pickThis was an enjoyable mystery with all the things I loved about We Solve Murders - distinctive characters with unique voices and perspectives along with a mystery that keeps developing in complexity (mostly because of human nature!)
Looking forward both to the Netflix adaptation and to continuing the series!
pickI enjoyed this more re-reading it physically,
Interested to read the rest of the series
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4.5/5
Read 21/04/22-28/04/22
I enjoyed this one - I listened to the audiobook but I am going to re-read physically I think as I think it will be better for me.
3.75/5
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pickDictionary editor Martha returns to Oxford an after the disappearance of her sister. Cryptic letters start arriving alluding to the mystery. Martha and her colleagues set to figuring out the puzzle, through a maze of words and Shakespearean clues. At times this lost me; I didn‘t have the headspace for the lexicography. The pace soon speeds up however, and the writing has a gentle cleverness that suits the Oxford setting
pickJuly 5th, 2025 continued... Because Greta knew that Rosalie was disabled and had multiple sclerosis AND disliked the fact that Nick had an affair with the young girl, Christina Marsh, Greta confessed in helping Rosalie kill her. Rosalie was shocked that Greta would do such a thing but that leaves Rosalie, Nick, Greta, and Quinn alive at the end.
pickJuly 5th, 2025 The epilogue was not what I expected. Two and half years later, Rosalie is pregnant and Nick improves the restaurant that became very poorly managed as well as fixed it up. Claudia stabs Greta for telling Rosalie what she did to Quinn her sister and also stabs Rosalie but misses her major organs. Claudia gets arrested for stabbing both witnesses. Claudia stabbed Quinn because she was jealous of what she had that she didnt have.
so-soI like this author as a comedian and I liked the premise of this book: older adults in a retirement community who use their professional skills to solve murders. However, I had trouble keeping track of all the characters and the plot felt disjointed to me.
so-soQuinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime.
To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it.
Unfortunately, the Baxter Motel isn‘t the quiet, safe haven it seemed to be. The motel has a dark and disturbing past.
July 4th, 2025 continued... So, once Nick found out that Rosalie was spying on bis every move, or at least what she could see from her room with the binoculars from Greta, the woman in Room 202, he told her that he had enough of her and vice versa. She typed on her phone: easiest way to commit suicide
July 4th, 2025 Page 218 out of 274. Welp. Nick, the owner of Baxter Motel, was convicted of murdering Christina Marsh, who occupied Room 201 in his motel for several days. Rosalie, his wife, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, could not move and feel her feet so she sat in a wheelchair next to the window. If she tried to stand up, she would fall. From her room, she could see the rooms in the motel. Rosalie felt she could not stay with Nick.
July 4, 2025 Happy July 4th ya'll. I have started this book and likely will be finishing this book in no time. Freida McFadden is an obsession read for me. I have no regrets when I pick up a book of hers. Ik what I am in for. Anyway, so far, Quinn has escaped from Baxter Motel and killed her husband. ow she is trying to escape the police and avoid getting arrested for the crime she committed. Quinn cannot undo what she did. Claudia is worried.
