SuspenseThriller

Seven Dirty Secrets | Natalie D. Richards

so-so

A well written YA thriller that keeps you guessing. I would have loved it 20-30 years ago. It was a fun read but I‘m just the wrong target demographic. Cleo is celebrating her 18th birthday when she receives a gift that is the start of a dark scavenger hunt revealing secrets surrounding the death of her abusive boyfriend a year prior. #doublespin

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Susanita

The House Guest | Hank Phillippi Ryan

Is it really a #shelfsweeper if I DNF‘d and offloaded it before it actually got to my shelf?

Tagged book was a giveaway at Malice Domestic. Psychological thrillers are a mixed bag for me, but I figured I‘d give it a try. After three chapters I decided it wasn‘t for me.

My book club had a social gathering on Saturday, and I brought it along with me for someone else to try.

Tove_Reads, Andrew65

Ruthiella It totally counts, IMO! 4mo

BookmarkTavern Absolutely counts! 4mo

Tove_Reads It‘s off your shelf now, so counts. 4mo

Bookwormjillk I think it counts! 4mo

Andrew65 It most definitely counts because it‘s still clearing your backlog of books. Not even heard of this book. 4mo

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Hooked_on_books

Field of Graves | J.T. Ellison

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Lt Taylor Jackson is back at work after having shot and killed someone attacking her in her home…who turned out to be a fellow, dirty cop. Now she‘s faced with a young woman found dead and posed with herbs on her. Turns out this is actually the kickoff of a series and I‘m eager to read more. The story is propulsive, the writing engaging, and I really liked the characters.

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MelHopton

The Guilty Couple | C.L. Taylor

so-so

It was an entertaining easy read, and I enjoyed it. I felt it relied on a lot of cliches and a stereotypical bad-guy husband with no redeeming features. Also a huge fascination with hair... Anyway, lots of small characters who didn't add a lot to the plot, alongside our plucky heroine, who took a lot of slightly implausible risks. Particularly for the finale. I mean, you just would NOT do that. Unnecessary peril. But nevertheless, a good read.

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Octoberwoman

The Twilight Wife | A.J. Banner

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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suvata

The Retreat | Mark Edwards

pick

3 Stars • "The Retreat" by Mark Edwards is a psychological thriller (with a hint of the supernatural) centered around Julia, who, after losing her family in a tragic accident, converts her home into a writers' retreat in hopes of making ends meet. The story spirals into mystery when one of the retreat's guests, a horror novelist named Lucas, becomes intrigued by the local lore and the history of Julia's house, particularly ⬇️

suvata the disappearance of her daughter Lily, whose body was never found. Julia believes Lily might still be alive, setting the stage for a tense narrative. 12mo

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Kylivi

Last Girl Standing | Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush

pan

Yikes. This book is like shitty reality TV. No plot, the characters are idiots who overreact about the dumbest things, and everyone‘s an asshole. The writing choices are also very strange, with most major plot points happening offstage, but devoting multiple scenes to characters thinking and doing the same things over and over. How many times does Delta have to realize her husband cheated on her? More than thrice, apparently. Wish I DNFed.

1 like

Cuilin

The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHomes

For some reason, I‘m okay with Rachel absconding.

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Librarybelle I liked the riddle…admittedly, it‘s a little eye rolling to me, but it also has layers of history and secrecy. It‘s a code to something far bigger than the Musgraves themselves. I really had no deep thoughts on her fleeing & never being caught, though I applaud her resourcefulness to escape when she could. The “hysterical” woman stereotype was a little too much for me, but we‘ve discussed perceptions of women in past stories, so no surprise there. 1y

Cuilin @Librarybelle imagine women have feelings and emotions. 😮 I thought it interesting that Doyle said fiery and Celtic together since he would be considered a Celt too, being from Scotland of Irish descent. Of course he‘s a man and in control of his emotions. Lol. I like the riddle too. 1y

IndoorDame Oddly for all that she‘s fiery and Celtic, and suffering from a touch of brain fever and all that 🙄 I found this story emotionally flat so I also didn‘t think about whether she should have been allowed to escape or whether she should be prosecuted for her crimes. 1y

dabbe It's interesting to note that in the the Granada TV version starring Jeremy Brett, it very clearly shows that Rachel threw herself into the mere with the bundle, and it actually shows her body being recovered later. Brain fever, indeed. 😱 Justice appears to be done in the tv show. 14mo

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Cuilin

The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @AllDebooks

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Librarybelle In a way, it‘s comical that no one in the ten generations figured out the riddle. But, and perhaps this is my cynical side, I could see this as plausible. These types of stories help to show Holmes‘s past investigations…it establishes him as someone who has been working on cases for longer than Watson‘s writings. 1y

Cuilin @Librarybelle I considered that Doyle was making fun of upper class and the fact that they would inter marry. The first rule of genetics for an intelligent society, spread the genes apart. 1y

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IndoorDame I find reading this one enjoyable in a comforting/nostalgic way. But the Musgraves not coming up with a single relative to catch on in all those years definitely strains believability (since Reginald‘s character isn‘t portrayed as particularly dim). And the investigative stories are more exciting and more of what I think of as typical SH 1y

Librarybelle I hadn‘t thought of the critique on the upper class, @Cuilin , but that is very possible! 1y

CrystalE02 I thought it was funny that it took so many generations to figure out the riddle. I have a feeling that Doyle was picking on the upper class in this story. 1y

dabbe Well, it is an authentic “THE BUTLER DID IT“ story! And, good point, @Cuilin. Centuries of downright twits in the Musgrave family ... nobody in that family could figure out that is was directions to a place? 😳 #timetosuspendthatdisbelief 14mo

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