Author: Richard Osman

I may have to stop taking recommendations from my Facebook group – another story about senior citizens.

The characters in the book live in a retirement village. They come from different backgrounds but one of the original members was a retired police officer so the group are reviewing some of her unsolved cases. Two new murders in the space of a few days has the group trying to solve the mysteries. But are they helping the police or hindering them?

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Author: J. C. Williams

This book showed up on one of my Facebook groups and I thought it looked interesting. It is a nice story but not very deep. I found it a bit more interesting as it is set on the Isle of Man. One of the quilts I’m working on (Manx Quilt) uses a traditional technique from the Isle of Man.

Jack and Emma are partners in a small coffee shop. As their customers dwindle they decide to start a club for the elderly in their community. The club is a huge success and they attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the longest flowering wall.

The author has written several more books but I don’t think I’ll bother with them.

Good Reads Rating: * * *

Author: James McBride

A great book about the struggles the African Americans and Jewish people had in small-town Pottstown, PA during the 1930’s. There are so many wonderful characters in the book and any one of them might have been the focus of the story. As it happens, all the characters take a central role in uncovering the mystery of a skeleton found at the bottom of a well in 1972.

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Author: Claudia Dey

I’m wish I could remember which Facebook group recommended this book because I might not take their next recommend seriously.

I found the story to be a real “downer”. Written mostly from the perspective of Mona it chronicles several years of a dysfunctional family. Her father, Paul, keeps Mona and her sister at a distance, unless he needs something. Mona’s stepmother makes it clear she doesn’t like Mona or her sister and Eva, Mona’s half-sister, has written them both out of her life.

Goodreads Rating: * *