Queen B’s Decree: I love Murder, She Wrote. I used to watch reruns with my mom and I still enjoy it to this day. So it’s no surprise I bought this immediately when I saw it. And yet….disappointment abounds. This felt chaotic, with the plot going in so many directions. And so many manipulative characters. […]
Queen B’s Decree: An Unwanted Guest is definitely a character-driven mystery. A bunch of different people have ended up at this remote hotel in the middle of a storm. And then someone dies. And another person dies. I was sucked in. It was reminiscent of old Agatha Christie “whodunit” stories. WHO DID IT??? There were […]
Queen B’s Decree: I immediately got sucked into Steven’s story. He’s basically a small-time criminal, but mostly as a product of his environment. His boss wants him to find the boss’ missing girlfriend…and from there a whole, massive story unfolds. The plot line was pretty interesting, and I enjoyed seeing everything through Steven’s point-of-view. There […]
Queen B’s Decree: Wrong Place Wrong Time starts off with a bang, with Jen a spectator as she watches her son murder a man. But after she goes to sleep she wakes up in the past, and continues further and further back in history until she solves the mystery of the murder. I was hooked […]
Queen B’s Decree: Once the story started to unveil in Someone is Always Watching, I was hooked. It’s the kind of thriller I love, where it includes just a bit of interpersonal relationships and romance. Blythe and her friends don’t know who to trust, and they’re on the hunt for answers. And as the storyline […]
Queen B’s Decree: The Lost Wife was a difficult start for me. It alternates between present day and moments up to one year ago, counting down to current time. And…it was slow. Basically, Harry and Lea are getting married, but more and more, Lea believes Harry is hiding something from her. Most of the time […]
Queen B’s Decree: Tell Me What Really Happened was a perfect example of the “unreliable narrator” trope, with four specimens. Four teenage witnesses are in separate interrogation rooms and are asked their version of events on the night that Maylee went missing. The pacing is a little slow at the beginning, as it was the […]
Queen B’s Decree: Standalone definitely gave me The Wire vibes. It was a difficult start for me, since so much of the dialogue and point-of-view were written in street slang and vernacular. Once I was able to interpret and it settled down a bit, the story line sucked me in. Dickie is kind of a […]
Queen B’s Decree: I couldn’t put Missing Clarissa down. While I found the mystery to be engaging, what kept me hooked were Cam and Blair. I loved their characterizations. They both just felt so real. So many times Cam’s thoughts made me laugh out loud, or think back to my teenage years. In short, those […]
Queen B’s Decree: I got sucked into The Woman in the Library immediately. I found it so fascinating. The main story is essentially a murder mystery being written, while the secondary story is all about Leo, a beta reader for the “author” Hannah. I was intrigued by all the characters; how they are all drawn […]