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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

 Finished: Rock Paper Scissors (Feeney) Another good book and jaw-dropping twist that I, again, didn't see coming! Amelia and Adam are married, but their marriage is very, very rocky. They've decided to go from their home in London up to a remote vacation rental in the highlands of Scotland for a weekend. For both of them, it is a last ditch attempt to either save or give up on their marriage. Adam is a screenwriter and spends more time at his writing than he does with Amelia. He's found a certain niche of turning popular books into movies, but always been disappointed that his own manuscript title Rock Paper Scissors has never been picked up by a studio. Amelia works at a local shelter for dogs, and loves her job and their dog, Bob. Naturally, as they arrive at the remote, nearly snowed in Scottish location, things are already a bit eerie and strange things start happening...beginning with the power going out. The story is told between alternating chapters by Amelia and Adam, each sharing their version of the crumbling marriage. In between chapters, there are also heartbreaking letters written to Adam each year on their anniversary that she has never sent. They follow the traditional gifts each year, but grow to not putting much thought into their gifts. Once they arrive at their rental, we also start getting chapters from Robin, the older woman who lives in the tiny shack on the grounds, and seemingly the caretaker. Things escalate when Amelia and Adam survive the frigid and creepy first night, but at first light, Bob is nowhere to be found. They look and call for him everywhere. They finally decide they'll have to trudge through the snow to visit the shack they had noticed, because, of course, there is no phone signal in the area. No one answers at the shack, but they know someone is in there. They decide to leave and get authorities to come back and help them look for Bob...but after digging their car out of the snow, they see that all four of their tires have been slashed. From here, things pick up and I'm going to leave this recap here. :-) It's another good book that left me gobsmacked by the twist! 

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