One Puzzling Afternoon by Emily Critchley - starting June 2nd 2024

[Karen]

A mystery she can't remember. A friend she can't forget.

I kept your secret Lucy. I've kept it for more than sixty years . . .

It is 1951, and at number six Sycamore Street fifteen-year-old Edie Green is lonely. Living alone with her eccentric mother - who conducts seances for the local Ludthorpe community - she is desperate for something to shake her from her dull, isolated life.

When the popular, pretty Lucy Theddle befriends Edie, she thinks all her troubles are over. But Lucy has a secret, one Edie is not certain she should keep . . .

Then Lucy goes missing.

2018. Edie is eighty-four and still living in Ludthorpe. When one day she glimpses Lucy Theddle, still looking the same as she did at fifteen, her family write it off as one of her many mix ups. There's a lot Edie gets confused about these days. A lot she finds difficult to remember. But what she does know is this: she must find out what happened to Lucy, all those years ago . . .

[Karen]

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Date changed. Restarting June 2nd 2024. Happy Reading ☺

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[Karen]

Up to ch11. Seeing things through Edie’s eyes means we’re not quite sure what has happened and it’s clear that Lucy kept secrets from her in the past.

[Karen]

Second quarter. Lucy is really quite unpleasant.

[Karen]

Third quarter. Piecing the story together through Edie’s recollections and there’s more to this than she’s let herself remember.

[Karen]

Finished. Review on home page. A satisfying read, where we’re kept in the dark until needed.

[Brooke]

Hey Karen, think i'll join this, sounds interesting

[Brooke]

3%
(view spoiler)[ i will say i skipped over her age in the book's bio and was really trying to figure out how old she was for a hot minute, oops

i was a care giver for someone with dementia for 2yrs, this might be a hard read.

also, if you're running away, maybe don't use the basically abandoned station, as you can't blend into a crowd there (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

21%
(view spoiler)[ oh a teacher student relationship, gross.

she knows her mom's "sight" is fake and all show, but then thinks she has it now? (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

57%
(view spoiler)[ so either Rupert did it because they learned about the Teacher, or Teacher did it because they maybe showed up at their house and/or told their wife, or maybe the teacher's wife did it after learning about them?

many people in play still for this. (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

Karen wrote: "Second quarter. Lucy is really quite unpleasant."

Lucy just wants attention i think and since Edie just listens, she can just yak on about nothing

[Brooke]

Karen wrote: "Third quarter. Piecing the story together through Edie’s recollections and there’s more to this than she’s let herself remember."

(view spoiler)[ it was hard when she went and saw the tickets at Lucy's house and i assume they were for their trip, but Edie didn't see to remember. feel bad for her (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

86%
(view spoiler)[ oh my guess were super wrong, i didn't even have the step dad/boyfriend in my mind as the killer, good job author (hide spoiler)]

[Fuzaila]

Would like to join in as well! I’ll start today.