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“If three characters were good in Big Little Lies, nine are even better in Nine Perfect Strangers.” ―Lisa Scottoline, The New York Times Book Review

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies

Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty’s latest page-turner, nine perfect strangers are about to find out…

Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be.

Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all. But the person that intrigues her most is the strange and charismatic owner/director of Tranquillum House. Could this person really have the answers Frances didn’t even know she was seeking? Should Frances put aside her doubts and immerse herself in everything Tranquillum House has to offer – or should she run while she still can?

It’s not long before every guest at Tranquillum House is asking exactly the same question.

Combining all of the hallmarks that have made her writing a go-to for anyone looking for wickedly smart, page-turning fiction that will make you laugh and gasp, Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers once again shows why she is a master of her craft.

Content Warning:- Suicide, Depression,

No offense, I love Liane Moriarty’s books, my favorites being My Husband’s Secret and Big Little Lies, which made me want to read nearly all of her books. Nine Perfect Strangers seem to have a good plot line–nine strangers visit a health resort known as Tranquillum House with a view to improve their lifestyle. Nine strangers involve Frances, a famous romance novelist who recently got scammed and whose latest book was a flop, Tony a former football player, Lars, a handsome divorce lawyer with relationship issues, Carmen who thinks she is fat that was why her ex husband left for another woman, Jessica and Ben, a couple who try to work on their marriage and a family, Napoleon, Heather and Zoe who are overcoming grief of the death of Zach, Zoe’s twin brother. There’s also Masha, a psychotic Russian woman who owns the resort place along with two assistants, Yao and Delilah.

The first few chapters were really interesting and I was like wow, page turned, unputdownable and Moriarty has done it again. But by the middle of the book, it got boring–literally so boring that I had to skim through the book. But by then, we started getting to know the characters very well by the second part of the book. I have to say, I really do like the plot but then the author kind of lost her way by the middle of the book.

This book in my opinion is not really an unputdownable thriller sort of thing–or had me gasped especially when I was reading My Husband’s Secret and Big Little Lies with all those twists and turns you didn’t expect. Nine Perfect Strangers is not really her best book.

Overall I give this book only three stars

The tent door flutters in the warm breeze, opening towards the silent woods beyond. A silk eye mask lies on top of the empty sleeping bag, blood-red spots ruining the cream fabric…

When a woman disappears from Forest Pines campsite, Detective Morgan Brookes scrambles a search party. Sara Fletcher has never missed a lunch date with her best friend and when Morgan finds a large rip in Sara’s tent, she knows that something terrible must have happened. About to lose hope after hours combing through the acres of dense forest, the excited bark of a tracker dog leads Morgan to female remains, partially covered by leaves and dirt – but the bones don’t belong to Sara.

Morgan trawls through missing persons files until she finds three cold cases with chilling similarities – three other victims dating back twenty years who were taken from campsites while they slept, by a killer the police called The Travelling Man. The post-mortems indicate he kept them alive for 72 hours, meaning every second is crucial to find Sara alive.

Morgan’s team is terrified that this twisted murderer has returned. But Morgan also can’t ignore the fact that a merciless killer from her own past has recently escaped from prison… Could they be chasing the wrong man? If she’s correct, how deep will she have to dig to save Sara and other innocent women like her before time runs out for them all?

A completely unputdownable, heart-in-your-mouth crime thriller. Fans of Angela Marsons, Lisa Regan and Rachel Abbott will be glued to the page!

Wow…wow…just WOW!!!!

Detective Morgan Brookes is back with another case!!!!

When a girl, who was camping at the campsite goes missing as she failed to turn up for the lunch with her close friend, Detective Morgan Brookes and her team comb through the campsite to look for her–only to find skeletal remains of a woman in the same campsite. With time running out to find the missing girl and that there might be a connection between the two women, Detective Morgan Brookes must find the murderer before he could hurt her…

I must say–out of all the Morgan series I have read–this book is DA Best!! I was immediately hooked from the first chapter to the end and I was so hooked and into the story that I stayed up all night reading the book! This book is fast paced packed with twists and turns that will keep your mind rolling, making you guess and wanting to know what is going to happen next! The author does a good job of keeping the reader hooked into the story and I simply, simply couldn’t put this book down! And it’s not only that–this book has so much suspects that you didn’t know which one might be the potential suspect.

This is just a random thought but I really like how in the end Morgan Brookes always end up being the victim of the so called killer and at the same time how her team saves her at the last minute

Overall, this is an intense, nail biting, action packed unputdownable thriller that will keep you up all night! Worth five complete stars!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Nothing ruins an ocean view like a body on the beach!

Plum Lockhart went out on a limb when she ditched her corporate job in New York City and moved to the Caribbean island of Paraiso. Now the head of her own villa broker agency, Plum spends her days chasing down clients and lounging on white sand beaches.

