Eerie

 Fiction by Jordan Crouch and Blake Crouch 

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After losing their parents at a young age and relying on each other throughout childhood, siblings Alex and Claire should be close as adults. However, Alex is working as a police officer in Seattle and hasn't seen his sister for years, after his intervention had failed to get her off drugs. Then a random lead in a missing-persons case helps him find Claire again, and Alex vows to help her now, no matter what the cost.

The book starts out really well with this setup, and then it takes a turn down Weird Street. WAY down weird street...

I liked the story, but the ending did not work for me. Still, it was a suspenseful thriller.

I also read by (one of) these authors: Desert Places

The Outside Boy

 Fiction by Jeanine Cummins

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This story is set in 1959 Ireland and is about the Pavee, a race I'd never heard of. They are sort of Irish gypsies, although they are not related to the European Roma people, ones typically called "gypsy."

Anyways, the Pavee family in the story are travelers who live in wagons, and the main character is a 12-year-old boy called Christopher. I really enjoyed the story and the characters; this was a good book, although not as good as Ms. Cummin's more recent novel American Dirt. It's still well worth reading.

I also read recently by this author: The Crooked Branch

Desert Places

 Fiction by Blake Crouch

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This book is labeled "a thriller" on the cover above; however, the library copy I read said "a novel of terror" on it. That would be a more accurate description.

This is one of Blake Crouch's earlier works, and while I've really enjoyed several of his later books, this one I did not like. It was well-enough written, but the subject matter was unpleasant. If you like dark-terror stories, however, maybe you'd like this one.

I did not really like it.

I also read recently by this author: Wayward /The Last Town

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

 Fiction by Agatha Christie

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In this story, a charwoman who takes in lodgers is murdered, apparently by the dodgy young man who rented a room from her. In fact, the man is convicted by a jury of his disapproving peers and sentenced to hang. But Superintendent Spence doesn't think he did it, and he enlists the help of Hercule Poirot to prove it, hoping to find out the truth before the guy gets the noose.

I don't think it would be a spoiler to say: Hercule Poirot comes through on this. 

I have read this book more than once, and I still wasn't sure who the real killer was. Amazing!

I also read recently by this author: Taken at the Flood

Don't Let Go

 Fiction by Harlan Coben

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At the beginning of this story there is a girl called Daisy who is running a kind-of-scam entrapping men into driving drunk while her policeman friend waits outside the bar to catch them in a DUI situation. But then it turns out that Daisy herself has been trapped. The story just gets more exciting from there!

I pretty much love everything Harlan Coben writes, and this book was great. I did not expect the ending.

I also read recently by this author: The Boy From the Woods

Get a Life Chloe Brown

 Fiction by Talia Hibbert

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This was a fairly decent straight romance, although it had an awful lot of, um, S-E-youknowwhat. There were good characters and some plot development, but I did have to skim a bit. I get tired of a straight romance plot quickly, unfortunately.

Still, I'll give it a mostly thumbs-up. If you like romances, this is a good-enough one.

The Girl Without a Name

 Fiction by Sandra Block

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This book is actually a sequel to  Little Black Lies, (see link below) which is not mentioned anywhere on the cover. So read that one first, or you'll be annoyed.

In this story, Zoe Goldman, psychiatry intern, encounters another mysterious patient. A girl of perhaps thirteen comes into the ward with no identification and an apparent inability to speak. The plot was good with some surprises.

I also read recently by this author: Little Black Lies