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A review by readingwitherin
The Agathas by Liz Lawson, Kathleen Glasgow
5.0
Alice Ogiville is basically a pariah after going missing last summer for a week in order to get her parent's attention. She came back on her own. But when one of Alice's ex-friends Brooke is now missing as well that's what the police think has happened. Those who saw Brooke that night think differently but don't know what to do. That is until Alice decides to start investigating and drags her tutor Iris into it as well. As Alice and Iris start piecing together what happened that night through talking to people at the party, and other items through sources they piece together what happens. Once Brooke's body is found by them, they are then rushing against the clock trying to figure out what happened and who harmed Brooke before one of their fellow students who they believe is innocent is charged with her murder.
Overall this was such a fun read. Obviously, serious things happened because someone was killed, and domestic abuse was mentioned throughout. But the relationships between Alice and Iris and how they are able to work together despite their differences and the secrets that they are both keeping. Iris's friends help out and make it so they can get into contact with their sources and occasionally provide good ideas. Little funny moments were thrown in here and there with Alice's love for Agatha Christy and Iri's friend's banter as well. There were several tense moments though because of what Alice and Iris were doing in order to find out information and do the police's job for them.
That ending wow was not expecting it to get as intense as it did but it was so good! If this does become a series I do think it will be an enjoyable one because of how well Alice and Iris worked together and how now they don't have any secrets between them that we know of.
Overall this was such a fun read. Obviously, serious things happened because someone was killed, and domestic abuse was mentioned throughout. But the relationships between Alice and Iris and how they are able to work together despite their differences and the secrets that they are both keeping. Iris's friends help out and make it so they can get into contact with their sources and occasionally provide good ideas. Little funny moments were thrown in here and there with Alice's love for Agatha Christy and Iri's friend's banter as well. There were several tense moments though because of what Alice and Iris were doing in order to find out information and do the police's job for them.
That ending wow was not expecting it to get as intense as it did but it was so good! If this does become a series I do think it will be an enjoyable one because of how well Alice and Iris worked together and how now they don't have any secrets between them that we know of.