Saturday, August 24, 2024

Fool me twice: two twisty mysteries

In Fool Me Twice, Benjamin Stevenson has written two 150 page suspense stories with a twist. Make sure that you allow time to read each story in one go.

Claudette has retired from the police force to work on a secret project for the FBI where she uses the internet to monitor social media sites used by young people suspected of planning to commit a crime. Then one day her two children do not come home. Her daughter's school bag is discovered near the school along with a sign on the footpath, written in blood, Find Us. For Claudette the nightmare begins as she and the police endeavour to discover the whereabouts of the children and to rescue them.

Then flip the book over to read the second story, Last One to Leave. Seven people, including Ryan, have been selected to enter a competition with the prize being an expensive house. The catch is that, when in the house, they must keep one hand permanently on a wall. Removing the hand eliminates the participant from the competition which has been organised by three young men who are filming the event for viewing on the internet. When one of the competitors dies mid-way through the competition Ryan endeavours to establish who is the murderer while continuing to keep the competition rules.

Both these stories keep the reader guessing until the end.

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