If you ask me what the perfect reading day looks like, I would say the one I had this month! It was the first time it officially felt like Fall in Michigan. I had the house to myself. I had my windows open. I had pumpkin candles burning. I was reading the best book and texting about it with a friend.
*Sigh*
Perfection!!!!
If I’m not reading a book at the beach, I want to be reading a book on a Fall day with pumpkin candles burning.
Here’s the five books I read in September…
What She Found by Robert Dugoni
This is the ninth book in the Tracy Crosswhite series, which is about a Seattle homicide detective. Tracy has left the homicide department to work cold cases. She gets a call from a young woman who is looking into the disappearance of her mother, which happened 25 years ago. The woman was an investigative reporter who was working on several high-profile stories, which may have gotten her killed. Can Tracy solve the mystery after all these years?
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
Everyone in Wakarusa, Indiana remembers the day January’s body was found in a ditch. Especially Margot Davies, who had been the six-year-old’s friend. Now a reporter, Margot is back in her hometown to care for her uncle who has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
When a little girl, who lives a few miles from Wakarusa, goes missing, Margot can’t help but wonder if the case is connected to January’s. After all, her killer was never captured. Margot can’t let go of the nagging feeling that the cases are connected. She sets off to uncover the truth of her friend’s murder before another little girl goes missing.
I couldn’t put this book down. I have a feeling it will make my top three books of 2022. My friend Emily and I read it together; constantly texting each other with our speculations. Highly recommend this true crime mystery.
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Elsie unexpectedly meets the love of her life in a pizza joint on night. After a whirlwind romance they elope. Nine days after they say I Do, Ben is killed in an accident. At the hospital, Elsie meets her mother-in-law for the first time – the woman who doesn’t know her son got married. Can the two strangers, who loved the same man, help each other through their deep grief?
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
One day Ellie Mack heads to the library and never returns home. After an investigation the police assume she’s run away from home, but her mother knows there’s more to the story. Ten years later, Ellie’s remains are discovered. Laurel has divorced Ellie’s father, barely has a relationship with her other two children and hopes that she can finally put her daughter’s disappearance behind her. Laurel begins dating a man whose seven-year-old daughter reminds her so much of Ellie. As the relationship grows, so does the sick feeling inside Laurel that something just isn’t right.
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
Tate and Miles have a deal – a no-strings attached relationship. Nothing emotional; only physical. They can’t ask questions about the past and they can’t get their hopes up about the future. Tate quickly realizes she can’t hold up her end of the deal; but Miles seems to have no problem with their agreement. He can’t fall in love when his past haunts him. Can Tate walk away? Will Miles continue to let his past destroy his future? **This book is definitely Rated R**
