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Lauren Forry
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THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME. YOU'D DIE TO BE THERE.
Ten lucky people have won a place at the most exclusive launch event of the century: the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. It's an invitation to die for. As their transport departs for its return to Earth and the doors seal shut behind them, the guests take the next leap for mankind.
However, they soon discover that all is not as it seems. The champagne may be flowing, but there is no one to pour it. Room service is available, but there is no one to deliver it. Besides the ten of them, they are completely alone.
When one of the guests is found murdered, fear spreads through the group. But that death is only the beginning. Being three days' journey from home and with no way to contact the outside, can any of the guests survive their stay?
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Lydia has always known she has no power, especially next to her infamous and more-than-slightly dodgy family. Which is why she carved her own life as a private investigator far away from London. When a professional snafu forces her home, the head of the family calls in a favour, and Lydia finds herself investigating the disappearance of her cousin, Maddie.
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- By Ijw on 10-21-19
By: Sarah Painter
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Lola Is Missing
- By: Alison James
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Six-year-old Lola Jade Harper is taken from her bedroom. Her mother is distraught. She is convinced her estranged husband, Gavin Harper, has abducted their daughter. Detective Rachel Prince is leading the investigation but is soon out of her depth as she searches for the most high-profile missing child in the country. To uncover the truth about Lola’s disappearance, Rachel must untangle the Harper family’s complicated web of secrets and lies.
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Very good!
- By Maine Knitter on 02-16-19
By: Alison James
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Murder at the PTA
- Maya & Sandra Mystery Series, Book 1
- By: Lee Hollis
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
- Length: 8 hrs
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Someone is trying to turn Portland High into a school for scandal with a gossipy website called Dirty Laundry. The latest target of ruinous rumors is newly elected PTA President Sandra Wallage. After a heated meeting with outraged parents, Sandra runs into fellow school mom and Private Investigator Maya Kendrick, who's discovered the person behind the website. But when the women storm into the venomous gossip columnist's office they find a lifeless body - along with a confession.
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By: Lee Hollis
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Changing the Rules
- Richter, Book 1
- By: Catherine Bybee
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- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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As an employee of MacBain Securities and Solutions, Claire Kelly can certainly hold her own. Armed with an impressive set of covert skills, she’s more than prepared to tackle any job that comes her way...except one involving Cooper Lockman. Cooper and Claire used to work together before his feelings for her sent him packing to Europe for six long years. But now he’s back and determined to ignore the still-smoldering heat that lingers between them. Their current mission: go undercover together at a California high school to root out the mastermind behind a prostitution ring.
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Cooper & Claire Bring Down A Trafficking Ring!
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By: Catherine Bybee
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Grace Under Pressure
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- By: Julie Hyzy
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
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Everyone wants a piece of millionaire Bennett Marshfield, owner of Marshfield Manor, but now it's up to new curator Grace Wheaton and handsome groundskeeper Jack Embers to protect dear old Marshfield. But to do this, they'll have to investigate a botched Ponzi scheme, some torrid Wheaton family secrets-and sour grapes out for revenge.
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Loved it!!!
- By Beatrice on 11-18-13
By: Julie Hyzy
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- Katie
- 09-11-23
Good whodunnit mystery
The book had a very intriguing premise - a trip thru space, a hotel on the moon, murder mystery, cocktails - all in no particular order.
It’s a very tried and true formula of guessing who the killer is, jumping to conclusions, and linking the characters together by their past.
It doesn’t take long for the first murder to happen. The guests (and reader) instantly jump into accusations and all point fingers at one character. Case closed. Except when the person with the fingers pointed at them ends up dead too.
The time between the discovery of the two murders was long. During that time, there was the usual line of questioning by a detective who was a contest winner for this trip. She looped in a couple of other guests, a journalist and criminal justice student, to help her figure out the case.
We discover a lot about each character and possible connections between all of them. It was a good clue based guessing game where the reader thought they could piece it together themselves, but were never quite sure until the reveal.
It held enough of my interest to keep reading and there were times where the excitement picked up enough that I didn't want to stop.
Overall though, I feel like there was much more potential to the story. Maybe I've read too many books with the same plot, watched too many documentaries, or just have an overactive imagination, but this all felt too simple to me.
The ending packages everything up in a too nice, and neat bow. The reveal wasn't anything shocking. It simply was what it was. All the characters involved in the deaths simply told their story. No fights, no running away, no being trapped. They each said why they did it and that was it. It was all a little too convenient.
If you like murder mystery books and want something to pass the time, then I recommend this book. If you're expecting something overly complicated or has a crazed serial killer on the moon on the loose, read something else.
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- John
- 05-04-24
Total “Failure To Launch “.!!
Egads !!,.. what a crashing bore THAT was..!!
Not once was there a point of interest…
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