Finished books June - November 2018

Hello my dear readers, 

I'm making this blog post to keep you updated on the few books that I've finished during the months of June until November 2018. I'll put down the finished date in the information too, so you guys know when I finished the book. I have read some childrens literature which I won't include here but feel free to check them out on my account on Goodreads. You know where to find me.

Finished 13th of November 2018
The Lemesurier Inheritance: A Short Story - Agatha Christie

18 pages

Published July 23rd 2013 by Witness Impulse

Previously published in the print anthology Poirot's Early Cases.

The Lemesurier family is plagued by a medieval curse, ensuring that no firstborn son will ever receive his inheritance. Can Hercule Poirot solve the riddle of the curse?

My thoughts;
I gave this one 4/5 stars. I enjoyed this short story a lot. It kept my interest the whole time.

Finished 12th of November 2018
The witch of Willow hall - Hester Fox

Paperback, 364 pages

Published October 2nd 2018 by Graydon House

Two centuries after the Salem witch trials, there’s still one witch left in Massachusetts. But she doesn’t even know it.

Take this as a warning: if you are not able or willing to control yourself, it will not only be you who suffers the consequences but those around you, as well.

New Oldbury, 1821 

In the wake of a scandal, the Montrose family and their three daughters—Catherine, Lydia, and Emeline—flee Boston for their new country home, Willow Hall. The estate seems sleepy and idyllic. But a subtle menace creeps into the atmosphere, remnants of a dark history that call to Lydia, and to the youngest, Emeline.

All three daughters will be irrevocably changed by what follows, but none more than Lydia, who must draw on a power she never knew she possessed if she wants to protect those she loves. For Willow Hall’s secrets will rise, in the end…
My thoughts;
I gave this one 4/5 stars. 

I was expecting something else from this one but I really enjoyed every second of the story. I really liked the characters & I thought the ending was really sweet.

Finished 26th of October 2018
It's always the husband - Michele Campbell

Hardcover, 336 pages

Published May 16th 2017 by St. Martin's Press

Kate, Aubrey, and Jenny. They first met as college roommates and soon became inseparable, even though they are as different as three women can be. Twenty years later, one of them is standing at the edge of a bridge . . and someone else is urging her to jump. 

How did things come to this?

As the novel cuts back and forth between their college years and their adult years, you see the exact reasons why these women love and hate each other—but can feelings that strong lead to murder? Or will everyone assume, as is often the case, that it’s always the husband? 

My thoughts; 

I gave this one 3/5 stars. 

Finished 14th of June 2018
To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee

 

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

My thoughts; 

I gave this one 3/5 stars.

Finished 11th of June 2018
The stranger - Harlan Coben

 Hardcover, 386 pages

Published March 24th 2015 by Dutton

The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking lot, or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is undeniable. Then he whispers a few words in your ear and disappears, leaving you picking up the pieces of your shattered world.

Adam Price has a lot to lose: a comfortable marriage to a beautiful woman, two wonderful sons, and all the trappings of the American Dream: a big house, a good job, a seemingly perfect life.

Then he runs into the Stranger. When he learns a devastating secret about his wife, Corinne, he confronts her, and the mirage of perfection disappears as if it never existed at all. Soon Adam finds himself tangled in something far darker than even Corinne’s deception, and realizes that if he doesn’t make exactly the right moves, the conspiracy he’s stumbled into will not only ruin lives—it will end them.

My thoughts; 

I gave this one 3/5 stars. It was okay, nothing special really. 

Finished 8th of June 2018
The hypnotist - Lars Kepler ( Joona Linna #1 )

Hardcover, 503 pages

Published June 21st 2011 by Sarah Crichton Books 

Link to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9835731-the-hypnotist

In the frigid clime of Tumba, Sweden, a gruesome triple homicide attracts the interest of Detective Inspector Joona Linna, who demands to investigate the murders. The killer is still at large, and there’s only one surviving witness—the boy whose family was killed before his eyes. Whoever committed the crimes wanted this boy to die: he’s suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and lapsed into a state of shock. Desperate for information, Linna sees only one option: hypnotism. He enlists Dr. Erik Maria Bark to mesmerize the boy, hoping to discover the killer through his eyes.

It’s the sort of work that Bark has sworn he would never do again—ethically dubious and psychically scarring. When he breaks his promise and hypnotizes the victim, a long and terrifying chain of events begins to unfurl.

My thoughts;
I gave this one 4/5 stars. I really enjoed it & I can't wait until I finished all the books in this series.