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Welcome to Murdertown
Welcome to Murdertown | Rian Wynne
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Two young backpackers hike up Ghost Mountain to spend the night and are never seen alive again.
Three men are found murdered in a mall parking lot next to an unregistered black van.
A woman kneels in the pool of blood and is arrested for the crime.
Two seemingly unrelated events nearly a year apart, both quickly handled by the police. But Marty Gray’s not so sure they’ve got it right, and when she finds a strange similarity between the two cases, she knows there’s more to the story. But with one spectacularly bad podcast investigation on her resume, no one is willing to take Weird Marty Gray seriously, so she starts her own investigation, asking questions no one wants asked, and unearthing answers no one wants to come to light.
Through the sleepy streets of her small town and the haunted trails of Ghost Mountain, Marty slowly digs up the town’s best kept secrets, while a killer lurks in the shadows, waiting to strike again.
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20 years ago eight-year-old Marty Grey's younger brother disappeared on the walk back home through the woods - she turned around & he had gone. Now 28, Marty still lives in the same house & keeps watch, waiting for her brother to come home. The search for her brother led Marty to an interest in true crime podcasts & she eventually started 'Welcome to Murdertown' looking at the disappearance of two female backpackers on nearby Ghost Mountain.

OutsmartYourShelf Unfortunately it backfired spectacularly leaving Marty almost a pariah in the town & now, when the sister of one of three men killed in a mall car park asks Marty to look into the case, she is reluctant because of what happened before, but the more she looks at the evidence the more she knows that something isn't right.

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OutsmartYourShelf Wow, this is definitely my Read of the Month! I flew through two-thirds of the book in one sitting, it was as if it was tailor-made for me: true crime, unsolved disappearances, & a supposedly haunted ghost town. Sign me up! Marty is a great main character, imperfect but you can empathise with her & what she has been through. It also had good pacing & the storyline was well planned out. I did work out most of what was going on but not all. 2d
OutsmartYourShelf Verdict: a really good read. Recommended. 4.5🌟

My thanks to #NetGalley & author, Rian Wynne, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7278365456
Read 27th-28th Feb 2025

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DieAReader Fantastic! 2d
CoffeeK8 Sounds interesting! 18h
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