Started: 2/18/19
Finished: 2/25/19
Year: 2019
Pages: 310
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Grade: B+
Reason for reading: review for MyShelf.com
Blurb (from first page): "Hen and her husband, Lloyd, have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator who works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she's found some stability and peace.
"But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband's office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years. ago. Hen knows because she's long had a fascination with this unsolved murder-an obsession she doesn't talk about anymore, but can't fully shake either.
"Could her neighbor Matthew be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate?
"The more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects he's planning something truly terrifying. Yet no one will believe her. Then one night, when the she comes face-to-face with Mathew in a dark parking lot, she realizes that he knows she's been watching him, that she's really onto him, and that this is the beginning of a horrifying nightmare she may not live to escape..."
Opinion: There were a lot of psychological twists...some that didn't initially make sense. This was a fast paced thriller. A more complete review will be on MyShelf.com soon.
Monday, February 25, 2019
Monday, February 18, 2019
Pruning the Dead by Julia Henry
Started: 1/27/19
Finished: 2/18/19
Year: 2019
Pages: 346
Genre: Mystery
Grade: B
Reason for reading: received through GoodReads.com; review for MyShelf.com
Blurb (from back cover): "With hundreds flocking to her inaugural garden party, meticulous Lilly Jayne hasn't left a single petal out of place. But the picture-perfect gathering turns unruly upon the arrival of Merilee Frank, Lilly's ex-husband's catty third wife. Merilee lives for trouble, so no one is surprised after she drinks too much, shoves a guest into the koi pond, and gets escorted off the property. The real surprise comes days later-when Merilee is found dead in a pile of mulch....
"Lilly wishes she could stick to pruning roses and forget about Merilee's murder-until her best friend and ex become suspects in an overgrown homicide case. Now, aided by the Garden Squad, an unlikely group of amateur crime solvers with a knack for planting, Lilly knows she has limited time to identify the true culprit and restore order to Goosebush. Because if the murderer's plot isn't nipped in the bud, another victim could be pushing up daisies!"
Opinion: For a debut mystery series, this novel is a good one. Lots of descriptions of characters and town. I will be looking for additional books in the series. For a more complete review, please check out MyShelf.com in the near future.
Finished: 2/18/19
Year: 2019
Pages: 346
Genre: Mystery
Grade: B
Reason for reading: received through GoodReads.com; review for MyShelf.com
Blurb (from back cover): "With hundreds flocking to her inaugural garden party, meticulous Lilly Jayne hasn't left a single petal out of place. But the picture-perfect gathering turns unruly upon the arrival of Merilee Frank, Lilly's ex-husband's catty third wife. Merilee lives for trouble, so no one is surprised after she drinks too much, shoves a guest into the koi pond, and gets escorted off the property. The real surprise comes days later-when Merilee is found dead in a pile of mulch....
"Lilly wishes she could stick to pruning roses and forget about Merilee's murder-until her best friend and ex become suspects in an overgrown homicide case. Now, aided by the Garden Squad, an unlikely group of amateur crime solvers with a knack for planting, Lilly knows she has limited time to identify the true culprit and restore order to Goosebush. Because if the murderer's plot isn't nipped in the bud, another victim could be pushing up daisies!"
Opinion: For a debut mystery series, this novel is a good one. Lots of descriptions of characters and town. I will be looking for additional books in the series. For a more complete review, please check out MyShelf.com in the near future.
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