The Lost History of Stars
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In turn-of-the-century South Africa, fourteen-year-old Lettie, her younger brother, and her mother...
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Lies My Teacher Told Me for Young Readers: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong
James W. Loewen and Rebecca Stefoff
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Now adapted for young readers in grades 7 and up, the national bestseller that makes real American...
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Dead House
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This best-selling debut by an award-winning writer is both an eerie contemporary ghost story and a...
A Link To Kill (Hawthorne & Horowitz Mystery #3)
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I couldn't see the sea from my bedroom but I could hear the waves breaking in the distance. They...
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Night She Disappeared in Books
Aug 7, 2022
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The Night She Disappeared
By Lisa Jewel
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On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend.
One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer’s favorite place for long walks and it’s on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads, “DIG HERE.”
Could this be a clue towards what has happened to the missing young couple? And what exactly is buried in this haunted ground?
This started off slow for me but by the end I was gripped. I had kinda guessed what had happened half way through but it was well written and kept me interested until the end. I’m halfway way between 3&4 stars and only because I had worked it out early it stays at a 3. Not sure I’d have killed Zachary but he certainly wasn’t a nice character and needed a smack. I can’t imagine having your children just disappearing like that.
The Twyford Code
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It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a...
ClareR (6037 KP) rated The Lamplighters in Books
Mar 14, 2022
This is a mystery that affects their wives and partners even 20 years later. A writer contacts the three women and asks them to cooperate with him as he writes a book about the mystery. It seems that all three women held back secrets during the original investigation - but will the uncovering of these secrets make any difference?
The Lamplighters is told in flashbacks, alternating between the present day with the women, and the lead up to the disappearance with the men in the lighthouse. The lighthouse chapters in particular are seriously atmospheric, threatening, even. I had so many ideas as to what could have happened, my opinion changing constantly as more information was revealed. I didn’t guess the actual ending though, even after I’d described the basic storyline of the book to my husband, and he got it in one (note to self: do not discuss mystery books with the husband, AKA “Dr” Poirot…)
Highly recommended.
Excalibur (The Arthurian Chronicles, #1)
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The sword has the power of Britain in its steel, men will follow and fight for whoever wields it......
Murder in Manhattan
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Inspired by one of the first real—life female columnists at the New Yorker, this enticing...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2456 KP) rated April Fool Dead in Books
Feb 13, 2025
I love it when authors get creative with their plots, and we’ve got a winner here. I especially appreciated how everything came together. The characters remain a little thin, but they are strong enough to pull us into the story. There are a couple who show up from the previous book, so be aware of minor spoilers. The laughs are plentiful again, especially thanks to Annie’s mother-in-law. Do keep in mind that this book was originally released in 2002 as a couple of elements are dated, but nothing major. Overall, you’d be a fool to pass on this book.