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  Meghan is a single parent. She works as a full time nurse. Being a full time care giver and also being as present and involved as possible in her daughter's life.  One day, a patient named Caitlin arrives at the hospital in a state of coma and multiple injuries. It is surprising that she was even alive. She had supposedly jumped off the bridge onto the train tracks. Did she jump off or was she pushed? Someone has been constantly wanting to meet her but Caitlin's parents had strict restriction from anybody meeting her. Meghan notices this person and over the course of the story comes to know of some horrifying details about Caitlin and the accident.  On the other side of Meghan's life, many things are not going the way she would have liked to. Her recently divorced husband Ben has been visiting her to ignite old sparks. Then there is her teenage daughter who is behaving brashly after receiving some information that she should not have been privy to. Will this information...

  Casey lives in the woods. It is her choice to be away from active civilization and after what happened in the school she was teaching, she just wanted to get away from it all.  She has a kind neighbour, Lee seems to be a nice guy.  Her sleazy landlord has a cameo in the story. So it does not matter that I can't remember his name! One night there is news that a storm was approaching. Casey's roof needs some repair. While Lee has offered to fix it for her many times, she does not want to be stuck in some kindness obligation and constantly wards off that offer. Now, Lee and Casey both pray that the storm does not really blow off her roof. Of course, Lee offers her his house and promises to be decent and assures hers that he would keep safe distance and respect their friendship. I already like Lee.  Casey refuses Lee's offer and declares that she would manage just fine. As Casey is getting ready to hit the sack and making sure she has latched her windows and bolted the...

  I finally got to binge watch Homecoming. Originally a podcast by Gimlet Media, which I reviewed many posts ago, this adaptation was brilliant. In Season 1, Julia Roberts was introduced as the facilitator who ran the Homecoming Programme for soldiers returning from war or war zones. The facility catered to soldiers' mental health and well being and make them fit enough to have them join back society without any glitch. But, Julia Roberts is beginning to feel something is not going right. She tries to talk to her manager about it but in vain. Finally she comes to know the dark truth behind the Homecoming Facility. In a turn of events, Julia Roberts becomes victim rather than the one administering the care, counsel and medication she was supposed to have given to the soliders to return to society, a wholesome human being. The ending  of Season 1 is heartbreaking. Season 2 & 3 opens with some background check happening on Julia Roberts who seems to have lost all memory of he...

  What a breezy read! I just sailed through this one! Debbie Mullen lives with her husband Connor Mullen and their two daughters in England some place. She has a job of an agony aunt in the local newspaper and writes for a column called Dear Debbie. Many women write in to her column and she gives advice to the best of her knowledge and ability.  But one day, because of some advice, which did not stick to protocol, led to Debbie losing her job.  On the other had, Connor has been in talks with his boss to make him partner to the company. Unfortunately, that does not go down well too and he was currently on notice period.  With both jobs gone, and no one divulging this bitter truth to the other, Connor and Debbie are stuck in a painful silence, doing the best to hold fort.  Parallely, Debbie's daughters are going through some issue or the other. The younger one, who was the star of her soccer team, was kicked out for being overweight. Debbie is aghast when she gets...

  Millie and Enzo are now married for a decade and are blessed with two kids, Ada and Nico. They have moved into a swanky new neighbourhood and Millie is obsessed with her home.  The kids have joined the local school and the neighbours around aren't really what they seem. One is Suzette and her husband Jonathan and then there is Janice who lives across the street.  Millie does not really like them but it would not be wise to make an opinion without even meeting them. Over the storyline, Millie is livid when she begins to feel that Suzette is hitting upon Enzo. And Enzo is making it somewhat worse when Millie secretly catches himself with Suzette deep in conversation at odd times. A wife's instinct about her husband is worth a thought! Knowing the palpitations I was experiencing after listening to the first two parts of the Housemaid series, I was prepared for the last part. I just kept waiting and waiting. Quarter of the book sounded like everyday banter from a homemaker....

  "There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying." When you start a book with one such amazing hook, you know you are going to have a good reading experience. A body of a woman is found on the bonnet of a car. Stabbed multiple times. Such a heinous crime is beyond one's imagination anywhere in the world. And if it was happening in a small town like Blackdown, a tiny British village, tongues would wag and that is not a helpful thing for an ongoing investigation.  Anna Andrews, a local reporter and news reader has come to cover it. Interestingly, its her hometown. Jack Harper, is the Detective in charge of the murder investigation and he has his eyes on Anna. Anna asks questions that have not even been released to the press. So how on earth does she know what to ask? What is making matters worse is Jack was having a clandestine affair with the murdered woman. He didn't kill her. But, she was kill...