What I'm Reading Now
Happy Friday!
I hope you are having a good week so far.
Well, we are officially back in lockdown in Melbourne. Sigh. Here we go again. It's only for a week and I have my fingers crossed that it won't get extended longer. Everything is closed and we are supposed to stay within 5kn of our home, except for a few permitted reasons to leave home.
The last time we had a five day lockdown I found it really tough. Luckily I'm in the nesting phase of this pregnancy, and I don’t feel like doing much anyways. So this weekend I'm looking forward to staying in and organising haha. I’ve made plans with myself to read and have a nap and work on my puzzle.
What I’m reading now:
I have just started a new thriller called The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier. I am back into my peak COVID reading habits where I only want to read something light and fun, or something dark and mysterious. As soon as I finished the last book I was reading, I was really excited to start this one.
What it's about:
A rash of grisly serial murders plagued Seattle until the infamous “Beacon Hill Butcher” was finally hunted down and killed by police chief Edward Shank in 1985. Now, some thirty years later, Shank, retired and widowed, is giving up his large rambling Victorian house to his grandson Matt, whom he helped raise.
Settling back into his childhood home and doing some renovations in the backyard to make the house feel like his own, Matt, a young up-and-coming chef and restaurateur, stumbles upon a locked crate he’s never seen before. Curious, he picks the padlock and makes a discovery so gruesome it will forever haunt him… Faced with this deep, dark family secret, Matt must decide whether to keep what he knows buried in the past, go to the police, or take matters into his own hands.
Meanwhile Matt’s girlfriend, Sam, has always suspected that her mother was murdered by the Beacon Hill Butcher—two years after the supposed Butcher was gunned down. As she pursues leads that will prove her right, Sam heads right into the path of Matt’s terrible secret.
What I think so far:
I have just started it and am only 9% in, but it’s definitely got my attention already. I can’t wait to see how it’s all going to come together. It seems like one of those books where you already know whodunit, but it’s how the story is going to play out that’s intriguing me. Of course, a few surprise twists along the way would be great.
Have a great weekend.
