Finlay & Vero are going on a road trip! And bring the kids, the ex-husband and Finlay’s mom 😱. Antics ensue (of course). I thought the funniest parts were when Finlay was talking to her agent. For some reason I always picture Joey Tribbiani’s agent Estelle 😃 when she’s speaking to her.

I like how this one immediately followed the events of book 3. I love reading about this friendship – keep the books coming!

March 5, 2024 Publish Date

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

This delightful locked room mystery is set in the 1920s in the Cotswolds. The amatuer detective is Arbuthnot “Arbie” Smith along with his helper Val.

Arbie has become famous recently for writing a book called A Gentleman’s Guide to Ghost-Hunting, and is therefore requested to keep watch at a nearby home where unusual things have been happening. When a murder happens while he’s keeping watch, he decides that he must figure out who did it and why.

This book is perfect for Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle fans. My favorite parts were the inner thoughts of Arbie and Val about each other. They’ve always known each other but this situation causes them to see each other in a new light.

I will be checking out the author’s other work and I really hope this becomes a series!

I also loved the narrator’s voice – I had to google him because at first I could have sworn it was Tim Curry.

Special thanks to Netgalley and HarperCollins UK Audio for the advanced audiobook version in exchange for my honest opinion. Published on January 4, 2024.

17 for January. Last year by this time I had already listened to over 30 books because I had just discovered the Agatha Raisin series and I could do almost 2 per day at 2x speed. I’m not trying to keep up with last year’s numbers just trying to show that it’s all relative and we all just do our best. I also started trying to physically write in a notebook my thoughts on each book so I can try to remember the plots and characters better. I got one of those cute 2×3 photo printers to print the covers too.

My ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reads of 2023

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Paper Towns by John Green
The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs by Laura Tremaine
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

This book would be great for anyone who loves Agatha Christie type mysteries, or anyone who enjoyed the previous books by the author, Alex Michaelides.

Elliott Chase is friends with a famous former actress and goes for a visit on her Greek island, where there is a murder. The story shows what leads up to the murder and the aftermath of it. I don’t want to say too much more because of spoilers, but you will have fun trying to figure it out.

Thanks to @NetGalley and @macmillan.audio for an advanced edition of the audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

This is one of my favorite cozy mystery series but I don’t love seance stories, so not one of my favorites in the series.

Always love Gemma and her smart deductions, as well as her relationships with the people of West London, Massachusetts.

Can’t wait for her best friend Jayne’s wedding 🥰

Special thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for an advance copy of the audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Heiress is about a rich family with complex problems. Ruby, the title character, has been deceased for about 10 years at the beginning of the story. With a series of flashbacks revealed through correspondence, you come to find out how twisted the story is.

She had been kidnapped as a small child and was married four times. She adopted a son after all of her marriages and made him her sole heir, which of course upset her family.

This is a great story with lots of twists and turns to keep you guessing.

Special thanks to @netgalley and @macmillan.audio for an advanced copy of the audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

I need to know if anyone else has watched this show. I watched the whole thing in one sitting and it’s 8 almost hour long episodes 😬😬😬 Crazy time travel detective show.

I didn’t realize it was a fictionalized account that follows one of the FSU sorority girls that saw Ted Bundy in the house after he assaulted several girls plus one of his Washington state victims. It felt very much like a real biography of the two women. It never once mentioned him by name but it’s obvious that’s who is meant. Really great writing.