#5OnMyTBR

#5OnMyTBR — Mystery

10th August 2020

Hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook, #5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme where we talk about 5 books on our TBR on Mondays.

This week’s prompt: Mystery.

To be honest, I don’t read a lot of mystery. While I do enjoy the genre, I never actively seek them out. It might have something to do with my faint of heart, but every once in a while, reading a good mystery spices up my reading journey.

The #5OnMyTBR this week are all written by women, one of them of color. Two of the five books are sapphic, and another two are not yet published.

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And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall

Cover of And Now She's Gone

This book is supposed to be about a woman tracking down another who doesn’t want to be found. The blurb sounds very exciting as there seem to be many secrets hanging around. I am excited to start this soon.

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

Cover of The Wife Upstairs

I have never read the gothic classic Jane Eyre. Ever. But if The Wife Upstairs is giving the 19th century novel a modern twist, I want to read it. The story seems like a messy suspense, and I am a little scared. Hopefully it will be a thrilling read and not a terrifying one.

Payback by Charlotte Mills

Cover of Payback

This is one of the backlist DRCs Ylva Publishing has generously offered me. Since Mills has a sequel Fair Game coming out soon, I wanted to read Payback first. Nearly all of my friends on Goodreads have rated it 5-star, and I definitely have to read this lesbian* mystery.

* The phrase “lesbian mystery” is in the blurb, though it might just mean sapphic. We’ll see what both the main characters identify as when I get to it.

Trigger (A Dr. Kate Morrison Mystery #1) by Jessica L. Webb

Cover of Trigger

Again, almost all of my friends rated this one 5-star, so when I had the chance, I grabbed a copy on the publisher’s website. I promise my friends do not rate everything 5 stars. The main character is Dr. Kate Morrison and her case involves human bombs. Yikes! I am already intrigued after reading the synopsis. Plus, the last (and only) Webb book I have read, Storm Lines, was pretty good, so I want to try more of her works.

First Blood (D.I. Kim Stone #0.5) by Angela Marsons

Cover of First Blood

Several people from my sapphic connections on Goodreads have been talking nonstop about the D.I. Kim Stone series, which is non-LGBTQ+, and it has become something all of us want to read. Kim Stone seems very bad-ass, so sign me up!

Have you read any of these books? What are your #5OnMyTBR in mystery? Comment what you think!

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