Bethany's Book Nook

      Elin Warner is on vacation with her brother Isaac in a nation park in Portugal, the last place a missing woman has been seen. It's a time for the siblings to reconnect and strengthen their bond, but when the final map of the missing woman, Kier, is found, it seems that the clues are falling into place the deeper they get into the forest. After a huge discovery, Elin finds out that the disappearance is more personal to her. Always seeking the truth, she is trying to find out what else the wilderness is hiding.      Kier Templer lives life on the road simply trying to outrun her mother's infamous crimes. Kier has left her home and twin brother behind. Even with him behind she has always designed and drawn distinctive maps of everywhere she has been. When the maps stop, her brother Penn, knows something seriously must be wrong.      This book knocked the absolute wind out of me. Once again Sarah Pearse did it again, the third installment o...

  "Family is all you have, but it isn't found only in a blood connection. Family shows itself in the unlikeliest of moments: the split-second glances, a gesture, the hand next to yours when you need it the most."     A minimal eco-wellness retreat opened on a remote island off the English coast, that promises beautiful views, nature, and relaxation. The island itself has a different reputation, being known as Reaper's Rock, it was the home of a serial killer and now said to be cursed. Detective Elin Warner is called to the island when a woman's body is found on the rocks below the yoga pavilion, it seems foul play is at hand, especially because the woman wasn't a guest on the island. When body after body begin to appear one after another, it is made clear that nothing happening is an accident. Elin is hot on the case, making sure that the island's history won't repeat itself.      Once again Pearse knocks it out of the park with this novel, it is the p...

  "Grief is like a series of bombs exploding, one after another. Every house, a new detonation. Shock after shock after shock."           Le Sommet is a horrible place, surrounded by local legends and rumors, the once abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium has found its second life as a five-star hotel. It is as imposing as it is beautiful, and being high up in the Swiss Alps makes it a remote get away. It's also the last place Elin Warner wants to be stuck, having taken a leave of absence from her work as a detective, decides to brave the journey. Especially when her estranged brother and his fiancée reach out and invite her to celebrate their engagement. She arranges in the middle of a terrible storm with her boyfriend, already on edge when they wake the following morning to discover her brothers fiancée has gone missing. Elin is thrust into the case when everyone gets stormed in and the police aren't able to access the hotel, making the guests panic even...