My reading for the past week:
The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass
A TIOLI book, found while searching for an available audiobook, this wasn't a too bad thriller, and I'd read another by this author. It felt a bit like a Simone St James type book. Mysteries abound among the characters staying in a motel. Good twists, interesting characters.
For the Love of My Sister: Paula Gallant's Legacy by Lynn Gallant Blackburn
This was a personal read, a local nonfiction true crime book about a teacher who was found dead in her trunk in her school parking lot over Christmas, twenty years ago. My cousin R was her very good friend. Paula's two sisters fought for five years to see justice done (of course, it was the husband). The book tells their family story, the days leading up to her murder, and their struggle to keep Paula's story in the news. The police eventually did a huge undercover sting operation over a year, convincing him to tell what and how he killed her, as he thought the undercover cop was a crime syndicate boss who would help him get off. The book is also about the awareness they are fighting for about intimate partner violence. I spent yesterday in tears reading this tragic story.
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
My audio book was also about three sisters, which did confuse me a bit at times with my other book, but this was much more fun. As part of my MRE, I read the first book by Moriarty and it didn't disappoint. It had her trademark style - perspective switching between several people, including random people recounting their view of events. They weren't the best of people, but they were dealing with pregnancies, marriage break-ups, sibling rivalries, past events. For a first book, I thought it was pretty good, and reminded me of Big Little Lies in style and theme.
