I finally read Suspicion, the 9th book in the Private series (or 10th, if you count the prequel) - it was out before my birthday but my local waterstones/WHSmith didn't have it. I ordered it online, went to lakeside and viola ... stupid distribution system!
So, anyway. The ending had been spoilt for me, by some big-mouthed a-hole on amazon, and I really wish they hadn't done that. There's so much more to the book than Reed getting mugged off by Upton (seriously, I know he's meant to be English upper class and therefore subject to a crap name, but .... Upton? At least the British girls in it have better names! Poppy, Astrid ...) - Kate's got a theme of trying to kill Reed in the books, as I've said before, and I admire her near-distain for her protagonist, her callous disregard for making Reed's life comfortable (you can wear diamonds and couture darling, but someone will try to shoot you at a party, is that alright?) but there was more to it than that in Suspicion. She cons these guys paid to shoot her and ends up stranded on a desert island for a week. Okay, an island near St Barths, but it's fairly remote, in real terms.
The ending made me happy, because I love one character, Noelle. She's a bitchy loud mouth but she clearly loves Reed. She's like the knight in shining armour who makes sure Reed scrubs it clean every day. Love her. Anyway, they agree to room together, which I was thinking they should do in the last book. And this quiet, broody character has moved schools to go to their prep school, and he was one of the better characters. But ... oh man, what Kate did to Billings House at the end! I know there's another book out in May ... I just hope there's a better house for Noelle and Reed. Though I don't know who else she's going to get to try and off Reed ... will be interesting, lol.
I do read some absolute rubbish, lol. Oh well, I'm finally inspired to write my rubbish now. How I'll fit it into 1&1/2 chapters ... oh well!
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