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End of the school year

May was a month for mystery reading, unintentionally, I ended with 7 mysteries and one Greek Mythology story.   The Paris Apartment by  Lucy Foley- audiobook courtesy of Hoopla.  Jess needs her brother, Ben, the one person she can turn to when things get hard. Arriving in Paris she finds Ben gone. He seems to have just vanished leaving behind everything. Slowly Jess starts to put together that the residents of his gated apartment have the answers to his disappearance.  Great plot twists and turns, interconnected characters, and fast-paced.  The It Girl by Ruth Ware   is   a back-and-forth between present and past. College friends are turned apart when one of them is murdered. The testimony that convicts John Neville has left Hannah with more questions than answers. Could he truly have killed April? And if he didn't do it, then who?  Surprising ending. Purchased at the Literary Indie bookstore.  The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane   cou...

Conversion by Katherine Howe

 When girls from a prestigious boarding school start to fall ill with a mysterious illness everyone is reaching for answers. From environmental reasons, obscure diagnoses, and even the school's religious origins.  However, sometimes the simplest explanation is right in front of us. And sometimes the past can merge with the present to give us answers. This book was the perfect mix of mystery and historical fiction. The suspense builds up leaving you wondering if the simple explanation is actually the right one.