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Next up - I was inspired to buy this book partially because of my trip to Portugal last fall, and partially because I bought Murder in Mykonos after travelling to Greece. Pictured here is one of my favourite pictures from Lisbon. #BookTenOf2025 Side note, it is incredible to me how much I've read this year! I'm so glad I started to prioritize pleasure reading again.

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Ariel Pryce wakes up in Lisbon to find that her new husband has disappeared. In the course of trying to track himw down, Ariel discovers that she may not have known him as well as she thought. This is a terrific thriller told from alternating viewpoints and timelines. I liked the nifty twist at the end.

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I just finished listening to the audiobook, and I have mixed feelings about this one. Interesting? Yes. Well thought out? Yes. Well written? Also, yes. And yet I found myself waiting impatiently for the end to come - not so I'd know the ending, but because I had already pretty much figured it out and wanted to move on to the next book. Not a bad book, just not really the book for me, I guess.

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I enjoyed this one from beginning to end. I was totally invested in Ariel's predicament from page one. There were so many layers to the story, and while I wasn't shocked by anything really, it kept me on the edge of my seat for the entire read. Definitely recommend.

Book 2/7 finished for #JubilantJuly
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Even Poppy loves that new book smell. 😀

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Hoping to finish this one today as part of my #JubilantJuly goals. I've got about 260 pages, which is totally doable if everyone leaves me alone. 😄 I'm really enjoying it so far.

My kids got me the backpack for Mother's Day. My husband's gift to me was taking me to Barnes and Noble and saying "get all the books you want." These were the only two that really spoke to me, but I've been wanting the Lisbon one for a while.

Hope you're all having a great weekend.

Ariel Pryce wakes to find that her husband has disappeared. Her vacation in Lisbon quickly turns into a desperate attempt to find her husband. Although I figured out the plot twist before the end of the novel, it was still a fun read.

This was a thriller with an agenda. The pace moves briskly, but I‘d suggest it‘s a hair too long. I was disappointed by the twist because I felt like the plot was incredibly obvious almost from the beginning. Maybe approaching it more as a narrative with no “surprise “ ending would have let me enjoy it more. The subject matter is relevant, but so repetitive that it became almost exhausting by the end.

TW: sexual assault

#BookReport 07/23

This looks impressive, I know, but I bailed on Mercury one third in. The tagged book was good, Cold Enough for Snow too. The Women Could Fly is for our #IndependentWomen read on 5 March!

A woman wakes up in a hotel in Lisbon and discovers her husband is missing. She doesn‘t know the city nor the language when she sets out to find him, a man she doesn‘t seem to know that well either.
What follows is an interesting thriller, involving themes of today‘s online connected world and the ever present one of women‘s vulnerability (written about by a man, not bad). Filled with twists this book made for a good read

(Pic: Marbella, Spain)

@Eggs #Wondrouswednesday
🍁I follow Chris Pavone's blog,he seems like a really nice person.Frank Tallis,so interesting.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her fierce intelligence.Leila Aboulela and her knowledge.Terry Pratchett,when he was alive
🍁All those
🍁Twisty,complex plot and deeply feminist.Full review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4719432323

This one just didn't keep my attention. After reading some other reviews about this book I decided to bail because I have a shelf full of TBR and I decided after my last read that left me wanting, I should try something different!

More like two years in Lisbon. I slogged thru and wanted to bail a couple of times. A couple is in Lisbon for the husband‘s business trip when he is kidnapped. The wife tries to find out what happened and her ordeal is a good chunk of the story. I kept falling asleep…read at your own risk

Tea and a book...I love weekend mornings! I'm not sure I'm sold on the book yet, though.

Im a little late but will be starting this today - and I‘ll send it by hopefully by the end of the week… sorry for the delay. #lmpbc @kstadt929 @Christyco125

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This pulled me in. The end felt a little rushed to bring everything together, but that‘s only a small gripe.

This one was completely different from what I expected, but I am so happy this was a #LMPBC pick! 📖 @Christyco125 @Jerdencon

Starting my #LMPBC along with a lime frosted coconut bar from Starbucks 🌴 🥥 @Jerdencon @Christyco125

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Hmmm … What will end up being my favorite book for 2022?
This is getting harder and harder each month. #SoManyGoodBooks
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I‘d never read this author before. It was a good thriller that kept my interest. I listened to the audiobook, and there were a few spots where I was wishing I‘d had the print version so I could read a little faster!

