2020: #34 – The Devotion of Suspect X (Keigo Higashino)

This Japanese cat-and-mouse mystery starts out with Yasuko, mother to a teenaged daughter who spends most of her days working at the local bento shop. She’s kept her world purposefully small in order to hide from her abusive ex-husband. But when one day he appears at her work and then follows her home, things quickly get out of control and he ends up dead on

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2020: #18 – The Hunting Party (Lucy Foley)

The Hunting Party is about an ill-fated annual New Year’s trip taken by a group of 9 friends – four couples and a singleton. Since Miranda is the queen bee of the group, it might be easiest to explain who everyone is related to her: Miranda and Julien (her husband)Mark (used to be obsessed with Miranda) and his girlfriend, Emma (the trip organizer)Samira (Miranda’s “fun”

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