Make Me by Lee Child - the town of Mother's Rest has secrets to keep. Jack Reacher rarely turns down a challenge. The two clash with lots of bone crunching violence. And some shootouts. Almost at the very end of the book you find out what the secret is.
4 stars
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The Drowned Boy by Karin Fossum - a toddler is found drowned in a pond near his home and the police suspect the story the mother tells. Not really a mystery as such, although it features Norwegian policeman Conrad Sejer. I kept reading only to learn what really happened. I thought the ending was an impossible coincidence.
2 stars
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness - the indie kids are brave, smart, clever teenagers who periodically have to save the world from attacks from other worlds. But this book isn't about them, it's about the ordinary kids who are just trying to get through the last few weeks of school, graduate and have a nice summer before they go off to college. All while trying to not get caught up in whatever the indie kids are dealing with. A YA book about friendship and true bravery. I especially enjoyed the beginning of each chapter as it told what was going on with the indie kids.
"Chapter the Second, in which indie kid Satchel writes a poem, and her mom and dad give her the loving space to do just feel what she needs to; then an indie kid called Dylan arrives at her house, terrified, to say a mysterious glowing girl has informed him of the death of indie kid Finn; Satchel and Dylan comfort each other, platonically."
PG-13
4 stars
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