#weeklyforecast
Scatter of Light #sundaybuddyread
Shadow Box #libraryfind
The Evolution of Annabel Craig #libraryfind #newbookshelf #fiction
When We Were Enemies #readyourkindle
The Egyptian Antiquities Murder #audiobook #mystery #egyptianantiquities Nice follow up to Crocodile on the Sandbank
pickOne of the twistiest-turniest crime thrillers I‘ve ever read. Could not see what was coming next! This plot line took such a precise amount of finesse. Just when you think you have the story solved, you start finding yourself thinking “What?! HOW!” A very entertaining quick read.
so-soIt definitely kept my attention. What I am finding in common in the 2 McFadden books I have read thus far, is that she is a really good storyteller, weaving together a truly difficult to predict resolution; however, she relies almost too heavily on the unreliable narrator trope, and on all of her characters being truly unbelievably unlikeable people. I find myself getting irrationally angry at fictional characters.
pickTWs: infidelity, attempted sexual assault, violence, murder, misogyny, sexual content.
Dr Scarlett Clark, English professor & serial killer. Every year, Scarlett kills the worst man on campus at Gorman University & makes it look like an accident or suicide. With her attention to detail, she's gotten away with several murders, but when something goes wrong with her latest target, Scarlett finds the cops in charge of the investigation closing in.
I hadn't bought anything from Thriftbooks in quite a while, but this addict might have fallen off the wagon again. Latest haul brings me a few more titles in the Hap & Leonard series, and a few other titles I've had my eye on.
pickI‘ve been on the fence about this, but the author is at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival in July and I‘m trying to read as many authors as I can before I go.
It was the AI Detective in this that was putting me off, and to start with it made the book feel quite YA, with it being a hologram. After a while though, the twisty storyline overtook that element, and the AI became less ‘obvious‘.
There is a sequel, which I now think I‘ll read.
pickBryn is in a terrible car crash that leaves the driver.dead and goes to live with her new husband once she‘s out of the hospital to convalesce. (They live in different towns.) Things seem ok until a local woman is murdered and Bryn learns maybe she doesn‘t know her husband very well. I enjoyed this mystery—I thought it was well-crafted with a good number of red herrings. I would definitely read White again.
#StorySettings catchup
The last two books I‘ve read with a #College setting. Both are thrillers. 😱📓🖤
