Friday, April 29, 2022

The Witch Elm by Tana French

 Audio.  22 hours.

Read by Paul Nugent.

Toby, the protagonist, starts off by explaining how he's always been a lucky guy.  Then a bunch of bad stuff happens, including the discovery of the body of his former classmate.  Is he still feeling lucky by the end?

4.5 stars.

I subtracted a half star because I thought it could have ended sooner.

Friday, April 22, 2022

The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger

 An old house brings together Zoey, whose family was murdered there, and Claudia who inherits it and decides to restore it.  A missing bag of drug money might be in the old place, too, attracting some undesirables.  

I liked the story, but the POV changes were kind of clunky.  I had trouble recognizing whose chapter it was until I got into it a few paragraphs.

4 stars.  

Monday, April 18, 2022

The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz

 Luna and Owen, and all their friends it seems, have secrets.  And people around them die.

Randomly grabbed this off the new book shelf in the library.  Didn't expect to like it so much.

4.5 stars.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

All the Broken People by Leah Konen

On the run from her abusive ex-boyfriend, Lucy heads to upstate New York, but finds more than she'd hoped for.

I liked most of the book, but felt the ending got a bit convoluted. 

4 stars. 

Sunday, April 10, 2022

The Hidden by Melanie Golding

 Ruby becomes involved with a family where nobody is what they seem.  A bit of fantasy, which I usually dislike, but not enough to bother me.

4.5 stars.

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline

 When a local family disappears, everyone begins to speculate.  I really liked part I and would have given that a 5, but part II kind of had me rolling my eyes.

4 stars.