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Four 4 Star Books

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So far in 2024, I’ve read 57 books. It really has been a great year of reading, with many of those books being given a 4 star rating. Following are just four of those 4 star books.

Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves (Vera Stanhope No. 2)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Telling Tales is the second book in the very popular Vera Stanhope series. Jeannie was charged with the murder of 15 year old Abigail. It is now ten years later and evidence has been found that indicates that the wrong person was charged with this murder.

Inspector Vera Stanhope is called in to reopen the investigation and for many residents this brings up memories that haven’t been thought of since the murder.

I know it’s hard to believe, but I’ve never read any books in the Vera Stanhope series. The TV series is a favourite, not to be missed, so I thought there was no need to read the books. How wrong I was. I now plan to read the entire series of eleven books.

The Remarkable Mrs. Reibey by Grantlee Kieza

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The story of Mary Reibey is extraordinary. After being found guilty of theft in 1791, Mary was transported to Australia. She began her life in the new country as a convict, and went on to become Australia’s richest businesswoman. She was Australia’s first female entrepreneur and she appeared on the $20 note.

Her rags to riches story is inspirational, and unputdownable.

“Finding love early on her arrival in the new colony, Mary went on to develop a family business which grew to include a fleet of merchant vessels. Widowed at just 33, and with seven children to support, Mary would oversee the growth of that business to an international trading empire and go on to expand what is now Sydney’s thriving business district while helping to bankroll many of the colony’s first public services”.

I’m a fan of Grantlee Kieza and this book was another of his fabulous Australian fiction biographies.

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
(Ernest Cunningham #1)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I find it really difficult to write anything about this book, without giving it a way. Goodreads have done a better job than I could do:

“Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I’m not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate.

I’m Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I’d killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it’s a little more complicated than that.

Have I killed someone? Yes. I have. Who was it?
Let’s get started“.

It did take me a few chapters to get into this unusual style of narration, but when I started to get used to it, I was hooked.

The Sea Captain’s Wife by Jackie French

The Sea Captain’s Wife is a love story and an unusual story of murder and mutiny on the high seas.

“You never know what the sea will give you … or what it will take back”

Mair lives a traditional life on an isolated island named Big Henry, and hunts for a husband along the beach. Eventually she finds a naked, half drowned man who she rescues and nurses back to life.

This story goes from Big Henry to Sydney, and a much more comfortable lifestyle than Mair was accustomed to on the island.

As a fan of Australian historical fiction and Jackie French, I was probably always going to love this book. It’s quite an unusual story line which didn’t disappoint.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Star Rating

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

 ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️Don’t recommend this book at all.

The book mentioned in this post is of my own choice, and has not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

Have you read this book? If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I promise to always reply to comments made below.

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Book Review: The Ski Trip by Sarah Clarke

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⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Summary

When four friends go on a skiing trip to the French alps, their trip comes to a sudden end when one of their group dies while skiing. His wife travels to France to collect his body, but when she arrives, there are unexpected problems, that keep her in France longer than expected.

Zoe can’t help but wonder if her husband’s death was an accident or murder.

Published September 2023
Kindle edition, 333 pages

My Thoughts

This book had multiple suspects, an interesting story line, and unforeseen twists and turns. until the ending, which I found was quite predictable and disappointing. I did enjoy most of the story, but found some of the personalities annoying, and the relationships between those in the group, and their behaviours were a bit difficult to believe.

At times this was quite a tense psychological thriller, but it was spoiled by a predictable ending. I loved the first half of this novel, but the middle left me very cold and seemed to drag on a bit. There were times towards the end that I was tempted to give up and not finish.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all

💫 Half Star

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Book Review: The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci

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The 6:20 Man
by
David Baldacci

Summary

Every day, ex veteran Travis Devine, takes the 6:20 train into Manhattan, where he works at the city’s largest investment firm. As he looks out the train window, at the homes of the rich and famous, he dreams of what life will be like for him in one of those houses, when he joins the wealthy set. He lives a mundane existence of travelling to and from work, and doing very little of any interest in the evenings.

From the morning that Travis arrives at work to find that his friend and co-worker has been murdered, in the building, his life changes, as he becomes mixed up in one drama after another. At the same time, he agrees to a clandestine role with a government agency who is investigating his firm. This role is dangerous and takes him from the lives of the wealthy, who he used to watch from the train window, to the country’s government agency where he immediately senses there is something that isn’t right.

There is also something that isn’t right at his firm. Along with the murder there are financial crimes, corrupt business men and other things happening that are definitely not above board.

To make things worse, he very quickly becomes a target for the killer who hasn’t yet been found.

