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  Eve and Nate are a married couple, who also teach at Caseham High. Eve is a Math teacher, very good at her job, very formal with her students and therefore not a favourite of the students. Nate, on the other hand is a good looking man, very empathetic and a student favourite. Caseham High is still reeling from a scandal involving a teacher and student name Addie. Addie lies, tries to hurt people and has a hidden past. But now she has a new secret. How far will she go to keep it and what becomes of the people who cross her? This book gave me the ick, mainly because it deals with the topic of student teacher relationship and it creeps me out. Eve and Nate have such different personalities that even as a reader, you are astounded that they are still married. Addie is vulnerable, and has heaps of baggage. She is bullied and harassed and finds comfort in poetry. The entire plot revolves around how Eve and Addie's paths cross and the consequences of actions, both past and present, that...

  The story centers on the mysterious disappearance of Dawn Schiff, an eccentric and introverted office worker, and the subsequent investigation led by her more conventional colleague, Natalie Farrell. Dawn's odd behavior and enigmatic past make her disappearance all the more intriguing, while Natalie's determination to uncover the truth reveals her own agendas. The novel reads from the POV of Dawn and Natalie. Dawn's description of her life, her interactions especially with her boss and Natalie and her emails to her best friend Mia, leads the reader to sympathise with Dawn, especially as you realize that she is autistic or on the spectrum but it isn't explictity mentioned. Her observations lead the author to form opinions about Natalie and you find yourself drawn to defend Dawn. Natalie is concerned for her colleague and for the most part is trying to escape the web she has landed into by trying to locate Dawn. When a body is found, all hell breaks loose. Who is to bla...

  Millie is looking for a job after being sacked from her previous one and having spent 10 years in jail. A fact she does not want her new potential employer to know. Nina Winchester, married to the wealthy Andrew Winchester, is looking for a nanny/house keeper and seems to love Millie immediately. A week goes by post their interview and Millie gets the job. She is happy on two accounts - one, she doesn't have to live in her car any more and two, she can earn some money to sustain herself. With all of them having secrets and agendas, one thing remains clear - this is not a happy ending for some. This book has been recommended on so many forums that I had to give in and read. It started off well enough and didn't make me want to DNF it. What it did make me feel, was the intense urge to slap every single person in this book. Even the kid. I am an incredibly non violent person, so this was a very strange. Nonetheless, I kept reading and eventually understood that my urge was very ...

Mr and Mrs Bantry wake up to find the body of a young woman in their library, with no idea of who she is or how she came to be there. Mrs.Bantry immediately calls up her friend, Miss Marple, to help investigate and solve the crime before the village of St. Mary Mead gossips and ruins the Bantrys social standing. There are suspects galore and they all seem to have a connection with The Majestic hotel and the Jefferson family. While the investigation continues, another body is found and now Miss Marple knows just the direction her investigation needs to follow! This is the first Miss Marple book I have read. I was in a slump for a bit and really didn't think of the order. Just picked up the book from my shelf and started reading. I have to say I am very biased to the incredible Monsieur Poirot and was pretty grumpy when I started reading this book. I was proven wrong and how! This is such a warm & cosy read and Miss Marple is such a wonderful lady. She's abreast of the villag...

  Agent Nikki Hunt returns to Stillwater, Minnesota after 20 years for a case to find the killer of two fifteen year old girls found frozen in the forest. It's not just this murder that has Nikki racing against time in her old hometown. When her parents were murdered 20 years ago, Nikki's testimony and available proof put Mark Todd behind bars. She believes his crime, but new evidence can prove his innocence. Nikki now has to not only find a killer but also come to terms that the past may need to be revisited and rectified. It took me a long time to finish this novel. For many reasons. Nikki Hunt is supposed to read people like a book. Criminals do not faze her and she gets them to confess even when other agents can't. Despite being that good, she is extremely stubborn and doesn't care to see evidence surrounding her parents death in new light until she's actually led by her attraction to the convict's brother. Her fellow agents are very much like herd following...

  Young children are being left on Mercedes Ramirez's doorstep with a teddy bear. They've been told that she will keep them safe. The frequency increases and children are left around town at random. The common aspect - most of these children have been abused and damaged for life. Mercedes knows what that means and has dedicated her life to help children, no matter what. The question looming large is, at which moment does rescuing a child do more harm than good? This book reads from the POV of Mercedes Ramirez. She has a history which is known to Vic and Eddison, the two people she is closest to. When it repeats itself in the form of hundreds of children, there is only so much she can do, but she does it nonetheless. An Angel is killing off abusive parents and forcing children to watch so they know they are safe. She then makes sure they are found by Mercedes. This books is an improvement over the 2nd in the series. I could read it and kept me engaged. Although, I must add, I kn...

  Priya Sravasti lost her sister Chavi to a mad man who kills young girls and surrounds them with flowers. But that's not all. He now wants Priya to be his and follows her across continents reminding her of his presence by sending her the exact flowers surrounding the 16 girls he killed. The Quantico three - Victor Hanoverian, Brandon Eddison and Mercedes Ramirez, race to find him, but will they in time? The book reads from the POV of Priya and is focused on Eddison, like the first book was focused on Hanoverian. Inara and Bliss, the butterflies, the Gardener and his son make appearances in this book too. Priya is fierce, but her mother Deshani is a furnace. These women are incredibly sharp and smart and Eddison is their family. The story is familiar. It doesn't read well though. I found the language and the phrasing a bit tedious to get through. It was hard to keep reading because it got a bit boring but I wanted to know who the killer was so I kept reading. The author present...

Quincy, Samantha and Lisa are victims of different massacres but have one thing in common - they are final girls. They are the only ones who survived the ordeal. Quincy doesn't remember much of the horrifying night except a few scenes. All three women find ways to deal with the trauma, until one day news of Lisa's death reaches Quincy. Her past and present confuse her. She keeps repeating 'I'm fine' to everyone around her - her lawyer boyfriend, her case office Coop, her mother and a new friend, Samantha. Quincy's memories refuse to surface and she doesn't try to recall them either. When Samantha enters Quincy's life on the pretext of staying in touch after Lisa's death, everyone is suspicious, except Quincy herself. Sam's presence disrupts Quincy's life in ways she never imagined and she is forced to finally recall her trauma. What she remembers though, is shocking and brutal; because nothing and nobody is as they seem. The story reads slowl...

  Three best friends. One devastating night that changes their lives. Truths that remains secrets, which unravel over time and when they are revealed, it's time to do or die. The plot revolves around Georgina 'Geo' Shaw; Angela Wong her best friend who disappeared; Kaiser, who completes the trio and Calvin, who Geo fell in love with. When Angela disappears, the town is shocked and devastated. They are even more devastated when 14 years later, Geo's involvement is revealed in the death of her best friend and that Calvin is her killer. She faces time in prison for what she did, but even then, she doesn't reveal the entire truth. This is the first book by,  @jenniferhillierbooks  that I read. I must admit, I finished it in two days because I really wanted to know what the truth was and WHY Geo did what she did. The characters she has written and far from perfect and I think that was the aim of this book, partly. It shows that no matter how well our upbringing is or how...