Book reviews of mysteries, historical fiction and graphic novels with a smattering of non-fiction books.
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Girl Forgotten
Friday, July 22, 2022
One Girl Missing
Five-year-old Cally waits in her pretty pink bedroom for the sound of the front door opening and her mother’s sweet voice in the hall. But when the doorbell finally rings, and Cally creeps out of bed to peer through the banister, a large man in uniform is all she sees. Her mother is missing...
Teacher Annabel Braddock was last seen drinking at the local pub with her best friend, Jennifer. Witnesses saw tears running down her cheeks, and friends say she was having problems with a colleague at work, and that her marriage had broken down.
But as the two women hugged goodbye, neither noticed the car speeding towards them. As the dust settled, Jennifer lay unconscious on the ground and Annabel was nowhere to be seen. She’d never abandon her little girl, so did someone snatch her?
As family crowd around Jennifer’s hospital bed, hoping she’ll wake up, police visit Annabel’s home and her inconsolable daughter, Cally, tells them she had seen a man outside staring into her room as she climbed into bed that evening. Was it her childish imagination, or had someone been watching Annabel’s home?
When Jennifer finally opens her eyes and tells the police what happened that night, it’s clear there are plenty of people with a reason to harm Annabel. With an unpredictable husband, a colleague who denies harassing her and a neighbour who seems to know her every move, could she be in imminent danger? As the hours turn to days, will little Cally ever see her precious mother again? Or will she be next?
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
The Girl in the Ground
Thursday, July 1, 2021
The Perfect Daughter
Monday, January 4, 2021
The Girls in the Snow
The Girls in the Snow is the first book in a new detective series featuring FBI agent Nikki Hunt as the detective. The second book in the series will be published next month and I am looking forward to getting a copy of it as this novel was fantastic. This tight psychological thriller begins in 1995 with Nikki coming home from a high school party and finding her murdered parents in their Stillwater, MN home. Fast forward 20 years and Nikki is a FBI agent who has been dispatched back to Stillwater to investigate the deaths of two girls. There are two mysteries to be solved in the book. The first one is who killed the girls. The second mystery deals with whether the right person was convicted and jailed for killing Nikki's parents.
Saturday, November 7, 2020
The Cipher
FBI agent Nina Guerrera escaped a serial killer's trap when she was sixteen-years-old. Eleven years later when she is jumped in a Virginia park, a video of the attack goes viral. Thousands of new Nina fans are not the only ones impressed with her fighting skills. The man who abducted her eleven years ago was watching also. Determined to reclaim his lost prize, he commits a grisly murder designed to pull her into the investigation. However, he also uses the Internet to invite the public to play along. The killer's coded riddles have made him a social media star dubbed "the cipher." In Nina's eyes he is a monster who preys on vulnerable women. Partnered with the FBI's most prominent mind hunter, Jeffrey Wade, Nina tracks the killer across the country. Nina follows each clue as she races to stop the killer while the world watches online.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Little Girls Tell Tales
Wow! Rachel Bennett's second novel is an engrossing murder mystery. I read this in one sitting. It strung me along from the first page until its satisfying conclusion. I loved it!
4 out of 5 stars.