chance meeting with the bride changes things for Phoebe.

I can see myself rereading this in the future, maybe more than once.

5 stars.

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Exposed by Lisa Scottoline

 Mary DiNunzio defends an old friend which causes a conflict with her partner Bennie Rosato.  Will the partnership survive?

3 stars.

Sunday, September 14, 2025

The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden

When a high school girl vanishes, Erika believes her worst fears about her son have come true.

4 stars.

Monday, September 8, 2025

Save Me by Lisa Scottoline

 This book went from dumb to dumber.  Started out with an explosion at a school and Rose, a volunteer, was blamed for not saving a girl who is coincidentally bulling her daughter.  Then she starts to believe the explosion was intentional and traces it all the way back to a conspiracy of murders and coverups that leads to a US senator.  The whole thing was unbelievable.  I can't believe I even finished it.

1 stars.

Monday, September 1, 2025

Jenny Cooper Has a Secret by Joy Fielding

 While visiting a friend in a memory care home, Linda is approached by Jenny Cooper who claims to have a secret, that she's killed people.  Linda is drawn to Jenny and her stories while dealing with her own issues of aging and watching her best friend's decline.

I really liked the writing style and the aging theme really resonated.

5 stars.