Can you keep the secret?
Karen M. McManus: Two Can Keep a Secret (Random House 2019) Many thanks to Maxim Könyvkiadó for sending me the book! Echo Ridge first came into the spotlight in 1996 when a high school girl went missing at age seventeen. Almost 20 years later, another girl of the same age is found dead at a local horror theme park. Another five years later, Ellery and her twin brother, Ezra, move to this small town from California to live with their grandmother for a while. Despite the scenic landscape, the city is full of secrets beneath the surface. Shortly after the two siblings arrive, anonymous threats come to light, promising more bloodshed than ever before. Can they prevent the disappearance of another girl? The story has two narrators: Ellery, the niece of the first missing girl, is obsessed with the crime and is doing everything she can to find out how…
One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus: One of Us Is Lying (Random House 2017) Many thanks to Maxim Könyvkiadó for sending me the books! Karen M. McManus graduated in English literature and journalism. As she says, she uses the latter mostly for writing fake news for her novels. She currently lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One of Us Is Lying is her first novel, which has been nominated for several awards and has been on the New York Times bestsellers list for more than 200 weeks. On the afternoon of Monday, 24th September, five students entered a room at Bayview High School in California, but only four came out alive. Simon, the head of the school’s infamous gossip column, died. Although many were angry at him for his revelations, the best motives belonged to the four other students in the same room with him. We get to know the story from…
The Mapmakers
Tamzin Merchant: The Mapmakers (Puffin in Penguin Ramdom House 2022) You might have already read about The Hatmakers by Tanzin Merchant on BogiWrites. The sequel was published in English in February and I couldn’t wait to read it – I really enjoyed it. Cordelia Hatmaker lives in the18th-century London, which is not like at all as it is in the history books. In this alternative world, magic can be used by Makers who prepare hats, capes, watches, boots, and gloves from a variety of magical materials to help people. Cordelia’s life turns upside down when she learns that her father has disappeared at sea. After that, her only goal is to find who is lost. Spoiler ahead, but only as much as you can read in the synopsis of the book: in the sequel, Cordelia is still looking for her father, with a special map, a riddle, and a sentence…
Blog birthday
On March 15, the new BogiWrites will be 1 year old. On this occasion, I am announcing a giveaway in which you can win one of the three tote bags shown in the picture. You can read about how you can participate in the event on the facebook page.
One more pinch of magic
Michelle Harrison: A Storm of Sisters (Simon &Schuster 2022) Michelle Harrison was born in Essex and spent her childhood there. She loved to invent stories from a very young age, and she began writing her first book (The Thirteen Treasures: the first Volume of the trilogy) during her first year at the university, but she took it more seriously only after graduation. After many rejections, it was finally published in 2009 and won the prestigious Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. The author also worked at a bar, art gallery and children’s book publisher before becoming a full-time writer. In addition to The Thirteen Treasures and Pinch of Magic series, another middle grade novel (The Other Alice) and a series for younger readers (Midnight Magic) in addition to a young adult book (Unrest) are also available. The word Widdershins means to go counterclockwise or in the wrong direction. Nothing could better characterize…
Deadly affairs
Agatha Christie: A Deadly Affair (HarperCollins Publishers 2022) You may have read about the books of the Queen of Crime on BogiWrites before. This year, another volume of short stories was published by HarperCollins Publishers for Valentine’s Day in a beautiful edition similar to the previous ones. I received the book as a gift from my husband and read it right away. There are 14 short stories in this volume. Poirot appears in three of them: the Belgian detective shows that he can still look behind the curtain and the small details eventually make up the whole picture for him. In one case, he investigates a murder that hasn’t even happened yet, saving two person’s lives. We can meet Miss Marple in two short stories. In one of them, she is completely brilliant and although she solves the mystery immediately, she is aware that she would not be believed, so…