And Then There Was One by Michele Castleman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
After Lyla's twin sister died in a freak drowning accident in Lake Erie, she feels lost. So, in an attempt at finding some stability, she decides to take her sister's old job as a nanny for some distant relatives on their private island near Sandusky, Ohio. But things go sideways quickly when the families domineering matriarch drops dead at the dinner table. With only a limited number of people on the island, everyone is a suspect. And Lyla can't trust anyone she's trapped there with, including herself….
I was really hooked from the beginning of this story because we're really dropped in the middle of the action. Lyla is arriving at the island as the book opens, so to say that things develop quickly is an understatement. And they don't slow down from there. We really just start meeting the characters and the action kicks in immediately. As I said, I was hooked.
And it didn't take long for the main mystery to develop and suspects to emerge. But then, some aspects of the "twists"/ending became pretty apparent. It was fairly obvious. But there were still some surprises left in the ending that made it worth sticking around for. I didn't guess everything, not by a long shot, and I'm glad I didn't skim or anything thinking I had it all figured out!
This book has some Agatha Christie-type vibes, paired with some good thriller elements that make it well worth reading for fans of the genre.
I recommend it to anyone looking for a quick summer mystery.
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