Two days later, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead. They arrive on December 30th, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world.
For this vacation, they’ve chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands-the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves. One of them is a killer.ĭuring the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of thirtysomething friends from Oxford meet to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students ten years ago. The only Spenser book I thought was worth much, mostly because there’s not as much Spenser smarminess and he shows a humane side to dealing with this case in a way I found endearing.All of them are friends. I loved it.Ī beautiful story and excellent resource for kids with ADHD and their parents. A fun story of a gangster-turned-detective who is dealing with his past to help his lady friend in the present despite signs that he should be. This early period Donald Westlake quickie is one of the best things Hard Case Crime has ever republished.
A confidently written debut work of high quality. But on a deeper level, it’s a greater exploration of Asian identity and the power of family throughout generations. On the surface, this is a twisty time travel mystery. She’s a talented writer but she writes the ugliest endings.
Lucy Foley’s books have a low ceiling that she can’t help but hit. But then the killer is revealed and their motivations are garbage at best and problematic at worse and it soured me on the whole thing. I was prepared to write about this being a decent read. So after two books and almost 2k pages of enough internalized misogyny to make Phyllis Schlafly blush, with stories chock full of men and women who will literally hump anyone and anything, Jackie Collins suddenly decides to make Lucky purchase a movie studio…in order to get rid of casting couches and male dominance in favor of female-driven movies that are less horny.
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