56 Days

 Fiction by Catherine Ryan Howard

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56 days ago, Ciara met Oliver at the Tesco and struck up a conversation. Today a dead body has been found in an apartment. In between the two events the whole of Ireland has been shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic.

This was an exciting story with several twists. I really recommend it!!

I also read recently by this author: The Trap

Tom Lake

 Fiction by Ann Patchett

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In mid-2020 Lara's three grown daughters Emily, Maisie, and Nell have come home to the family's cherry orchard to "quarantine" and pick cherries. To pass the time Lara tells the girls a story they have always wanted to hear: how she used to date the famous actor called "The Duke," before she met their father, of course.

This was a very interesting character story. It was good but not as fabulous as some others I have read by this author.

I also read recently by this author: Bel Canto

What Never Happened

Amazon Prime Fiction by Rachel Howzell Hall. 

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At the beginning of this story it’s the year 2000 and a terrible tragedy strikes sixteen-year-old Colette Weber’s family soon after their move to Catalina, an island off the coast of California. Both her parents and her brother are murdered. Twenty years later she comes back to the island to try to rebuild a life there, just as the pandemic is about to turn the world upside down, not to mention that the man convicted of her family’s killing has been released!

This was an interesting mystery; it was not quite fast-paced enough to be a great thriller but it was still pretty good. I was surprised by the ending. 

I also read recently for free by Amazon Prime Kindle: One by One