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Katie Tallo

Auteur de Dark August

2 oeuvres 157 utilisateurs 9 critiques

Séries

Œuvres de Katie Tallo

Dark August (2020) 128 exemplaires
Poison Lilies (2022) 29 exemplaires

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Sexe
female
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lieux de résidence
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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This was a terrific book. I'd forgotten a lot about Katie Tallo's writing style because it's been quite awhile since I read her first book. This one is just as good, if not better. I loved all of the characters, but especially Gus and Howard.
 
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bcrowl399 | 1 autre critique | Jul 6, 2023 |
I loved this novel! It is a tightly paced, engrossing mystery with a captivating cast of characters. Gus is a fantastic female investigator so I hope that this book will become a series. She is a strong enough character who can anchor a series. The plot was pretty amazing as well. It had a couple of huge surprises that floored me. In fact, there is absolutely nothing negative that I can say about the story. It is the perfect mystery.
 
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Violette62 | 6 autres critiques | Aug 15, 2022 |
Poison Lilies by Katie Tallo is a highly recommended thriller about family secrets set in Ottawa, Canada.

Augusta "Gus" Monet and her dog Levi have moved to The Ambassador Court, an art-deco apartment building with cheap rent. When she finds a cat, Gish, and looks for the owner, Gus makes friends with, her elderly upstairs neighbor, blind, reclusive Poppy Honeywell. Soon the two are sharing dinner together every night and Gus learns that Poppy is a descendant of the Mutchmores, one of the city's founding families. When a body is found in the pond at a neighborhood park, Poppy says she knows who it was, a lost lover. Gus is drawn to the story and begins investigating, a dangerous decision.

This is a direct sequel to Dark August, so it helps to have read the first book before this outing of Gus. You can read this as a stand alone novel, but I think it helps to have read the first novel. The novel is broke up into four segments: first trimester, second trimester, third trimester and birth. Obviously, Gus is pregnant in Poison Lilies and will give birth. We know from the opening that she is locked in a sub basement with no way out and about to give birth.

Gus is a well developed character as an amateur PI, so her skills and interests seamlessly continue in this second novel. She can be sassy and funny as well as serious and doggedly determined. Poppy hires Gus to uncover the truth in her investigation of events from Poppy's past and the Mutchmore family. She is assisted by a journalist she meets, Howard, who is an interesting character and a nice assistant for her. The investigation is full of suspense and secrets that some want to keep buried in the past. You'll have to suspend disbelief, but this is another entertaining investigation by Gus Monet.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of HarperCollins via NetGalley
http://www.shetreadssoftly.com/2022/05/poison-lilies.html
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SheTreadsSoftly | 1 autre critique | May 10, 2022 |
This is an ok book. It was pretty obvious from the start what happened and who did it. The book was set in Canada which was a nice change. The author used “purple loosestrife” WAAAYYYYYYY too many times. An editor should have caught that.
 
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Sunandsand | 6 autres critiques | Apr 30, 2022 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
2
Membres
157
Popularité
#133,743
Évaluation
½ 3.6
Critiques
9
ISBN
11
Langues
1

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