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Bezig met laden... Christmas Presentsdoor Lisa Unger
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  bookofsecrets | Jan 11, 2024 |    ) Mav-n-Libby | Jan 3, 2024 | Years earlier, Madeline Martin was the sole survivor of a killer. Her father, Sheriff James Martin, had been investigating the murder, and the disappearance of 2 young women who were Madeline's friends, until a stroke sidelined him. Now, Madeline owns a bookstore, and is trying to put all this behind her. A podcaster, and sometimes author, Hayley Granger comes to town and wants to investigate the crime. Madeline wants to forget, but agrees. With the suspected killer, Evan Hardy, in jail, the community is stunned that more women have gone missing. With the help of her childhood friend, Badger (Steve Blacksmith), Madeline helps to solve the mystery. ( ) rmarcin | Dec 29, 2023 | Madeline Martin owns a successful bookstore, appropriately named The Next Chapter. Madeline lived through a traumatic experience when she was a teenager. True crime podcaster, Harley Granger, enters Madeline’s life looking to stir up those disturbing events in which her best friend was murdered and two sisters went missing. Evan Handy was convicted of the murder, but Harley has curiosities he wants satisfied. Despite Evan Handy’s incarceration, more women have gone missing. At roughly five and a half hours of listening time, Christmas Presents is packed with suspense and layers of one woman’s life. I loved how the pieces kept falling together while leaving me with more questions and suspicions. The story is intense and frightening at times, while filled with hope, forgiveness, and love that are staples of the holiday season. I borrowed the audiobook from my local library with the Libby app. Narration by Jennifer Pickens was perfect. 🎅🏻🎁 I have photos and additional information that I'm unable to include here. It can all be found on my blog, in the link below. A Book And A Dog (  ) NatalieRiley | Dec 17, 2023 | When true crime writer and podcaster Harley Granger arrives in the small town of Little Valley, New York, just days before Christmas, bookstore owner Madeline Martin is compelled to revisit a traumatic event from her past. It has been over a decade since Madeline survived a vicious attack that left her seriously injured. On the same night, her close friend Stephanie was murdered and two other girls, also friends of Madeline and Stephanie, disappeared. Madeline’s then-boyfriend Evan Handy was convicted of the crime and was sentenced to life in prison. Madeline survived, though her memories of the events of that night remain cloudy. She has made life for herself in her hometown, keeps busy with the bookstore and takes care of her ailing father who was once the Sheriff of the town, but is wary of romantic relationships. Evan Handy maintains that he is innocent, and Harley Granger is in town to find out as much as can about the old case as well as the most recent disappearance of a young woman – one of three women who have disappeared after Evan was convicted. Does this mean Evan was innocent? If so, who was responsible for the events from all those years ago? Are the most recent disappearances connected to the old case? Told from multiple perspectives, Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger is an engaging read. The author seamlessly weaves past and present events into a gripping narrative that had me engaged from the very first page. The author depicts Madeline’s trauma and how it casts a shadow in her present life with much sensitivity. The ending did feel a tad rushed and was not entirely unpredictable, but I enjoyed this novella and thought that the plot was well structured, consistently paced and overall, well executed. This was my first time reading Lisa Unger and look forward to exploring more of the author’s work. Many thanks to Penzler Publishers and NetGalley for the digital review copy of this novella. All opinions expressed in this review are my own. Christmas Presents was published on October 24, 2023. ( ) srms.reads | Nov 20, 2023 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Instead of presents this Christmas, a true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case... Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to care for her infirm father. When Harley Granger, a failed novelist turned true crime podcaster, drifts into her shop in the days before Christmas, he seems intent on digging up events that Madeline would much rather forget. She's the only surviving victim of Evan Handy, the man who was convicted of murdering her best friend Steph, and is suspected in the disappearance of two sisters, also good friends of Madeline's, who have been missing for nearly a decade. It's an investigation that has obsessed her father Sheriff James Martin right up until his stroke took his faculties. Harley Granger has a gift for seeing things that others miss. He wasn't much of a novelist, but his work as a true crime author and podcaster has earned him fame and wealth--and some serious criticism for his various unethical practices. Still, visiting Little Valley to be closer to his dying father has caused him to look into a case that many people think is closed--and some want reopened. And he has a lot of questions about the night Stephanie Cramer was killed, Ainsley and Sam Wallace disappeared, and Madeline Martin was left for dead, bleeding out on a riverbank. Since Evan Handy went to jail, three other young women have gone missing, most recently a young college dropout named Lolly. Five young women missing in the same area in a decade. Are they connected? Was Evan Handy innocent after all? Or was there some else there that night? Someone who is still satisfying his dark appetites? As Christmas approaches and a blizzard bears down, Madeline and her childhood friend Badger return to a past they both hoped was dead--to find the missing Lolly and to answer questions that have haunted them both, discovering that the truth is more terrible and much closer to home than they think. Coupling a picturesque, cozy setting with a deeply unsettling suspenseful plot, Christmas Presents is a chilling seasonal novella that can be enjoyed all year long"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
LibraryThing-AuteurLisa Unger is een LibraryThing auteur: een auteur die zijn persoonlijke bibliotheek toont op LibraryThing. Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.0000Literature English (North America) American fiction By typeWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.96)
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The story is about a true crime author/podcaster who comes to town to investigate the disappearance of three women, and how their cases might be connected to another woman's murder and two missing sisters a decade ago. Then there's a surviving victim of the murder case ten years ago who's not thrilled about rehashing that horrific time.
For a novella-length book, the story was rather complex with the different layers and POVs, but it wrapped up nicely in the end. There were a couple of times things didn't make sense, but overall it was a well-written and engrossing thriller. I'd recommend CHRISTMAS PRESENTS if you're looking for a darker holiday read. (