Can you believe we're almost halfway
through 2019 already? To celebrate, we have combined our TOP 10 books we've
read so far this year. (In no particular order)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In Police—the last novel featuring Jo
Nesbø's hard-bitten, maverick Oslo detective—a killer wreaking revenge on the
police had Harry Hole fighting for the safety of the people closest to him.
Now, in The Thirst, the story continues as Harry is inextricably drawn back
into the Oslo police force. A serial murderer has begun targeting Tinder
daters—a murderer whose MO reignites Harry's hunt for a nemesis of his past.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"My
wife! I think she's dead!" Matt frantically tells park rangers that he and
his wife, Marie, were hiking when she fell off a cliff into the raging river
below. They start a search, but they aren't hopeful: no one could have survived
that fall. It was a tragic accident.
But Matt's first wife also died in suspicious circumstances. And when the police pull a body out of the river, they have a lot more questions for Matt.
Detectives Loren and Spengler want to know if Matt is a grieving, twice-unlucky husband or a cold-blooded murderer. They dig into the couple's lives to see what they can unearth. And they find that love's got teeth, it's got claws, and once it hitches you to a person, it's tough to rip yourself free.
So what happens when you're done making it work?
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
On her
way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught
in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. With the roads impassable,
she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. Inside, are
some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers.
Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm . . . and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate.
Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her?
There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. But which one?
Trapped in an increasingly dangerous situation, with a child’s life and her own on the line, Darby must find a way to break the girl out of the van and escape.
But who can she trust?
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
For
twelve-year-old Cora Landry and her friends Violet and Jordyn, it was supposed
to be an ordinary sleepover--movies and Ouija and talking about boys. But when
they decide to sneak out to go to the abandoned rail yard on the outskirts of
town, little do they know that their innocent games will have dangerous
consequences. Later that night, Cora Landry is discovered on the tracks, bloody
and clinging to life, her friends nowhere to be found. Soon their small rural
town is thrust into a maelstrom. Who would want to hurt a young girl like Cora--and
why? In an investigation that leaves no stone unturned, everyone is a suspect
and no one can be trusted--not even those closest to Cora. Before She Was Found is a timely and gripping thriller about friendship and
betrayal, about the power of social pressure and the price of needing to fit
in. It is about the great lengths a parent will go to protect their child and
keep them safe--even if that means burying the truth, no matter the cost.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Laura
Lochner has never been lucky in love. She falls too hard and too fast, always
choosing the wrong men. Devastated by the end of her last relationship, she
fled her Wall Street job and New York City apartment for her sister’s home in
the Connecticut suburb where they both grew up. Though still haunted by the
tragedy that’s defined her entire life, Laura is determined to take one more
chance on love with a man she’s met on an Internet dating site.
Rosie Ferro has spent most of her life worrying about her troubled sister. Fearless but fragile, Laura has always walked an emotional tightrope, and Rosie has always been there to catch her. Laura’s return, under mysterious circumstances, has cast a shadow over Rosie’s peaceful life with her husband and young son – a shadow that grows darker as Laura leaves the house for her blind date.
When Laura does not return home the following morning, Rosie fears the worst. She’s not responding to calls or texts, and she’s left no information about the man she planned to meet. As Rosie begins a desperate search to find her sister, she is not just worried about what this man might have done to Laura. She’s worried about what Laura may have done to him…
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
There is a serial killer on the loose,
preying on vulnerable women. The only identifiable mark the killer leaves are
letters—sometimes one, sometimes two—all carved into the torsos of his victims.
Together they spell “Sydney.”
When he grabs Daisy Dawson, he
believes he has found his next victim. But despite her small stature, she
fights back with an expertise that quickly frees her. Before fleeing the scene,
Daisy also manages to grab what proves to be crucial evidence: a necklace from
around the killer’s neck.
The necklace is more than a trivial
item—it is a link to a cold case that Special Agent Gideon Reynolds has been
tracking for seventeen years. With Daisy’s help, Gideon finally has the
opportunity to get closer to the truth than ever before.
But they might not get the chance, as
the serial killer has a new target: Gideon and Daisy.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beth Murphy is on the run...
For nearly a year, Beth has been
planning for this day. A day some people might call any other Wednesday, but
Beth prefers to see it as her new beginning--one with a new look, new name and
new city. Beth has given her plan significant thought, because one small slip
and her violent husband will find her.
Sabine Hardison is missing...
A couple hundred miles away, Jeffrey
returns home from a work trip to find his wife, Sabine, is missing. Wherever
she is, she's taken almost nothing with her. Her abandoned car is the only
evidence the police have, and all signs point to foul play.
As the police search for leads, the
case becomes more and more convoluted. Sabine's carefully laid plans for her
future indicate trouble at home, and a husband who would be better off with her
gone. The detective on the case will stop at nothing to find out what happened
and bring this missing woman home. Where is Sabine? And who is Beth? The only
thing that's certain is that someone is lying and the truth won't stay buried
for long.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte
wants to start fresh. She wants to forget her past, forget prison and, most of
all, forget Sean. But old habits die hard. Despite the ankle monitor she must
wear as part of her parole agreement and frequent visits to her therapist, she
soon finds herself sliding back toward the type of behavior that sent her to
prison in the first place. The further down that path she goes, however, the
closer she gets to the crime that put her in prison all those years ago. And
that's the one memory she can't face. Until, one day, Sean tracks her down.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Josie works until her arms ache, until
the paramedics arrive and pull her gently away from the woman’s cold, fragile
body. Noah’s voice cracks beside her as he calls the time of death for his own,
beloved mother.
Arriving with her partner Noah for
dinner at his family’s immaculate countryside home, Detective Josie Quinn is
devastated to find Noah’s mother, Colette, lying lifeless in the back garden,
her mouth clogged with soil.
Searching the house for answers,
Josie’s team don’t know what to make of the rosary beads buried in the dirt
near the body, or the hidden file labelled “Drew Pratt”, the small town of
Denton’s most famous missing person.
As she delves deeper into Pratt’s
case, Josie quickly discovers he had a brother whose body mysteriously washed
up on the banks of a river. There’s also a diary entry suggesting that Colette
may have met him on the last day he was seen alive. Can Josie believe the
unthinkable, that a kind old soul like Colette might have been involved in
their murders? And, will Josie’s new relationship with Noah survive the
accusation?
Josie’s only hope lies in tracking
down Pratt’s daughter. But when she arrives at her home to find she’s been
murdered just minutes before, Josie knows the real killer is one step ahead and
won’t stop until Colette’s secret is buried forever. With many more innocent
lives on the line, how deep is Josie prepared dig to reach the truth?
Happy reading,
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