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> Tag: Janelle Brown

The Grifter and the Heiress

Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

June 7, 2022 by RaRaGabor Leave a Comment

The goodreads description of this book uses phrases like “scam of a lifetime” “page turner” and “dazzling, twisty, mesmerizing.” My experience of this book was…quite different. Nina is the only child of a con-woman mother. Though determined to make a straight living, her mother’s recurring illness has pushed her to the wrong side of the law: stealing antiques from the rich and selling them on the black market. Vanessa is an heiress without much smarts or ambition, “self made” as an Instagram Influencer. When Nina […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: Janelle Brown

RaRaGabor's CBR14 Review No:38 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: Janelle Brown ·
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“When you’re documenting everything you do, you stop living life for yourself and start living it as a performance for others. You’re never in the actual moment, just the response to the moment.”

Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

June 23, 2021 by Catticus Finch Leave a Comment

Two wildly different women–one a grifter, the other an heiress–are brought together by the scam of a lifetime… This book tells the story of two women from very different backgrounds.  Nina has learned to make a living by playing the con game along with her boyfriend, Lachlan.  They make a comfortable living, but her mother is sick and there’s big medical bills to pay.  Things start to unravel, and the police come knocking on her door so Nina decides to disappear for awhile.  She and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: con artists, Janelle Brown, mystery, thriller

Catticus Finch's CBR13 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: con artists, Janelle Brown, mystery, thriller ·
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Your ignorance is their power

Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown

May 29, 2019 by Leedock Leave a Comment

The whole “you never really know someone” trope seems to be prevalent in a lot of popular fiction. I tend to blame “Gone Girl” because after I read that book I quickly became knee deep in similar books. Not all have been as well written or have successfully navigated the twisty turns which are the nature of this particular beast, but they can generally make for a good read. This book falls into that category, but it’s a little less psychological thriller and a little […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr11, Fiction, Janelle Brown, mystery

Leedock's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr11, Fiction, Janelle Brown, mystery ·
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“Life is more complicated than that, there are endless shades of gray that comprise a human being.”

Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown

December 30, 2018 by Caitlin_D 1 Comment

My fifth year as a Cannonballer comes to a close with Janelle Brown’s Watch Me Disappear which centers on Jonathan Flannigan and his daughter, Olive, as they approach the first anniversary of the disappearance and presumed death of matriarch Billie Flannigan.  As Jonathan struggles to make ends meet without the second income of his wife and the delay in the insurance payout because Billie’s body was never recovered Olive begins to have visions that her mother is still alive and wanting to be found. I […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Janelle Brown, Watch Me Disappear

Caitlin_D's CBR10 Review No:128 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Janelle Brown, Watch Me Disappear ·
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