The Lost Boy by Camilla Lackberg - a well-liked man has been found murdered and no one has any idea why anyone would want to kill him. Patrik Hedstrom and his team slowly try to come up with a motive and a suspect. This is seventh in a series set in Fjallbacka, Sweden, and we're just thrown into the story supposing that we've read the previous books. Many characters with just snippets of their stories told at a time. The biggest mystery for me was trying to connect all the dots of the storyline. There's also a bit of supernatural element to this and the Scandinavian matter of factness about sex. I've read two others in this series and don't remember either. I'm ambivalent about this one.
3 stars
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Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson - the child actress from Mrs. Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street, and Matilda writes a not quite memoir. Mostly she talks about how anxious she was from a really young age and her eventual diagnosis of OCD. Not a good thing to have if you want to be an actress. Eventually she decided she'd rather be a writer. The book was all over the place time wise and there was much talking about yearning for boyfriends. I wanted to like this a lot more.
2 stars
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