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The Couple at Number 9 by Claire Douglas
3.25
mysterious slow-paced

This was a solid mystery that kept me on my toes. I thought I had things figured out and then BAM, I was hit with new info that turned me all around. I liked trying to solve who the two bodies buried were but I felt sorry that Rose (with her dementia) had to keep trying to recall memories from so long ago with her fragile mind.

The back and forth was easy to follow and I liked when we alternated to the past but I felt the book could have wrapped up in less than 385 pages. I didn't feel sorry for any of the other characters. There are some very bad ones but even the not so bad ones, I didn't find myself caring for.