#MMD 2022 Summer Reading Guide

#StoryGraph: fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
448 pages | first published 2022

Ariel Price wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone―no warning, no note, not answering his phone. Something is wrong.

The clock is ticking. Ariel is increasingly frustrated and desperate, running out of time, and the one person in the world who can help is the one person she least wants to ask.

5-stars

It arrived yesterday and I can‘t wait to get started (after I wrap up a few books I have in progress 😅) #LMPBC

I just finished this up tonight. This was my first ever book for Litsy Markup Postal Book Club. I had some trouble writing ✍️ in a book. 😱 So I eased into it by writing sticky notes and then went back and marked it up once I finished.

This will be on its way soon to @kstadt929 for #LMPBC #groupS

At first glance this appears to be another female empowerment thriller complete with an international backdrop between Portugal and the US. But it is way more than that! The surprise twist propels this one into its own category of mystery and intrigue. Before the roller coaster turn, it reads like a female Robert Langdon (Dan Brown) pager turner. Buckle up. You are in for quite a ride!

“Ariel awakens, alone. “

I love the alliteration of it all.
#FirstLineFridays

Not my usual genre of choice, but my husband bought this for me. Overall an enjoyable read & I'm giving it a pick. I would prefer to have a book that focuses on the expectations & dangers of being a woman, to actually be written by a woman. Feels squicky to have a man explaining our experiences to us. That being said, he did a decent job & must have had a good team of editors/actually listened to the women around him. Content Warning in comments.

There were a lot of little angry rants in this book...which made it hard to enjoy. It was almost a DNF for me...but I trudged through. It was just an okay read.

Ariel wakes in her Lisbon hotel to find her husband gone. The police and US embassy don‘t seem concerned, while she is slowly losing it. Then things start coming up that make you wonder what‘s going on. While the twists were obvious well in advance, I thoroughly enjoyed this propulsive story. And kudos to Pavone for writing such a realistic female MC that I forgot it was written by a man while listening!

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You think you know a person . . .

Ariel Pryce wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone—no warning, no note, not answering his phone. Something is wrong.

A soft pick. There was a lot going on and I think a few of the “twists” were a little too obvious but it‘s good summer reading. Likely better as a movie, though?

Book 2/3 for #JoysofJune (a library book)

This book just kept going on & on. The pacing was off. It would be quick then slow then quick then slow. I felt jolted while reading it. Then I felt cheated by the end. I didn‘t really buy the relationship between mother & son. Some of the flashbacks that were used to develop the main character were boring. I know the author of the book is a book editor. But something could‘ve been done to make the book more enticing. Idk this just wasn‘t for me.

Ariel Pryce‘s husband John has been kidnapped in Lisbon. Poof. Gone. To get him back, Ariel has to delve into her past to cover the ransom. But it‘s a past fraught with trauma and mystery and Ariel is flung back into the spotlight. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: Ooooh Lisbon! Sign me up for this trip (minus the kidnapping!), but what a backdrop for this well-fashioned, tautly-told tale that reads like an action movie with a twist of mystery.

This was such a fun ride, that had such a satisfying ending for me. I went into this blindly and I think it was all the better for that. This is so fast paced, you will not want to put this one down….trust me.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
1.All couch potato activities-watching the latest Brit comedies,listening to Bbc radio dramas/podcasts!
2.I do!I review actively on Goodreads,here's me latest:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4719432323
I find GR reviews and people's reviews in Litsy really useful,apart from reviews on The Guardian,The Critic.
3.My spot on my couch,with my husband next to me so I can read out interesting bits to him!

This tense mystery built its way to a high rating from me and then tore itself down. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#two-nights-in-lisbon

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #TwoNightsinLisbon

I wanted to know what was going on until about headway through when I was very nope about the whole thing. It did feel uncomfortable that this particular story was told by a man. (I also really hope Ariel says obrigada instead of obrigado in the final version.) #netgalley

This book. Please, please read it. It's incredibly astute about the state of the world right now, realpolitik, patriarchy, and justice.

Picked up this book on a whim, and thoroughly enjoying it.Apart from being edge of the seat thriller, Pavone surprises me with his sharp insights on womanhood and the patriarchy, all in a completely recognisable, non didactic way.