![]() ![]() What does he think about possible links among them? she wonders. ![]() FBI agent Gwen Mulvey has observed at least three unsolved murders, maybe more, that seem to take their cues from the stories on Mal’s list. Now that he owns the store with mostly silent partner Brian Murray, a semifamous mystery writer, that post has come back to haunt him. ![]() Murders, Double Indemnity, Strangers on a Train, The Drowner, Deathtrap, The Secret History: They may not be the best mysteries, reflects Malcolm Kershaw, but they feature the most undetectable murders, as he wrote on a little-read blog post when he was first hired at Old Devils Bookstore. The Red House Mystery, Malice Aforethought, The A.B.C. A ghoulish killer brings a Boston bookseller’s list of perfect fictional murders to life-that is, to repeated, emphatic death. ![]()
0 Comments
5/31/2023 0 Comments Home invasion by joy fielding![]() While Vic is initially resistant, he soon warms to Elyse's sunny personality and engaging ways.Īnd Jodi is pleased to have an ally, someone she can talk to and occasionally even confide in. She settles on Elyse Woodley, an energetic and attractive widow in her early sixties, who seems perfect for the job. ![]() But while still reasonably spry and rakishly handsome, Vic is worn down by his wife's deteriorating condition.Įxhausted from trying to balance her career, her family, and her parents' needs, Jodi starts interviewing housekeepers to help care for Audrey and Vic. But things changed when Audrey developed Parkinson's ten years ago, and Vic retired to devote himself to her care. His wife, Audrey, was herself no shrinking violet. Jodi's father, Vic, now in his late seventies and retired, is a very controlling man. But now, he's a middling writer who resents his wife's success. When Kathy hears the noise again, she gets up. ![]() Her husband, Jack, lies beside her, snoring. ![]() She's the breadwinner, a top-notch real estate agent. Was that a noise in the house, or part of her dream In her dream, Kathy was about to kiss Michael, her high school boyfriend. A woman hires a housekeeper to care for her aging parents-only to watch as she takes over their lives in this riveting novel from the New York Times bestselling author called an ingenious master of domestic suspense (Samantha M. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Changeling by william ritter![]() ![]() While discovering which boy was the changeling was the main reason I kept reading, other aspects soon compelled me to finish the story. Give me all the brothers who are best friends relationships, please! Cole and Tinn are mischievously adorable, and I love that they are both worried they are the changeling and also hoping they are so their brother won’t be. I was intrigued at the concept of two boys growing up side-by-side, one human and one a changeling, and the journey to discover who they are. When they receive a mysterious message calling them to the goblin horde, they venture into the Wild Wood and discover who they truly are.Ĭhangeling is a fun, magical adventure perfect for fans of middle grade. But when goblin Kull is distracted in his task to switch the changeling with a human baby, he forgets which is which and leaves! Growing up, Tinn and Cole are raised as twins, neither knowing which is the changeling and which is human. In order to renew the magic of the Wild Wood, goblins perform a special ritual involving a baby changeling. Changeling still has a connection to supernatural/mythical creatures, but it is a completely new series with new characters, a new setting, and new plot. I love the Jackaby series by William Ritter so I’ve been looking forward to a new series by him. ![]() |