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Book Reviews (Listed Alphabetically by Title)

The Paris Apartment

The Paris Apartment is the latest release from mystery-thriller author Lucy Foley. I’d previously read her book The Guest List which was imperfect, but promising enough that I’d been looking forward to her next release. Unfortunately — there’s no point in sugarcoating this — this book is pretty underwhelming and not particularly fun to read. …

The Christie Affair

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont was high on my list of books to read as soon as I heard about it. As a die-hard Agatha Christie fan, I have always found the story about her 11-day disappearance to be a curious one, and the idea of a book based on it sounded very …

The Christie Affair: Recap & Summary

Part I Part II Part III Part I Here Lies Sister Mary The book introduces the narrator (Nan) who says she nearly killed a woman one decade ago. One Day Before: Thursday, 2 December 1926 On December 2, 1926, Nan O’Dea urges her lover, Colonel Archie Christie, to leave his wife. Archie is married to …

The Man Who Died Twice

The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2), released in September 2021, is the second novel in Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club cozy mystery series. The series follows a group of retirees as they come across murder and mayhem. The first novel was a pretty big hit in the UK, and I really …

The Man Who Died Twice: Recap & Summary

Part I: Your Friends Are Sure to Visit Part II: At Times, You Won’t Believe Your Eyes Part III: So Many Day Trips for You to Enjoy Part I: Your Friends Are Sure to Visit Chapter 1 (This book picks up very soon after the previous novel ends.) At the meeting of the The Thursday …