Review #25: Who Killed 'Tom Jones'? by Gale Martin

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Gale Martin is an American, award winning author, and this is my first time to read any Gale Martin authored book. Before reading the book, WHO KILLED 'TOM JONES'? , I had no idea that Gale Martin is such a brilliant author, from her style of penning down a love-story with a mystery to unveiling that mystery and the whole drama that goes in and out around the mystery is so stirring as well as remarkable, that you'll be wanting to read this book not once, but twice, thrice and so on!


Synopsis:
Ellie Overton, a 28year old woman, working as a receptionist in a retirement home, has a huge crush on the pop-singer, Tom Jones. In order to spark-up her love-life, Ellie attends the local Tom Jones festival to find prospects for herself. But on the second day of the festival, one of the Tom Jones look-like contestant gets murdered, and unfortunately, the man named, Evan, whom she has started liking happen to be one of the suspects and the handsome police detective, Mary Levy, jumps into the scene to solve the mystery, but it seems he is more drawn to Ellie. So will Ellie and the residents of the retirement home b able to solve this murder mystery?

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Review #1: Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


An old woman, whose memory is fading away slowly, is caught in the web of a mystery surrounding her missing best friend and her missing sister. Elizabeth is Missing written by Emma Healey is a thoroughly intriguing and a highly compelling novel.


 Synopsis:
Maud is a 82years old woman, suffering from dementia. She is getting forgetful hence she writes notes to remind herself of petty things and to keep up with her own life. She couldn't reach her best friend Elizabeth, so she assumes something terrible has happened to her and keeps repeating that Elizabeth is missing. She chants those words to everybody around her, to her daughter, Elizabeth's sons, police-men, but nobody pays heed to her. She tangles the present situation of Elizabeth with her own sister, Sukey, who disappeared after the end of the war in London. 


The author has woven the story in a very beautiful way by giving two angles to the plot, one is the mystery with the right elements of twists and turns and the other is the old age, memory-loss. Her story-telling is wonderful; it's more like she manages to bring this drama into our rooms, as if every detail is unfolding right in front of her eyes. The story is so gripping that it'll completely hook you from its very first pages. Maud's character totally justifies and fits perfectly with the plot, a woman whom no one pays attention to, as it’s getting harder for her to remember things. We can feel her frustration and pain and the author gives us a thorough insight into the life of an old woman suffering from dementia and how she manages to unravel a mystery surrounding her best friend and her sister.

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