Published July 2022. 432 pages.

My Thoughts

I rode every bump of this stomach churning thriller. It was like a roller coaster ride. I decided many times who the killer was, only to quickly realise I was wrong. I loved the character of Travis Devine. I found his back story and personality to be very believable and likeable.

I’m not particularly a Baldacci fan, but I’ve read a few of his books and enjoyed them. Parts of the story line were a bit unbelievable, but it didn’t take away from my enjoyment. I had the feeling that this could be the first of a Travis Devine series. If so, I’d be happy to read about what happens next in his life.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The books mentioned in this post are of my own choice and have not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

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Book Review: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

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The Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters Series #1
by
Lucinda Riley

Summary

Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story and its beginnings.

Eighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.

In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before.
-Goodreads

Published 2014. 400 pages.

My Thoughts

I had heard of the popularity of Lucinda Riley but had never read any of her books until recently when I read The Murders at Fleat House, I loved that book and googled the author and found that though she had written many books, this was her first crime novel. I was then drawn to The Seven Sisters, but I’m not sure of the reason. It was just a title that I picked out of many.

I was immediately hooked from the first page, and had trouble putting the book down. The clue that the adoptive father of the girls left to be opened after his death, intrigued me. That clue would lead them to find their birth families if they wished to do so. I couldn’t help wondering what I would have done in that situation. Would I follow that clue, or be happy to ignore itand continue to live the fabulous life that I had been living.

The Seven Sisters after setting up the clues, was about the oldest sister. The journey she took, following the clues took her to an unexpected place and led to experiences that she couldn’t have imagined.

The Seven Sisters is historical fiction, family saga and romance. The first in the Seven Sisters series of seven books. The smallest of these books is about 500 pages and the longest over 1100 pages. To read the series is a huge time commitment, which would usually put me off a series. However, not this series. Even though I could read the next books in the series right away, I plan to space them out a little, so I can enjoy them in my mind for longer.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The books mentioned in this post are of my own choice and have not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

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Book Review: The Murders at Fleat House by Lucinda Riley

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The Murders at Fleat House
by
Lucinda Riley

Summary

The Murders at Fleat House is a gripping murder mystery, full of suspense. Fleat House is at St. Stephens, a private boarding school. The murder of a pupil is shocking and terrifying for the community, including the students and teachers.

At first the death is considered to be an accident, but police were not so sure, and started an investigation, headed by Detective Inspector Jazmin Hunter who had recently resigned from the force. She agrees to return for this case only, as it occurred close to where she now lives.

As important leads are uncovered, they seem to make things more complicated until a discovery at the school causes further complications.

Published in 2022. 576 pages

My Thoughts

This is a totally intriguing police proceedural crime novel, that I found difficult to put down. This book was a real page turner with unexpected cliff hangers. There were many twists and turns that couldn’t be foreseen, and I had no idea at all who the murderer was, until the very end.

I enjoyed the character of the Detective Inspector, who was very real and believable. I found the police proceedural part of the story more than interesting. The characters and conflicts added to the story of the murders.

A few characters in this story appeared in a previous novel about the author, which I have not read, but this novel is stand alone and doesn’t rely on the story line of the previous novel.

The author, Lucinda Riley died in 2021. The Murders at Fleat House was written in 2006, but had never been published. Her son published it posthumously.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The books mentioned in this post are of my own choice and have not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

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Book Review: The Boy From The Woods by Harlan Coben

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Summary

“Thirty years ago, Wilde was found as a boy, after having lived alone in the woods, for many years, with no memory of his past. Now an adult, he still doesn’t know where he comes from, and another child has gone missing.

No one seems to take Naomi Pine’s disappearance seriously, not even her father-with one exception. Hester Crimstein, a television criminal attorney, knows through her grandson that Naomi was relentlessly bullied at school. Hester asks Wilde-with whom she shares a tragic connection-to use his unique skills to help find Naomi.

Wilde can’t ignore an outcast in trouble, but in order to find Naomi he must venture back into the community where he has never fit in, a place where the powerful are protected even when they harbor secrets that could destroy the lives of millions . . . secrets that Wilde must uncover before it’s too late”. – Goodreads

Published in March 2020, 371 Pages

My Thoughts

I’ve only recently come to Harlan Coben, having read a few of his books in the past few months and falling in love with his writing style and characters. From reading about Harlan Coben, I found out that Hester Crimstein is a character that turns up in a small way in a few of his stories. In this book she has a major part, and I can understand why readers have fallen in love with her. Hester is a sassy, bright, strong willed lawyer who has a major role in this story. I really can’t wait to read more about her in his other books.

