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Book of Knives by Lise Haines
1.0

A woman who still sees the ghost of her husband, a camp with an age old murder mystery, family tensions, and missing knives. Nora still grieves the loss of her husband Takeo but now she has married his best friend Paul. When Paul’s parents become ill and he is called home to get the camp ready to be sold he takes Nora with him. At the camp there is Paul’s son Leon, Paul’s brother Gabe, Gabe’s wife Silash and Gabe and Silash’s children. After a rocky dinner it becomes apparent there is tension between everyone. Silash has also brought her collection of 13 knives that she is obsessed with... but soon they begin to disappear one by one and the tension of ghosts and old murder mystery as well as complicated family secrets starts to build... and soon bodies will drop. Nora will soon discover that Paul has other motives for wanting to come to the camp and that Silash treats her with resentment for a different reason other than a rocky bad first dinner. The story felt like it dragged on and the overall ending felt lacking. You don’t really find yourself invested in the mystery or caring for the characters... and the fact that you never really get to know what happens to the disappearing knives is a let down.

*Thank you Poisoned Pen Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*