Little Pretty Things

A Novel

By: Lori Rader-Day

Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon

OLD RIVALRIES NEVER DIE. BUT SOME RIVALS DO.

Juliet Townsend is used to losing. Back in high school, she lost every track team race to her best friend, Madeleine Bell. Ten years later, she’s still running behind, stuck in a dead-end job cleaning rooms at the Mid-Night Inn, a one-star motel that attracts only the cheap or the desperate. But what life won’t provide, Juliet takes.

Then one night, Maddy checks in. Well-dressed, flashing a huge diamond ring, and as beautiful as ever, Maddy has it all. By the next morning, though, Juliet is no longer jealous of Maddy—she’s the chief suspect in her murder.

To protect herself, Juliet investigates the circumstances of her friend’s death. But what she learns about Maddy’s life might cost Juliet everything she didn’t realize she had.

Better than I had expected

This was a great mystery, I enjoyed the characters and the build up. What I liked the most about this book was that it isn’t like every other mystery/thriller. Too many m/t’s just seem to meld together anymore, making it easy to anticipate what will happen next. I did wonder about the possibilities in this book, and in the end I did assume correctly, but there were still other things I didn’t pick up on and truly pulled everything together. Plus I am originally from Indiana so clearly I had to listen!

not for me

While thr characters were ok, the mystery of the book is easily solved not very far in. The narration was great, just not the story.