Reading Excursions

[Image ©ChristinaMcDonald/Facebook] MY REVIEW “ Behind Every Lie ” Paperback:  336 pages Publisher:  Gallery Books (February 4, 2020) Language:  English ISBN-10:  1501184032 ISBN-13:  978-1501184031 [Click on cover for order link] “ If you can’t remember it, how do you prove you didn’t do it? Eva Hansen wakes in the hospital after being struck by lightning and discovers her mother, Kat, has been murdered. Eva was found unconscious down the street. She can’t remember what happened but the police are highly suspicious of her. Determined to clear her name, Eva heads from Seattle to London—Kat’s former home—for answers. But as she unravels her mother’s carefully held secrets, Eva soon realizes that someone doesn’t want her to know the truth. And with violent memories beginning to emerge, Eva doesn’t know who to trust. Least of all herself. Told in alternating perspectives from Eva’s search for answers and Kat’s mysterious past...

["The Last House Guest" - Megan Miranda] Megan Miranda’s “The Last House Guest” falls into the thriller/suspense category. The writing in this book is short, sometimes “choppy”. There are times when the scene is only a paragraph long, other times it is an entire chapter long. As this is the only book of Miranda’s I have read – I can’t say whether this is a pattern or a “one-off” deal. Some reviewers have complained that the past and present timelines was confusing. In defense of that – there was always a “divider” page before the chapter started that stated when/where the story was taking place: ** SUMMER 2017 ** SUMMER 2018 I didn’t find it that confusing nor did it change how I perceived the book. The story, for me, was easy to follow. “The Last House Guest” centers around “local” Avery Greer and her deceased friend “summer girl” Sadie Loman. After Avery’s grandmother died, Grant Loman bought the woman’s house, but allows Avery to live ther...