Gata leitora: A Forgotten Murder #ARC Review

A Forgotten Murder #ARC Review

Marcadores: arc review, mistério, resenha

An English manor home, an unsolved mystery, too many suspects to count… It’s the perfect holiday for romance novelist Sara Medlar.

After solving two murder cases in their hometown of Lachlan, Florida, Sara Medlar, her niece Kate and their friend Jack need a change of scenery. Sara arranges for them to visit an old friend of hers in England. Upon arrival at Oxley Manor, a centuries-old estate that has been converted to a luxury hotel, Kate and Jack quickly realize that Sara is up to something. They learn that Sara has also invited a number of others to join them at Oxley.

When everyone assembles, Sara lets them know why they are there. Decades earlier, two people ran off together from Oxley and haven’t been heard from since—and Sara wants to solve the case. As the people who were there the night the two went missing, the guests find themselves cast in a live mystery-theater event.

In reenacting the events of that night, it becomes clear that everyone has something to hide and no one is safe, especially when the discovery of a body makes it clear that at least one of the people who disappeared was murdered.

Sara, Jack and Kate are once again at the heart of a mysterious case that only they are able to solve. But someone is willing to continue to kill to keep the truth about Oxley Manor buried, and none of the guests are safe.

Review

Sara is a successful writer who has been looking for unsolved and forgotten murders to take as inspiration for her books. Upon arriving to visit her friend Bella at the luxurious Oxley Manor hotel, she comes across a very poorly explained case of a young couple missing on a fateful night many years ago. Her niece Kate and their friend Jack accompany her on this trip but Sara's idea is to be alone at the hotel to unravel this mystery.

Of course, when the couple finds out about Sara's plans, they decide to postpone their trip to Scotland and stay at the hotel a little longer to quell their curiosity in this case. To the desperation of cook Mrs. Aiken, all these people who were unexpected and some more ghosts from the past arrive at the hotel making her super angry.

I thought it was fantastic how Sara conducts her deductions and discoveries to present to the mystery for those interested, as everything is unfolding, I stay with my eyes wide open and anxious to know how the whole story would unfold.

The only thing I really missed was the epilogue, I would love to know what happened after that last surprising scene.
5/5 stars

Resenha
Sara é uma escritora de sucesso que tem procurado por assassinatos não resolvidos e esquecidos para ter como inspiração para seus livros. Ao chegar para visitar sua amiga Bella no luxuoso hotel Oxley Manor, ela acaba se deparando com um caso muito mal explicado de sumiço de um jovem casal numa fatídica noite há muitos anos atrás. Sua sobrinha Kate e o amigo Jack a acompanham nessa viagem mas a ideia de Sara é ficar sozinha no hotel para desvendar este mistério.

Claro que quando a dupla descobre os planos de Sara resolve adiar sua ida para a Escócia e ficar no hotel mais um pouquinho para matar a curiosidade. Para desespero da cozinheira Mrs. Aiken toda essa gente que era inesperada e mais alguns fantasmas do passado chegam ao hotel a deixando super irritada.

Achei fantástica a forma como Sara conduz suas deduções e descobertas para apresentar a todos os interessados, a medida que tudo vai se descortinando fui ficando de cabelo em pé e ansiosa para saber como iria se desenrolar toda a história.

Única coisa que senti muita falta foi o epílogo, adoraria saber o que aconteceu depois daquela última cena surpreendente.

5/5 estrelas