The Boy From The Woods has a plot that gripped me immediately, and characters who had a very strong base and who kept my interest. For that matter, each of the Harlan Coben books that I’ve read, have been based on a strong storyline with great characters.

Reading this book felt like I was on a roller coaster. There was so much happening, and so much that was unexpected. Along with the story of a boy who was found in the woods years earlier, there was political scandal and intrigue, along with a teenager who had disappeared, and much, much more. I’m looking forward to reading more Harlan Coben books.

About The Author

Harlan Coben is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s leading storytellers. His suspense novels are published in forty-five languages and have been number one bestsellers in more than a dozen countries with seventy-five million books in print worldwide.- Goodreads

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

The books mentioned in this post are of my own choice and have not been sent to me to review. My opinions are my own and I receive no renumeration at all for them.

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V: Verity by Colleen Hoover #atozchallenge

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The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By the end of April, a blog post for every letter of the alphabet will have been posted. My theme for 2023 is Book Reviews.

You can read my reviews without worrying about spoilers. My reviews are quite brief and I give away nothing more than you would read on the back cover or on Goodreads.

Verity
by
Colleen Hoover

⭐️⭐️⭐️

Summary

Lowen is a struggling writer who is not earning enough money for her everyday needs, when she is offered a job, that any writer would think was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Best selling author Verity, is very ill and unable to finish the remaining books of her best selling series. Her husband offers Lowen the job of completing these books.

Lowen moves into the house with Verity and her husband so that she can read Verity’s work, and study her research papers. She very quickly finds, Verity’s autobiography with very surprising and shocking information about Verity’s life. Lowen is very distracted from the research and, as she gets deeper into the autobiography, has a feeling that all isn’t as it seems.

My Thoughts

Before reading Verity, I had read a book by this author that seemed to be very popular, but it was a book that I didn’t really enjoy. I had Verity on my list to read next, and wasn’t really expecting much from it, however, I did enjoy most of it. The story line is very unusual, which I really liked. I found characters hard to work out, and couldn’t make up my mind if they were ‘good or bad’. However, even that didn’t spoil my enjoyment of the book. The suspense was at times stomach churning and anxiety producing which, really, is what you want in a thriller

I was completely mystified by what was happening, and at times confused about what was going on, but I was ok with that too. I was waiting until all would be revealed, but when it was, it was unexpected. I found the ending very annoying and disappointing which is why I have given Verity a low star rating. In fact, I felt ripped off, that I had invested so many hours reading for such an ending.

I realise that somebody else might read this book and love the ending. I noticed on Goodreads that Verity received stars from 1 to 5, so obviously the ending was loved by some. It wasn’t for me.

I’d be interested to hear what you thought, if you have read this book.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book. For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Unputdownable. Would definitely read again
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Fantastic read. Not to be missed.
⭐️⭐️⭐️Enjoyable read. Would recommend.
⭐️⭐️Wouldn’t read again
⭐️Don’t recommend this book again

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U: Unsolved by James Patterson and David Ellis #atozchallenge #audiobook

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The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By the end of April, a blog post for every letter of the alphabet will have been posted. My theme for 2023 is Book Reviews.

You can read my reviews without worrying about spoilers. My reviews are quite brief and I give away nothing more than you would read on the back cover or on Goodreads.

Unsolved
Invisible $2
by
James Patterson and David Ellis

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Summary

“For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive.

Everyone tells him it’s time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible- that somewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive.

Beck has been warned to tell no one. And he doesn’t. Instead, he runs from the people he trusts the most, plunging headlong into a search for the shadowy figure whose messages hold out a desperate hope.

But already Beck is being hunted down. He’s headed straight into the heart of a dark and deadly secret- and someone intends to stop him before he gets there”. – Goodreads

Published in 2019. Audiobook from Borrowbox

My Thoughts

I didn’t read Invisible #1, but Unsolved works well as a stand alone novel. In fact, I didn’t realise this was a second book in a series, until after I’d finished reading it. I have enjoyed the James Patterson collaborations that I’ve read so far, and this novel was no different. A fast paced, detective mystery with a great story line and a few unexpected twists along the way. There were also a few chills and shivers as I was reading.

Of course, as with most James Patterson books, it’s obviously written to a formula which is quite cliche – the FBI agent who goes against protocol, but because she has great results, she gets away with it.

