Tag: Mystery

From the author of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series comes her recent standalone thriller Five Survive. Holly Jackson has become an author for me to keep an eye out for since I read AGGGTM. I haven’t finished that series, but I enjoyed the first book so much I’m reading everything she writes. So when I saw her newest book, I didn’t think twice. I wanted to read it. Eight hours. Six friends. One sniper. It was everything I needed to know. Title: Five Survive Author: Holly Jackson Publication year: 2022 Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Genre: Mystery, Thriller, YA Pace: Fast Story focus: Character & Plot Red and her friends are taking an RV for a road trip for spring break. Things are going as fine as they can be with six people cramped in a small space until they take a wrong turn in an isolated area …

If you are reading this, I’m hoping you have also read We Were Liars by E Lockhart. If not, run like the wind to my spoiler-free review before it’s too late. Or proceed and spoil yourself. Either way, I’m not holding back because I had way too much fun working on this post. I’m diving deeply into the story and answering the question once and for all: were the Liars ghosts or hallucinations? When I finished reading We Were Liars for the first time, I wanted to read it again to see everything I missed and if there was any “proof” of what the Liars were. That reread took 5 years to come, but it’s here. So I opened the book with a pencil in hand and underlined anything and everything I saw relevant to the plot, the characters, and the Liars. In my original review (no longer published), I …

From time to time, I do find a TV series or a mini-series that sparks my interest. And if I’m lucky enough, I want to talk about it. One of the latest additions to the Netflix catalogue is the mini-series Bodies. The premise is straight up my cup of tea. Four crimes. Four time periods. Same body. It’s time travel story time, y’all! I love time travel stories, but I’m very specific about how I like time travel to work. I even have a post all about that. And Bodies left the story in the perfect place to be exactly what I wanted. While the end of the story is wrapped up, it still leaves room for the time travel plot to fit into my plot. And I was so incredibly happy and excited to have a story that hit the right spot, and now I can gush all about …

If you are into sci-fi shows, then the name Expanse isn’t foreign to you. But if you didn’t know, that Prime exclusive series is based on a book by the writing duo James S A Corey. Leviathan Wakes is the first book in The Expanse series, which has grown to become an immense world. From novellas, short stories, comics, games and a TV series, it can be daunting to dip your toes into this epic space opera. Title: Leviathan Wakes Author: James S A Corey Series: The Expanse #1 Publication year: 2011 Length: 20 hours 56 minutes Genre: Sci-fi, Mystery, Crime Pace: Medium Story focus: Character & Plot There are 3 things you need to know. First, Humans have colonised the Moon, Mars, the asteroid Belt and other outer planets. Second, the story follows two characters: Holden, an executive officer aboard an ice mining ship and Miller, a cop from …

For any fan of mystery thrillers, Gone Girl is probably not a foreign title. And for mystery readers, the name Gillian Flynn is very well-regarded. For the longest time, I had no idea this book and movie existed, until I heard it be pitched as having the best plot twist. So, did I read the book straight away? No, I saw the movie. And I’m glad I did. Because if I hadn’t, I don’t think I would have finished reading the book. Title: Gone Girl Author: Gillian Flynn Publication year: 2012 Length: 19 hours 57 minutes Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime Pace: Slow Story focus: Character & Plot Nick and Amy have been married for five years. And on their wedding anniversary, Amy goes missing. Nick is desperate to find her. Although not everything is as it seems. Since moving out of New York City to Nick’s hometown, their marriage has …

Whether TikTok book recommendations are good or not, one thing is for sure: they are everywhere. I don’t have TikTok, and even I know what books are blowing up there. While this is nowhere a testament to the quality of TikTok books, I appreciate it whenever I discover new books. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is one of them. A mystery YA series full of puzzles, riddles and a treasure hunt feeling with an inheritance on the line. Title: The Inheritance Games Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Series: The Inheritance Games #1 Publication year: 2020 Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Genre: YA, Mystery, Puzzle, Drama, Romance Pace: Fast Story focus: Character & Plot Avery is living with her half-sister when she suddenly loses her ground. Her sister’s abusive boyfriend is back home again, and he kicked her out. Now living in her car, dreaming of a better life, and …

I was not planning on rewriting a review for We Were Liars by E Lockhart. I read this book five years ago, loved it, and obviously, I had to write a review and post it here on the blog. And now, as I finish reading that review, I have a question: what is that girl talking about? Memory is a funny thing. I could swear to you what I thought about We Were Liars before rereading it was the same thoughts I had when I finished it. Turns out, it wasn’t. And that is quite fitting for this book, where nothing is as it seems. I wasn’t planning on writing another review. I decided to reread it now to help me get out of a reading slump and to decide once and for all if the spoiler was actually a spoiler or a spoiler. Although, I feel like I can …

I was never planning on writing this review. I wasn’t even planning on watching the TV adaptation. Yet out of boredom, I clicked on the first episode. And then I watched one more. And another. And another. I already read and reviewed One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus, and while it’s a book that failed my expectation, I liked it. I was looking for a YA murder mystery, instead, I got a YA drama. Which was still fun. Luckily, the TV series was equal parts drama and mystery. The adaptation started faithful to the book. The characters are easy to like, and you want everything to work out in the end. Being familiar with the story made it easy to keep going. Although not much encouragement was needed because of how each episode is structured. Each one is a step closed to the truth, so I wanted to …

I adore the Robert Langdon series by Dan Brown. Ever since I read The Da Vinci Code, I’ve been making my way through the series. Although, I’ve been reading it in the most out-of-order you could ever imagine. And that’s the beauty of this series. It doesn’t matter where you begin. With the last, Origin, in the middle, The Lost Symbol, or with the very first, Angels and Demons. Title: Angels and Demons Author: Dan Brown Series: Robert Langdon #1 Publication year: 2000 Length: 18 hours 28 minutes Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspence Pace: Fast Story focus: Plot Robert Langdon, a world-renowned symbology professor, is called to travel to Switzerland to help with the murder of a physicist. A strange symbol had been burned into the skin of the victim. A symbol Robert identifies as being part of a secret organisation: the Illuminati. The discovery takes Robert to Rome and the …

The first time I read The Final Six by Alexandra Monir was back in 2020. I listened to the audiobook while working on a puzzle and really enjoyed it. Right after that, I listened to the sequel The Life Below, but I’m not going over it in this post. I enjoyed listening to this story so much that I had to buy a copy to have on my shelf. Last month, on a whim, I decided to go on a little space adventure and reread it. And now, I have the story fresh in my memory and ready to be reviewed. Title: The Final Six Author: Alexandra Monir Series: The Final Six #1 Publication year: 2018 Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Genre: Sci-fi, Mystery, Post-Apocalyptic, YA Pace: Fast Story focus: Character & Plot Earth is dying. Natural disasters are increasingly more frequent, taking lives wherever they hit. But there’s hope …