But the sweet life turns sour when a publishing heiress is found dead at the mansion of an eccentric tycoon, Dieter Friedrich. Even worse, Plum’s old colleague cashes in a favor and asks her to investigate. It looks like she’ll need to fit a murder case into her already jam-packed schedule!

Friedrich is known for his shady dealings, but he’s not the only bad apple on the island—Plum will have to contend with a scheming millionaire, a sleazy rockstar, and devious B-list celebrities. And joining Plum once again is Juan Kevin Munoz, the distractingly gorgeous Director of Security. Despite the sparks between them, they’ll need to stay focused on the case—there’s a murderer hot on their heels!

Plum Lockhart is back with another adventure up in the paradise island!

Something’s Guava Give is the second book of the Trouble in Paradise and the third book I have read from the author. Having read It Takes Two to Mango, the first of the Trouble in Paradise series, I was determined to follow Plum Lockhart’s adventure.

When Plum’s frenemy Gabriel calls her that his boss’s daughter, Arielle is in the paradise island, she was asked to look after Arielle. Arielle is a snobby, kleptomaniac who only thinks about herself. While partying at the country’s German billionaire’s house, Arielle is found dead and the police say it’s murder.

Plum along with Juan and of course Gabriel who arrives to the island must get together to find the killer and they are in the crowd of billionaires, B-list celebrities with shady dealings.

Like the first book, I was hooked into the story and I couldn’t wait to see what is going to happen in the end. As usual, besides all the mystery and thrill of solving the murder, there were some funny parts in the story that will make you laugh out loud like crazy and the bickering between Plum and Gabriel was too funny to read. Nevertheless, the author has done a good job of drawing the reader into the story and yeah, I was immediately hooked and couldn’t put the book down!

That being said, I hope there’s a third book of the series and can’t wait to see the budding romance between Plum and Juan!

In the first book, I did’t like Plum Lockhart much as I did in this book. Here I found Plum a likable character.

If you like a funny mystery set in a tropical island then this book is one for you–worth five stars!

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Charlotte waves at her mother across the crowded lawn. Little red boots on, cowboy hat crooked over her blonde pigtails, she’s been looking forward to this party for weeks. Moments later, she disappears without a trace…

Kathy Hamilton drives away from her sister-in-law’s pristine-white suburban house in Maple Falls certain she’s left her daughter in safe hands. On the hottest day of the year, a birthday is the perfect excuse to gather friends, family and neighbors around the pool for a barbecue. But when she returns hours later to find her little girl has vanished, her world shatters.

Nobody laughing and drinking in the garden that day saw anything unusual.

Kathy’s eldest daughter is anxious and hardly eating. Is she sick with worry for her sister, or hiding a terrible secret?

The phone rings and rings, but why can’t Kathy get hold of the babysitter?

And is she imagining it, or when her husband rushed from work to join the search, was he wearing a different shirt to the one she saw him leave the house in that morning?

As the temperature rises, and long-buried secrets begin to surface, it’s clear that even the most perfect families keep devastating secrets. But in a town as small as this, is there anyone you can trust?

A totally gripping and utterly addictive page-turner that will have you racing through and reeling at the twists. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Gone Girl and Teresa Driscoll, it will keep you up reading all night long!

Content Warning:- Rape, child abduction and murder

On a hot sunny day, Kathy Hamilton drops her daughter Charlotte known as “Charlie” at a birthday party hosted by her brother-in-law Scott and his wife Cindy. She leaves the party, not knowing that in a few hours, Charlie will disappear from the party without a trace. While many people are drunk and have no recollection of what really happened the hours before Charlie disappeared, the case was investigated by Kathy’s childhood lover, Chase. And as the investigations are ongoing, many of the dark secrets that have been buried start emerging…

This is the first time I have read a stand alone novel from this author. Wendy Dranfield had impressed me with Detective Madison Harper series and so I was determined to read all the novels written by this author. I have to say, from start to finish, this book had me hooked. The past timeline actually gave a glimpse of Kathy’s relationship with Chase which later on provided useful in the story, thus connecting the characters altogether. Along with the dark secret surfacing, there are so much unexpected twists and turns that you literally had no idea what is going to happen in the book! You think you got the suspect but towards the end, you realize that the author had fooled you and that the suspect is completely someone you didn’t expect. Story itself talk about toxic relationships between Kathy and her mother. The ending left me so breathless that I felt like I am on a roller coaster ride with this book! I like how the author had us guessing until the end!

This book is quite a page turning thriller–fast paced twisted, you would expect these things in a good psychological thriller. The book talks about toxic relationship between Kathy and her mother, who is determined to keep her name Hamilton reputation intact and not caring about her daughter’s feelings. This also talks about rape, murder of a child, which maybe disturbing to some of the readers.

If you like a thriller that is

• Fast paced
• page turner
• filled with twists and turns

I recommend this novel for you! Guranteed you will stay up all night reading this book, wanting to know what is going to happen in the end!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.