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Title:

The Heiress

Series:

NA

Author:

Rachel Hawkins

Genre:

Thriller; Mystery

Publisher:

Headline

Release Date:

4th Jan, 2024

Format:

Kindle

Pages:

Pages: 305

Source:

BookForums 2024

Plot Summary

Ruby McTavish, the infamous heiress of the Ashby House, Tavistock, leaves behind her inheritance to her adopted son Camden who is least interested in the money, estate or any of the McTavishes left and decides to stay away. 10 years later, a sequence of events draws Cam & has wife Jules back to Ashby House. And as they do so, there are revealed dark secrets that each of them had been guarding from the others. Ruby herself had her past – a kidnapping & 4 times widowed with an air of mystery surrounding it all. What was the truth behind her kidnapping, the truth about her husbands’ deaths, why did she adopt Camden, the reason for Cam & Jules returning are few …

Title:

First Lie Wins

Series:

NA

Author:

Ashley Elston

Genre:

Thriller

Publisher:

Headline

Release Date:

2nd January, 2024

Format:

Kindle

Pages:

340

Source:

BookForums 2024

Plot Summary

Lucca Marino lives with her mother in a trailer sewing dresses for wealthy women. When her mother falls ill, she picks up odd jobs to support her ailing mother and survive. She starts pilfering the wealthy clients and is spotted by a mysterious Mr. Smith who picks her for his devious, criminal activities. For each job that she is assigned by Mr. Smith, she is given a new identity and a mark with instructions on what is to be carried out. As she chances upon the mysterious deaths of others working for Mr. Smith, there starts a twisty tale of uncovering the real identity of Mr. Smith and to set herself free from Mr. Smith’s unassailable grip.

Pluses
* Enthralling plot & uncommon …

Title:

Alex Cross Must Die

Series:

Alex Cross

Author:

James Patterson

Genre:

Thriller

Publisher:

Penguin

Release Date:

26th October 2023

Format:

Kindle

Pages:

389

Source:

BookForums 2024

Plot Summary
A mystery man shoots down American Airlines flight 839 at Reagan Airport. Alex Cross & his associate John Sampson – who are working on another case of Dead Hour Killings – are summoned to investigate the shooting. There are other parallel stories where Cross’s wife Bree is working on the mysterious disappearance of her boss’s friend and business woman Leigh Anne Asher.

Pluses
* Interesting initial premise of a passenger jet being brought down
* Ali. The star of the book! The little detective who actually helps crack the Dead Hour Killings

Minuses
* Too many simultaneous cases (I counted them to be 5) – makes it a hotch-potch book with too many stories stuffed in
* Suspense in all these …

Title:

The Secret

Series:

Jack Reacher

Author:

Lee Child; Andrew Child

Genre:

Thriller; Suspense

Publisher:

Transworld Digital

Release Date:

24th October, 2023

Format:

Kindle

Pages:

326

Source:

BookForums 2024

Plot Summary
A group of 7 scientists having worked on a secret project in 1969, Mason Chemical in India are getting killed one by one. Behind the killings are 2 sisters Roberta & Veronica Sanson, avenging the false implication & killing of their father who was also working at Mason Chemical. There however is an 8th name that only one person is aware of. And the sisters are desperately seeking that name, as well as setting records straight. A team is set up by secretary of Defense, Charles Stamoran. Jack Reacher amongst 3 others are on this team to stop these killings and identify the killers.

Pluses
* Engulfing plot (despite not being totally original)
* Fast paced & action packed…