Trust Me, Gemma Metcalfe

One-Sentence Summary: A woman who is trying to sell holidays on the phone encounters a suicidal man, and she wants to save him by exchanging their misery life and dark past. Lana is a 26-year-old single mother who has been working at Tenerife for five months, but she still hasn't…

The Railway Children, E. Nesbit

Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were just ordinary suburban children, living comfortably in a modern villa with their lovely parents. They always had everything they needed, and their parents always take care of them well. Then, one night, two men came to their house. After a heated conversation with their father…

The Secret of Red Gate Farm (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #6), Carolyn Keene

Writer: Midred Wirt (1931). Revised By: Lynn Ealer (1961). One-Sentence Summary: A bottle of perfume which reluctantly being sold to Bess leads to the adventure of capturing a counterfeit syndicate. When waiting for the train to return to River Heights, Nancy is contemplating their encounter with the mysterious woman in…

Watching You, Lisa Jewell

One-Sentence Summary: Neighbours stalking each other in a village but one of them has the dirtiest secret related to another neighbour's painful past. Joey's brother Jack offers her a place to stay at Melville Heights while she and her newlywed husband Alfie are looking for a place to settle down.…

Moby-Dick, Herman Melville

One-Sentence Summary: Ishmael joins the adventure of hunting whales but almost lost his own life due to Captain Ahab's obsession of hunting the white whale (Moby Dick) which he had lost his leg to it. "Call me Ishmael." The narrator introduces himself as Ishmael. He recalls his life…

The Wife, Alafair Burke

One-Sentence Summary: A woman wants to believe that her cheating husband is innocent, but at the same time, she worried that her horrific past will be known to the public due to her husband's affairs. Angela owns a catering business and has a son named Spencer. Six years ago, she…