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    First Lie Wins | Book Review

    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 …

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    The Berry Pickers

    The Berry Pickers | Amanda Peters | Book Review

    Plot Summary

    Four-year-old Ruthie goes missing from the blueberry fields where the family works. On the other side, we have a young girl Norma growing up haunted by recurring dreams and faint memories which are hushed away by her parents as her imagination. This is the story of two families and two mothers, where one keeps losing child after child to some mishappening while the other loses them before birth. As it turns out, Ruthie and Norma are the same girl and it was the pain & suffering of the mother that led her to kidnap someone else’s child. The story brings life full circle when the grown woman Ruthie is reunited with her birth family and the instant bond she strikes with them. …

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    Alex Cross Must Die

    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 …

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    The Secret (Jack Reacher)

    The Secret | Jack Reacher Book | Lee Child

    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…

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    BookForums Awards 2023

    2023 BookForums Winners

    Top 3 Books Of The Year

    Book Of The Year
    The Mystery Guest πŸ₯‡πŸ”°

    2nd Rank
    Simply Lies πŸ₯ˆ

    3rd Rank
    None Of This Is True πŸ₯‰

    Best Characters Of The Year

    Best Character
    Molly Gray (The Mystery Guest )

    Best Negative Character
    Josie Fair (None Of This Is True)

    5 Stars Books Of The Year

    The Mystery Guest πŸ₯‡πŸ”°
    Simply Lies πŸ₯ˆ
    None Of This Is True πŸ₯‰
    Traitors Gate: William Warwick#6

    All Time Best Books Entry

    The Mystery Guest πŸ₯‡πŸ”°

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    The Mystery Guest (Nita Prose) πŸ₯‡πŸ”°

    Winner:
    Book Of The Year 2023;
    Best Character 2023 (Molly Gray);
    All Time Best Reads

    As the reading year draws to an end, here comes Molly once again, and easily climbs straight up to the best reads of 2023. Nita Prose successfully accomplishes the hardest thing to achieve – following up a runaway hit with an equally enthralling sequel. And not only does this second book maintain the charm & appeal of the first, but it also far outdoes it.

    The book begins with an acclaimed mystery author J.D. Grimthorpe dropping dead just ahead of a much-publicized announcement he was due to make in the Regency Grand’s tearoom. And as the book itself keeps reminding you, …

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