The Guardians by Andrew Pyper was a disturbing and suspenseful thriller. Three old friends from teenage years are returning to their hometown as grown ups twenty or so years later after another of their friends, Ben commits suicide. The tragic death isn’t the only reason making it hard for them to return. Coming back means facing the past. Trevor has Parkinson’s and struggles with everyday tasks but manages to get onto the train to Grimshaw. He meets with Randy, trying to contact Carl, who has drug addiction problems and is hard to get hold of. They discover that Ben has hardly left his m ..read more

  In a book by Liane Moriarty the Nine Perfect Strangers gather in a spa resort, a holistic and luxury place, with a goal to improve their lives on all possible levels. Because of this claim, the people who join each other there, come with all various different problems, expectations and attitudes. The owner of the place is fully committed to the idea of self-improvement. Not only professionally – her whole life is  built around this idea, though it hasn’t always been the case for her. Masha used to be a highly successful and a high rank business woman. The heart attack she has experience mad ..read more

I couldn’t wait to write this review. Finally came across a book that has gripped me from the very first first pages and kept me interested till the very end. And what a surprise at a price of about 1 euro. The Homecoming by Andrew Pyper is a thriller with a protagonist called Aaron Quinlan. He is a successful surgeon whose father has recently passed away. He is in a back seat of a black limo on his way to his father’s estate where members of his family, his siblings and his mother will be present to hear the lawyer read his father’s will. There is a catch though. All of them are required to ..read more

The Year that Changed Everything by Cathy Kelly started rather promising. Three women celebrate birthday on the same day. It’s Ginger thirtieth when she is a bridesmaid on her best friend’s wedding. Fitted into an ugly dress she overhears her friend speaking of her very pejoratively. Devastated she runs home and decides to give up on her social life, as she only seems to be successful at her work. On the same day Sam turns forty when her waters break. She has been trying for so long to have a child and now that it has arrived she is terrified that she isn’t going to be a good mother. Callie ..read more

In The House Wife by Valerie Keogh, Diane married a man she had known only for a few weeks. Moved to his house, to a new town where she doesn’t know anybody. No family to visit her either. She got pregnant soon after. Her beloved daughter, now 3 years old is starting a preschool. It is hard for Diane to part with the little one even for a few hours, but this is apparently what she has agreed to. She doesn’t remember doing so, but her husband says so. There are other things she doesn’t remember. Unsettling things that prevent her from having a good night sleep. Something has happened that resu ..read more

Death Wears a Beauty Mask by Mary Higgins Clark I liked the stories, although I am not sure I would have Picked the “Death Wears a Beauty Mask” as the first one though. The characters were likeable but the story wasn’t as intriguing as I have hoped. A newly wed couple flies to see the bride’s sister Alexandra, who is a successful model. Only she isn’t anywhere to be found. The story was alright but left me wondering if the rest of the book would be just OK too. However the “Stowaway” delivered more. A plane destined to America lands in Danubia to refuel. When the stewardess Carol discovers ..read more