The Shadow of the Wind
In postwar Barcelona, Daniel finds a cursed novel and hunts its vanished author while a burned man watches.
2,000-word summary · 9 min read
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The Perfect Marriage
A defense lawyer defends her husband accused of killing his mistress.
2,084-word summary · 9 min read
The Lost Symbol
Langdon races through Washington to save Solomon from a tattooed killer seeking an ancient Masonic secret.
2,145-word summary · 10 min read
The Husband's Secret
Cecilia finds a letter meant to be opened after her husband's death, and reads it while he lives.
1,985-word summary · 9 min read
The Couple Next Door
After a dinner next door, Anne and Marco find baby Cora gone and every neighbor has a motive.
2,053-word summary · 9 min read
Remarkably Bright Creatures
A widowed night janitor, a lost young man, and a grumpy octopus circle the same old loss in a small seaside town.
2,012-word summary · 9 min read
Rebecca
A shy bride at Manderley learns she competes with Maxim's perfect dead wife Rebecca.
2,008-word summary · 9 min read
Murder on the Orient Express
Poirot is trapped by snow with thirteen strangers after an American is found stabbed in his berth.
2,004-word summary · 9 min read
Hush, Hush
Nora Grey's new biology partner Patch is gorgeous, infuriating, and hiding wings he was never meant to keep.
2,137-word summary · 9 min read
Hopeless
Homeschooled Sky starts public school and falls for Holder, whose past links to hers in painful ways.
2,015-word summary · 9 min read
Dark Places
Libby Day, sole survivor of family murders, is paid to rethink her testimony.
1,910-word summary · 8 min read
We Were Liars
Cadence Sinclair returns to Beechwood Island after an accident she cannot recall, chasing summers with Johnny, Mirren and Gat toward the truth.
1,923-word summary · 9 min read