Title- The Arsonist
Rating– 3/5
Genre- Women’s Fiction
POV- Third person, past tense
Trope- Mystery, Small town drama, Family relationships
Similar Books/Comps– Little Fires Everywhere (kind of)- I couldn’t think of a good one
My emotions- Curious
Characters–
Frankie Rowley is the main character- worked in East Africa for fifteen years
I didn’t connect with/understand her mother at all
Plot/Blurb-
Frankie returns to the New Hampshire village where her family has always spent their summers. But the tranquility she’s expecting proves short lived when, on the very night she arrives, a mysterious arsonist begins targeting the homes of other summer residents. As this seemingly idyllic community becomes increasingly on edge, Frankie also has to deal with her father’s declining health—and begins a passionate affair with the editor of a local paper that will yield its own remarkable risks and revelations.
Best part-
The page turning of wondering “who did it”- but what’s weird is … as I write this months after reading it, I can’t remember who it was…
What I’d change- Strengthen the romance of the plot
Pacing- Medium, little slower
Cassie Swindon 