This is a fun book for anyone who likes cozy mysteries and doing puzzles. It’s told from both the killer’s perspective as well as the detective’s. The killer starts sending puzzle pieces to Edie O’Sullivan on December 1st, which helps her solve the crimes. Her nephew is a DI so she gets inside information on the cases.

I had actually read this book back in March for the first time, and when it popped up as an option on Netgalley I scooped it up because I thought it was a second in the series (because the cover was a different color). But I’ve read enough books since then so it was a pleasure to read again.

This is my ideal story type – British woman solving mysteries that aren’t too scary. The narrator was very easy to listen to and believable as a person of this age and temperament.

Special thanks to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for the chance to (re) listen to this audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In the past few years I’ve tried to start watching scary movies a little bit more, so this book seemed right up my alley. It takes 25 horror movies starting in 1960 up to 2018 and explains the plot and common scary movie tropes that go along with the film.

More importantly though, it explains what was going on culturally at the time and how that relates to why each film was made when it was in response to the culture. Very fascinating.

Here is a list of the movies covered:

• Psycho
• Night of the Living Dead
• Rosemary’s Baby
• The Exorcist
• The Wicker Man
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Carrie
• Halloween
• The Shining
• Poltergeist
• The Thing
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• The Fly
• Hellraiser
• Candyman
• Scream
• The Blair Witch Project
• The Ring
• 28 Days Later
• Saw
• The Conjuring
• The Babadook
• It Follows
• Get Out
• Hereditary

Special thanks to NetGalley and RBMedia for a copy of the audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion. I was so intrigued by this that I went ahead and purchased my own copy of the Kindle book to have on hand for future reference.

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16 audiobooks for September

2 re-reads (First 2 Lemony Snicket in honor of 25th anniversary of The Bad Beginning)

Favorite series of the month: Joseph Spector Locked Room Mystery

Most fun listen: The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall (already pre-ordered the sequel 10/22)

• The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall Ali Standish ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• How to Kill Your Family Bella Mackie ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch (The Outsider’s Guides) Emily C. Hughes ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Before the Fact Francis Iles ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Antiquity Affair Lee   Kelly ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2) Lemony Snicket ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) Lemony Snicket ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Canary Trainer: From the Memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. Nicholas Meyer ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The West End Horror Nicholas Meyer ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
• The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer Holmes Pastiches #1) Nicholas Meyer ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2024 Otto Penzler ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) Richard Osman ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Hitchcock Hotel Stephanie Wrobel ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
• Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1) Tom Mead ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2) Tom Mead ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Cabaret Macabre (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #3) Tom Mead ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

14 for August

• Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) Allison Montclair ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• A Dark-Adapted Eye Barbara Vine ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
• Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox, #8) C.J. Archer ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Poison at Penshaw Hall (The Milverton Mysteries #2) G.B. Ralph ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder on Milverton Square (The Milverton Mysteries #1) G.B. Ralph ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Sequel (The Book Series, #2) Jean Hanff Korelitz ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Plot (The Book Series, #1) Jean Hanff Korelitz ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Return of the Pharaoh: From the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. Nicholas Meyer ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols: Adapted from the Journals of John H. Watson, M.D. Nicholas Meyer ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
• Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (From the Memoirs of John H. Watson) Nicholas Meyer ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• A Swarm of Butterflies (Nell Ward, #6) Sarah Yarwood-Lovett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• I Was a Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
• The Outsider Stephen King ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• If It Bleeds Stephen King ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

I just fell in love with Addison Harper and the people of Milverton. Listened to the first two in the series on Monday and Tuesday. Can’t wait for October 2nd for the third one 🥰

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was a super fun and fast-paced sequel to The Plot. I re-listened to The Plot to prepare for this one and I was glad I did. I think it made for much easier understanding of what was happening since this one picks up right after the events of The Plot.

Anna published her own book which is supposed to be about how to cope with the death of a loved one who has taken their own lives. While on book tour, she starts to receive passages of the book that her dead husband took the idea from. She thought she had gotten rid of every copy so she investigates who might be sending them.

I really enjoyed this and think that most everyone would like this series.

Special thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy of the audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

Publication date 10/1/24

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Our favorite crime solving ecologist Dr Nell Ward is back in a new mystery where she and Rav are again in danger from those around them. It’s rare that I feel such actual worry for characters in a book but these two hit me in the feels every time. 

This time there is drama over their very popular new YouTube channel, and Rav has a few obsessive fans that want Nell out of the way. I was so happy to see the progress Rav is making in his recovery from the car accident a few books ago. I also really like how science helped solves the mystery in these books.

This series is perfect for fans of the Dr Ruth Galloway mysteries.

Special thanks to Netgalley and Embla Books for the advanced e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Publication date 8/26/24

19 books for July

• Olivetti Allie Millington ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
• All the Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
• Ali Cross: The Secret Detective (Ali Cross, #3) James  Patterson ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Like Father, Like Son (Ali Cross, #2) James  Patterson ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
• Ali Cross (Ali Cross, #1) James  Patterson ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
• The Examiner Janice Hallett ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Hera Jennifer Saint ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Murder on a School Night Kate Weston ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
• A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy Kathy Kleiner Rubin ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Death at Morning House Maureen Johnson ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2) Rick Riordan ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Assassins Anonymous (Assassins Anonymous, #1) Rob Hart ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
• 11/22/1963 Stephen  King ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges #1) Stephen  King ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges #2) Stephen  King ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• End of Watch (Bill Hodges #3) Stephen  King ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
• Worst Case Scenario T.J. Newman ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️