October Suspense
Since I've run into a few roadblocks on my new site, it looks like I'll need to keep posting here for awhile. And even though we are quickly entering my favorite reading season, I'm still playing catch-up with my TBR list as well. Here's a few to hold you over - enjoy!
The Last To Vanish by Megan Miranda
Abby Lovett has worked and lived at the Passage Inn for over ten years, time in which she’s learned all about the string of unsolved missing persons cases just off the Appalachian Trail. Now that she’s lived there while another person has gone missing, she experiences the town’s secrecy herself for the first time. Pushing past her feelings of still being an “outsider,” Abby starts probing a little harder, potentially making herself a target by the person (or people) who would rather keep their secrets hidden and buried. I listened to this as an audiobook, so it’s hard for me to tell if it was just a little slow-moving, or if that was just the style of the narrator. It still kept me guessing until the very end though, which is a win for a mystery book with me!
4 Stars
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The Senator’s Wife by Liv Constantine
When Sloane’s beloved husband and Whit’s wife are killed, they manage to find solace (and more) in one another. But when Sloan’s very straightforward hip surgery triggers a flare up of her lupus, Whit and Sloan’s home health care assistant, Athena< are there to step in and help care for her. Except Sloan’s not getting any better, and while Whit and Athena seem to be growing closer, Sloan’s future seems to be quickly fading away. Another ending with a twist from Liv Constantine, which I very much enjoyed. The overly dramatic dialog and lack of action from the lead character of Sloan, however, wasn’t really for me.
3 Stars (Rounded Up)
Special Note: Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards
Jo and her coworker friends are working the very last shift at the movie theater before it’s closed along with the mall it’s attached to forever. The group is looking forward to going out for a celebration dinner after their shift, but when the power goes out while their closing up, they realize something’s really, really wrong. And when they find one of their own murdered and they realize their manager is the killer, the evening becomes a true-life game of cat and mouse. This book is an easy read and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Lots of tension and just enough background information to keep me wanting to turn the pages. All in all, a solid YA thriller.
4 Stars
Special Note: Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
