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The Dutch House: Recap & Chapter Summary

Part I Chapters 1 – 4 Danny and Maeve Conroy are siblings who grow up with their father, Cyril, in a grand house in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania referred to as The Dutch House. The house is named after the Dutch family, the VanHoebeeks, who lived there before them, and it is decorated with paintings of …

Where the Crawdads Sing: Recap & Summary

Prologue. 1969. Two boys from the village go out riding bikes near the old fire tower. They discover the body of Chase Andrew in the swamp. Part One. 1952. Kya (Catherine Danielle Clark) is illiterate, barefoot, wild and unkempt. Her family lives in a small shack out in the marshes. Pa is a veteran, but …

The Woman in the Window: Recap & Summary

Chapters 1 – 8 Anna Fox watches her neighbors (Rita and John Miller) through the zoom on her camera. They moved in two months ago and are one of five houses she can see. There’s also The Wassermans (Henry and Lisa, lived there for decades) and the Grays (a family with two teenaged girls). Plus …

One of Us is Next

One of Us is Next (Book #2) by Karen McManus is a sequel to her 2017 young adult mystery-thriller novel, One of Us is Lying (Book #1). I had a fun time reading One of Us is Lying last year, so I knew I’d be picking up the follow-up when I had a chance. I’m …

One of Us Is Next: Recap & Summary

Part One The book opens 1) a news clip on March 6th about on another death at Bayview High, eighteen months after Simon’s death, and 2) a conversation from 10 weeks prior from the “Vengeance Is Mine” subreddit/forum on Reddit dedicated to revenge. A user, Bayview2020, says that they are looking for revenge for someone …