Queen B’s Decree: Man, I love this series. Ernest is such a storyteller. I love how these books are basically written as if they were journal entries; Ernest telling us the story after the fact. Another murder, another mystery to be solved. This one was super enjoyable—funny, with some hilarious dialogue and inner monologue, and […]
Queen B’s Decree: This book was a delight, I couldn’t put it down. It’s got the mystery of an Agatha Christie novel, the snark that I can’t resist, and just enough fantasy world building to make it interesting. You can’t help but love Dee. He’s the narrator for our story so you get the full […]
Queen B’s Decree: Like many elder Millennials, I had the 1996 Romeo + Juliet on VHS and I watched it over and over. I picked up A Daughter of Fair Verona with my little grabby hands as soon as I saw the heroine was the daughter of the famed Romeo and Juliet and I couldn’t […]
Queen B’s Decree: I was hooked by the mystery of Home is Where the Bodies Are. Three estranged siblings come together after their mother dies…and they discover their parents may have been involved in a murder. It alternated between the past with their mother’s POV and current day divided between the three siblings. Each chapter […]
Queen B’s Decree: The murder happens at the very beginning of Right Across the Bay, then goes back and forth between the far past, the recent past, and the current day. But as more and more information came out…I started to realize that not many of the characters are very likable. Our first murder victim, […]
Queen B’s Decree: The Engagement Party has a bit of a “And Then There Were None” vibe, with all the characters trapped on a remote island. I really liked that we had a few different points of view, and that I really never knew who to trust. A bunch of old college friends are reuniting […]
Queen B’s Decree: American Girl is told from the perspective of our heroine, Charlie, an autistic senior in high school. Charlie’s home life is not…the best, so her coworkers at the sandwich shop have essentially become her found family. So when one of them may have killed their not-a-good-guy boss, she’ll do whatever she can […]
Queen B’s Decree: Suddenly a Murder is very nostalgic for Agatha Christie murder mysteries. A bunch of recently graduated rich high school students are spending the week at a remote island, living their life like it’s the 1920’s. Fancy dresses, tennis games, and dinner parties. But of course there’s a murder. And as time moves […]
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 […]