Book Impressions With the likes of the Cleveland Three, and Elizabeth Smart in the news, kidnapped women who eventually are found is a hot topic. Girl Last Seen was more on the cold side. The characters were all one dimensional, particularly the two missing girls. Because of the lack of development I didn’t form a […]
Review I have mixed feelings about The Silent Child. It held my attention and listened to it in two days. I was engaged by Joanne Froggatt’s narration and hope to listen to more by her. However, despite all the build-up surrounding Aiden’s disappearance it just kind of fell apart at the end. However, I still […]
The Ghost Next Door by R.L. Stine was one of my favorites in the Goosebumps series growing up. I think that it centered around a seemingly normal girl appealed to me, and I remember the plot-twist ending caught me off guard. Listening to The Ghost Next Door as an adult it was no longer relatable and […]
The Last Goodbye by J.A. Jance was a small accompaniment to the Ali Reynolds series. While advertised as such, I don’t think I would categorize The Last Goodbye as a mystery. It was more of a feel good Christmas wedding story with the mystery being an after thought. The lost and found dog, the center […]
First Impressions The Bishop’s Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison could have been a good mystery novel if it focused on the murder of Carrie Helm. Impressions While Reading Biddy Linda Wallheim, amateur sleuth took center stage. She had to insert her nose into everything Gladys Kravitz style. What most annoyed me was her obsession with […]
The Keeper of Lost Causes is first and foremost a thriller that holds your attention. Unfortunately, despite well-developed characters and a suspenseful plot I found it predictable and thought the evil villain was a little boy with a grudge, and once that thought came upon me couldn’t get it out of my head and therefore […]
“Put the lotion in the basket.” Why did I quote Silence of the Lambs? Because when found, each of Neptune’s deformed women’s right stub had been properly cleaned and clotted. Like Buffalo Bill he took “care” of his victims. The One I Left Behind is told in two parts, flashing from 1985 during the summer […]
The tragedy of waiting too long to write a review is that you are given time to forget, so forgive my vagueness. This was a very surprising read, I was not expecting much more than supermarket fluff and was pleasantly surprised by the intensity and depth the book entailed. Jody is a little girl lost, […]
I really didn’t see The Secret of Red Gate Farm as much of a mystery, not because there wasn’t something to be solved but because it dealt more with cults. However loosely used, a group of people run around flapping their arms to a tribal dance during the full moon, dressed in white sheets that […]
I really liked this installment of the series because it had a race against time aspect to it not only to find Nancy Smith Drew but also to stop her from marrying a gold digger. This almost felt like an episode of The Dating Game gone wrong; a contestant being yanked off stage. As for […]