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Read this one for book club. It was a 5/10. Short & suspenseful - but also seemingly far fetched. Or is it? I wonder if crimes have been committed this way. 
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Genuinely the most poorly edited book I’ve ever read. I have no idea how this even got published with all of the errors. That said - I did pick up some interesting nuggets from this little book. My friend Julie from work read it with me and it was fun to use as a miniature book club for a few weeks. I have become so committed and dependent on the routine I’ve established the last 10 months that I wanted to do some exploration into the benefits of daily habits. I thought this book was going to deliver but read the basic t’s just 50 people who are successful in their prospective businesses and how they use a Daily Routine to further their financial successes. I’m not sure, however, how many of those 50 people have a happy life, family or relationships - so I’m definitely NOT using it as a Guide to Life.  I read this for book club, It was kind of silly, great for a poolside summer romance book with all of the makings for a predictable Lifetime movie. I primarily powered thru it because of the who-done-it mystery and that was fun and a bit of a surprise. The most notable thing about this book was actually how awful it was to listen to! The readers cadence was weird, her timing and pauses were exaggerated and I almost couldn’t do it. But I turned it up to 1.7 speed and I was solid country gold.  “Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at 18; married the boss’s son at 20; and was only 25 when her husband, Hank, was killed in a motorcycle accident.
Broken hearted, but determined to continue the business of their dreams, she takes the life insurance money, buys a small house in a gentrifying neighborhood, flips it, then puts the money into her next project. But that house is a disaster and a money-loser, which rocks her confidence for years to come. Then, Hattie gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: star in a beach house renovation reality show called The Homewreckers, cast against a male lead who may be a love interest, or may be the ultimate antagonist. It's a question of who will flip, and who will flop, and will Hattie ever get her happily-ever-after.”  “West Hall, Vermont is a town where people go missing without explanation. This remote small town has it secrets and wants to keep it that way. The most mysterious secret is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter, Gertie.“
 “Ruth Wariner's The Sound of Gravel is a 2016 memoir about the author's experiences growing up in a polygamous Mormon cult. She describes the abuse that she and her mother experienced in their family, the atmosphere of fear and paranoia they lived in, and her ultimate triumphant escape from that world.“
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