What Fiction are you reading this week, March 24, 2024?

[NanaCat]

17. Mystery and family drama week.

Just started a new release, Listen to the Lie by Amy Tintera. Two women leave a wedding reception in a small town in Texas. One of them is found murdered the next day. The other is found wandering down a highway with a head injury, and she can't remember a thing of the previous evening. So of course everyone--even her own parents--thinks she killed her friend, although the cops can't find any evidence of it. She's bullied so much that she moves to California. The book starts when she has to return to that dump of a hick town just as a notorious 'true crime' podcaster has reopened the cold case. I've already picked up several malicious lies in the hick accounts, but we'll see how it turns out. Predictable factor: She's gonna hook up with the podcaster. I already see it coming.

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. Verse novel about two girls who learn they're half-sisters only after their father dies. He kept them in the dark by having one family in the US, and another in the Dominican Republic. I've loved everything I've read by Ms Acevedo. I expect to love this book, too.