Book #17 |
Book: What Happened Next | Author: Edwin Hill | |
| Source: Free First Reads download Format: Kindle |
Pages: 292 | Duration: 03/09/26 – 03/12/26 (4 days) | |
| Rating: ★★★★★ | Genres: fiction, mystery, thriller | ||
| 📕10-word summary: Investigation of 25-year-old crime uncovers betrayal and community, family secrets. 🖌6-word review: Intriguing. The bodies really pile up. |
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| 💭A favorite quote: “Our father opted for the dog races at Suffolk Downs, not the polo grounds in Newport.” | |||
| 🎓New-to-me words: lichen, antitorque pedals, selectperson, “gave up the ghost” | |||
| Description:* Charlie Kilgore was too young to remember anything, really, about how events on the lake unfolded 25 years ago. He just knows what he’s been told: that his father stabbed a man to death, left Charlie’s mother critically wounded, and then disappeared, never to be seen again. Now Charlie believes there must be more to what happened. But when Charlie [returns to his hometown and] starts asking questions of people with so much to hide, getting to the truth becomes dangerous. Because on this lake — in this family — the past isn’t dead and buried at all. In fact, it’s back with a vengeance.*From goodreads.com’s synopsis. | |||
| Thoughts: This free, advanced copy (it’s schedule to be published in April 2026) was an unexpected delight. There’s a lot going on in this small town as a 25-year-old murder is questioned by a young man who was in the thick of it, but as an infant, when it all went down. A lot of suspects emerge, and a lot of people “give up the ghost” as the bodies of even major characters pile up. One thing that was nice was that there were 3 gay characters who were just people who happened to be gay, which is to say it didn’t affect the plot in any way, so it wasn’t a big deal at all. I like stories that normalize being gay. I’d not heard of this author before, but several reviewers said they love all of his books. I’ll probably read another one of them this year. | |||
See the rest of the books I’ve read in 2026 and previous years: 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019.
