BOOKS FOR SOME ULTIMATE FALL READING

Luckiest Girl Alive” tells the story of a New York writer whose perfectly-curated life unravels when the dark past comes back to haunt her. Coming to Netflix October 7

Mad Honey
By Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

Two single moms. Two high-school students. One charming New Hampshire town trying to solve a murder. Olivia McAfee grew up in Adams, but dreaming of a career as a zoologist, she couldn’t get away quick enough. She never imagined she would someday take over her family’s beekeeping business and raise her son Asher on the very same farm she fled. Ava Campanello is another single mom who drove across the country to start over with her daughter Lily. Asher and Lily become inseparable. With holiday cheer in the air, college applications in the mail and hockey practice at ungodly hours, Olivia is shocked to receive a phone call from Asher – coming from the local police station. Lily is dead, and Asher is the one who found her. Heartbroken and terrified, Asher is questioned and released. Days later, the pieces begin to fall into a devastating picture and Asher is arrested. As the mystery unfolds, unexpected twists and turns keep you on the edge of your seat. 

Wherever the Wind Takes Us
By Kelly Harms

When Becca was barely an adult she married Alistair Larkin. He was older, a successful lawyer from a prominent, wealthy family. She was smitten and was soon pregnant with their daughter Olivia. Becca was mostly content as a stay-at-home mom raising her child and managing the family’s growing social calendar. Twenty-two years later, she can no longer ignore that her marriage is a sham and she has not been happy for a long time. As the divorce is finalized, Becca declines to contest the prenuptial agreement, and she walks away with little more than her dignity and her namesake – a magnificent 40-foot sailboat. For all practical purposes, she must sell the boat. When the trip to deliver the boat from Maine to Miami – initially meant to be a cathartic, relationship-building experience with her daughter – turns into catastrophe, the hottest Irishman Becca has ever seen climbs aboard: Grant Murphy. Grant offers to help sail the boat to Miami, and in the process Becca finds herself facing her fears of the ocean and her future at the same time. Enjoy this sailing adventure as a woman deemed past her prime learns how to navigate life on her own terms.

Wrong Place Wrong Time
By Gillian McAllister

It’s almost Halloween with a pumpkin beautifully carved and lit on the porch. Jen anxiously waits by the window in their quiet Liverpool neighborhood for her teenage son Todd. She glimpses Todd as he walks toward their front path, but then Jen sees another man approaching, an older man she does not recognize. Todd pulls out a weapon and stabs the man. Jen runs outside and as she tries to stem the bleeding she notices Todd’s withdrawn, pale face. He is as unrecognizable as their futures are the moment the police take him into custody. Horrified and distraught, Jen and her husband Kelly barely get any sleep that night. Things only get worse when she gets up in the morning and it is the day before. Through days, months and even years, Jen finds herself going back in time. With each awakening she discovers more lies and clues about what led their little family to this bone-chilling conclusion. For the love of her son, Jen must figure out why this is happening, and she will stop at nothing to change their destiny. This 

fast-paced psychological thriller is wholly original as the mystery is solved backwards. 

Karen Newfield is first and foremost a reader, she has reviewed hundreds of books on her blog www.readingandeating.com. And, more recently, this new Keys resident has also begun writing.