Hello everyone! Welcome to the Monthly Wrap-Up where I give updates on my reading and other things I’m up to in the past month. So let’s get to it! Books Read: 7 This was a great month for my reading. 7 books this month! Woo-Hoo! I am very happy about that! Lagoon by Nnedi OkoraforContinue reading “Monthly-Wrap Up: March 2024”
Category Archives: Mystery
The Sanatorium
Title: The Sanatorium Author: Sarah Pearse Genre: Mystery, Thriller Pages: 400 pages Synopsis: You won’t want to leave…until you can’t. Half hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel.Continue reading “The Sanatorium”
Mayday
Title: Mayday Author: Thomas H. Block Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense Pages: 346 pages Synopsis: Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, a missile strikes a jumbo passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, three survivors must achieve the impossible. Land the plane. From master storyteller Nelson DeMille andContinue reading “Mayday”
Shutter Island
Title: Shutter Island Author: Dennis Lehane Genre: Mystery Thriller Pages: 325 pages Synopsis: Summer, 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped patient, a murderess named Rachel Solando, as a hurricane bearsContinue reading “Shutter Island”
The Westing Game
Title: The Westing Game Author: Ellen Raskin Pages: 182 Genre: Mystery Plot Summary: A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, oneContinue reading “The Westing Game”
Broadchurch
Title: Broadchurch Seasons or Series: 3 Episodes: 24 Studio: ITV Created by: Chris Chibnall Premise: Broadchurch is a crime, mystery, and serial drama that follows the lives of the people of the town called Broadchurch after the murder of an 11-year-old Daniel “Danny” Latimer. The show explores grief, mutual suspicion, and the media attention onContinue reading “Broadchurch”
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Title: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Genre: Mystery, Drama, Psychological Thriller Pages: 144 Synopsis: It is about a London lawyer named John Gabriel Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. (from Goodreads) My Thoughts: What can IContinue reading “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Angels & Demons
So let’s begin with the book I most recently finished Angels & Demons! Title: Angels & Demons Author: Dan BrownSeries: The Robert Langdon Series Genre: Mystery and Thriller Pages: 616 Synopsis: Robert Langdon, expert Symbologist is called by CERN Director Maximilian Kohler after one of his top physicists Leonardo Vetra is murdered with his chestContinue reading “Angels & Demons”
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