 I enjoyed this novel very much. It was a quick read with an interesting plot and unexpected twists and turns. However, there is one thing that I didn’t like about this story, and that was the ending. It just didn’t feel right to me, and left me disappointed. Another reader could very well have a different opinion. The three and a half star rating was due to the ending. Without that ending, I probably would have given it four stars.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Unputdownable. Would definitely read again
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Fantastic read. Not to be missed.
⭐️⭐️⭐️Enjoyable read. Would recommend.
⭐️⭐️Wouldn’t read again
⭐️Don’t recommend this book again

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T: Tell No One by Harlan Coben #atozchallenge

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You can read my reviews without worrying about spoilers. My reviews are quite brief and I give away nothing more than you would read on the back cover or on Goodreads.

TELL NO ONE
BY
HARLAN COBEN

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Summary

“For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive.

Everyone tells him it’s time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible- that somewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive.

Beck has been warned to tell no one. And he doesn’t. Instead, he runs from the people he trusts the most, plunging headlong into a search for the shadowy figure whose messages hold out a desperate hope.

But already Beck is being hunted down. He’s headed straight into the heart of a dark and deadly secret- and someone intends to stop him before he gets there”. – Goodreads

Published in 2009. Paperback 70 pages.

My Thoughts

I’ve become a Coben fan over the last couple of years. Each of his books that I read, leave me wanting to read more. This very fast paced thriller had me interested until the last page. There twists and turns and then more twists and turns. The main characters, though flawed, were likeable and believable, even the more unusual characters.

Other than being a mystery/thriller, Tell No One is the love story of two children, who have been best friends since their childhood. The author has created a beautiful relationship and love between the two characters.

Quote

“There should have been a dark whisper in the wind. Or maybe a deep chill in the bone. Something. An ethereal song only Elizabeth or I could hear. A tightness in the air. Some textbook premonition. There are misfortunes we almost expect in life—what happened to my parents, for example—and then there are other dark moments, moments of sudden violence that alter everything. There was my life before the tragedy. There is my life now. The two have very little in common.”

About the Author

Harlan Coben is a #1 bestselling author and one of the world’s leading storytellers. His suspense novels are published in forty-five languages and have been number one bestsellers in more than a dozen countries with seventy-five million books in print worldwide.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Unputdownable. Would definitely read again
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Fantastic read. Not to be missed.
⭐️⭐️⭐️Enjoyable read. Would recommend.
⭐️⭐️Wouldn’t read again
⭐️Don’t recommend this book again

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R: The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett #atozchallenge

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The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By the end of April, a blog post for every letter of the alphabet will have been posted. My theme for 2023 is Book Reviews.

You can read my reviews without worrying about spoilers. My reviews are quite brief and I give away nothing more than you would read on the back cover or on Goodreads.

THE RESEMBLANCE
BY
LAUREN NOSSETT

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

SUMMARY

“On a chilly November morning at the University of Georgia, a fraternity brother steps off a busy crosswalk and is struck dead by an oncoming car. More than a dozen witnesses all agree on two things: The driver looked identical to the victim, and he was smiling.

Detective Marlitt Kaplan is first on the scene. An Athens native and the daughter of a UGA professor, she knows all its shameful histories, from the skull discovered under the foundations of Baldwin Hall to the hushed-up murder-suicide in Waddel. But in the course of investigating this hit-and-run, she will uncover more chilling secrets as she explores the sprawling, interconnected Greek system that entertains and delights the university’s most elite and connected students.

The lines between Marlitt’s policework and her own past increasingly blur as Marlitt seeks to bring to justice an institution that took something precious from her many years ago. When threats against her escalate, and some long-buried secrets threaten to come to the surface, she can’t help but question whether the corruption in Athens has run off campus and into the force and how far these brotherhoods will go to protect their own”. – Goodreads

Published in 2015. 212 pages

MY THOUGHTS

This is a debut novel, and in my opinion, is worthy of picking up and reading. The Resemblance is a mystery, with quite an intriguing story line. It wasn’t until very close to the end that I started to get an idea of what was happening. The main character was quite unusual, and the other characters were totally believable to me.

As much as I enjoyed this book, my one criticism would be that things became a bit complicated towards the middle and I became confused, and almost put it down. I’m glad I continued as it turned out to be a very enjoyable book, which I would recommend.

About the Author

Lauren Nossett is a former professor turned novelist with a Ph.D. in German literature. Her scholarly work has appeared in journals, edited volumes, and a book with Northwestern University Press. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

All books that I review have been purchased by me or borrowed from the library, unless otherwise stated.

Star Rating 

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Unputdownable. Would definitely read again
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Fantastic read. Not to be missed.
⭐️⭐️⭐️Enjoyable read. Would recommend.
⭐️⭐️Wouldn’t read again
⭐️Don’t recommend this book again

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Next Phase In Fitness & Life and Tracking Down The Family

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