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Amazing as usual

Revisado: 12-13-23

I love the Matilda Darke series and couldn’t wait to get into this one following the cliffhanger ending in the previous novel. The story didn’t disappoint. The characters were great as usual and twists and turns abound. I highly recommend Below Ground as well as the entire series, which I think is best read in order!

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Love this series

Revisado: 11-11-23

Thank you Caroline Mitchell for another great Amy Winter book. This was suspenseful, thrilling and a really enjoyable listen. Can’t wait for the next one!

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Engaging and Suspenseful

Revisado: 10-27-21

I really liked The Unheard and thought it was a fun, suspenseful read. I was pretty much hooked after the first few chapters and the story definitely kept my attention. I am a fan of Nicci French and this book did not disappoint. I thought the plot was innovative and the characters interesting. The narration was excellent. Overall, a great read, and I would highly recommend!

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Roller Coaster from Start to Finish

Revisado: 03-25-19

Wow, this book is pretty great. On My Life had me hooked from the beginning and hanging on for MY life. The adventures of Jenna, the "Blonde Slayer," in prison, are gripping, as she navigates her way through a brutal system on remand, awaiting trial and has only herself to rely on to save her from a life sentence if she cannot show a court that she didn't commit a horrible crime. Frankly, I couldn't stop listening. This book is intense and grabs on to your basic instincts of survival as you follow Jenna's story. The narration is spot on. Loved it and highly recommend!

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Slow-Burn but Ultimately Great

Revisado: 02-22-19

It took me a while to get into the swing of the story, but I am glad I stuck with it. The characters are intriguing. This is the story of three women in different eras- one in the eighties, one in 2010-2011 and one in the current time. All three wind together to make up an ultimately compelling mystery. Stick with it- you'll be glad you did. Recommended.

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Intelligent, Suspenseful Procedural

Revisado: 02-22-19

I can't say enough how much I like Cara Hunter's DI Adam Fawley series. In the Dark is a darn good book. I love the characters- they are realistic and not cookie-cutter cops. You can tell that these people have heart when doing their jobs. I love the 'mixed media' style with emails and news stories inserted throughout. The mysteries at the center of the story kept me listening late into the night. Details brought up throughout the book all link together as the book comes to its conclusion! The narration is spot-on and realistic. I think this is an excellent book in a great series and I highly recommend.

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Brilliant- really good!

Revisado: 06-01-18

Bad Mommy is an immensely entertaining yet genuinely creepy tale of personality disorders gone wild. Fig Coxbury wants what Jolene Avery has- a handsome psychologist husband, a beautiful little daughter and stylish friends. Fig sets her sights on the family, moving next door and inserting herself as a fixture into the family, all the while planning her takeover. Husband Darius is not all that he appears. Jolene now has her hands full. Told from these three points of view, this novel kicks into high gear from the start and doesn’t let up. Fascinating, haunting, scary and a little too easy to picture happening in real life, which makes it all the more interesting. Highly recommended!

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Eery, vividly atmospheric; haunted

Revisado: 04-21-18

Secrets and Lies is the second novel I’ve read by Lynda Renham, and having enjoyed the first one (Remember Me) I was no less impressed and enthralled by this one. We are introduced to Flora McIntosh, married to Adam, a upstarter in politics whose ambition doesn’t seem so driven so as to overshadow the fact that the only thing Flora wants is a baby. Will a new home in the country signal the new beginning they need to start their family?
They move to Hunters Moon in a tiny, inclusive and mysterious village full of dubious and unsettling townspeople who seem to have many secrets. Flora becomes obsessed with finding out the history of Hunters Moon- meant to be the couple’s dream house, Flora soon finds that her new home, including the village, is starting to feel like a surreal nightmare.
What I liked about this novel was the slow-burn feeling of adding layers to a mystery in true literary form, while the anticipation and tension build toward a series of climactic reveals. This wasn’t a thrill-a-minute ride. Rather, the plot was enjoyable in its sense of expectation shrouded in this atmosphere of uncertainty, almost a darkness, in a town in the season where fog hangs low late into the morning and a light rain falls while Flora walks through the cemetery, and a chill runs through the hall when she wakes to hear tapping at the cellar door.
Nothing more need be given away about Secrets and Lies. Lose yourself in the drama and suspense of the loopy, fey characters, the dark halls of Hunters Moon, and the sense of time weaving uncertain tales. Recommended.

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I don’t speak teenager

Revisado: 03-25-18

I think Tamsin Kennard is a really good narrator, but I couldn’t get past the teenage inflections, millennial-isms and otherwise maybe too authentic voice of Rosie. The plot seemed to go nowhere fast. I needed more to happen sooner. I couldn’t connect with the characters. This book was only so-so for me. I wouldn’t choose it again.

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Good psychological suspense

Revisado: 03-25-18

I enjoyed this novel and found the characters to be interesting and the plot riveting. The story is told in a somewhat disjointed way that jumps back and forward in time- not just from present to past, but also within chapters, where something is mentioned and then expanded on in a later chapter, so the reader will find it important to pay close attention to what is said in order not to miss important plot points. The narration was good. The suspense built up in a way that made me want to keep listening to the very end. Overall, a well-done suspense novel that focuses on character development and plot, rather than police procedural. Recommended.

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