Member Reviews
Denice L, Reviewer
A unique story that starts with a murder and builds mystery from there. Julianna Burke, a best selling celebrity author, is slowly losing her memory. She is working hard to finish a book when her husband is murdered in their home. The investigation discovers that her husband is killed in the same manner as the death in her latest book, the one she keeps starting and stopping. The worst part, she keeps forgetting her husband is dead. Burke's daughter returns home to aid in the investigation of her beloved step father's death. Mother and daughter were never close, so she discovers her mother's condition upon her arrival. In order to find who murdered their husband/ father, they must join forces to overcome Julianna's memory and the killer's attempts to stop them. WOW! This was a well thought out mystery/ thriller. The back story is terrific, the characters exactly right. Clues come quickly and well disguised. A 5 star read that you won't figure out until the reveal. |
Reminiscent of Agatha Christie, Murder Forgotten is a wonderful, old-fashioned murder mystery that kept me guessing up to the very end. With layers of hidden clues and a mid-book plot twist that had me sitting up and saying, “What!?! No!”—I absolutely loved this book! *I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. |
It’s a warm day in February on Sullivan’s Island, SC and neighbors and friends have gathered for an impromptu cocktail party at at the home of author Julianna Burke and her husband Connor. The next day, Connor is dead and everyone is a suspect. There’s one big problem. Julianna, although desperate to discover her husband’s killer, is in the early stages of dementia. Slipping in and out of a mental fog, she tries desperately to remember what happened the day Connor died. Her daughter Logan, staying with her mother at the beach house, is investigating on her own. As the two women move closer to the truth, devastating secrets are revealed, secrets that they might not survive. Told in the alternating voices of Julianna and Logan, this dark and heartbreaking mystery grabs you from the first pages, set in an eerie cold Spring in Scotland. The plot quickens after Julianna returns to South Carolina. The settings are evocatively described, the characters are realistic and the story is suspenseful with a totally unexpected ending. I especially loved the fragile Julianna who bravely fights losing her memories. 5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley, Lion Hudson Ltd and Deb Richardson-Moore for this ARC. |
Julianna is a best selling author with a secret, she is losing her memory. Told in alternating POVs from Julianna and her daughter Logan, they try and solve the murder of Julianna’s husband Connor. Can Julianna remember before it is too late? I was changing my guess on what would happen until the very end. Those twists. |
A good who done it but you have to get over the start which had me more confused than Jules. It was a clever idea and very twisty. I didn’t love it though but a decent read. |
Julianna is losing her memory and has lost her husband. In the aftermath, she is trying to put the pieces together including trying to determine if she is the one who murdered him! The plot and telling of the story felt like a classic mystery with numerous characters and dangerous secrets. At times, I felt there were too many characters and too many secrets. I was getting turned around trying to keep them all organized and wasn't able to really feel like I knew any of them enough to know whether they might be the murderer. This is my only complaint. Otherwise I remained enthralled and one step behind the author through the entire book. I look forward to more from this author. |
A marvellous title for a marvellous book that was engaging, twisty, subtle and misleading. All the good things that a murder mystery deserves to have lots of. The people were all believable and the whole book came together to produce a very satisfactory "last page". If you like a really good murder mystery, treat yourself to Murder, Forgotten. |
'Murder, Forgotten' was a good mystery that needed some time to get warm with. I found the beginning slow with too much thoughts and dialogue, but at some point - I think when the story's focus switched more and more to Julianna's daughter - I got hooked and really dug into it. The solution to the murder was cleverly built and concealed long enough, with several surprises along the read. The premise of the story, that famous author Julianna Burke starts showing signs of dementia, forgetting the death of her husband and having to be reminded of it each new day, in the end doubting herself and her actions, even believing she might have something to do with the murder, was really tragic, but the resulting turn of events was even more sad. An interesting new twist on the mystery genre that kept me guessing and provided some entertaining reading time. |
This is a HUGE case of WHODUNIT! I couldn’t let go of this book. Julianna is a famous mystery author, her husband is murdered, she is also losing her memory, and even though she knows she’s damn losing it, she keep recreating the moments in her head, and she really wants to find out what happened to her husband Connor, and who would want him dead. The author of this book kept adding to the mystery, that I had to second guess who killed Connor. First, I thought it was one person then its someone else, then Logan, whose Julianna’s daughter, starts to peace what happened the day her step dad died, she was even asking questions, and being very involved. She even had to break down her relationship with her own mother, which wasn’t the best, since her mothers main focus was Connor more than anything. But imagine if someone in your circle had a whole bunch of secrets, and you as a reader didn’t even see it coming? YEA I was shoketh! Thank you to NetGalley and Lion Hudson Ltd for this ARC. |
I'd like to thank the author, publisher and Net Galley for providing a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. This was my first book by this author, and I LOVE mysteries. Especially really good mysteries. Something that challenges and makes me think, grabs me and pulls me in to the story. Even if I 'solve' the mystery early on in the book, if the characters are well developed and the story is engaging, I don't mind if I know 'who dun it'. This was a great book for me. The story about the author loosing her memory and then dealing with the death of her husband, how she reacts to that, the character development really pulled me in and I wanted to see what was next. It was a fast paced mystery book, and a bit of a book within a book, which can be challenging to do well, but I think this author really pulled that off. I'll be sure to look for other titles by this author. |
The plot was really intriguing and I enjoyed all the twists throughout the whole story. But, the story felt really confusing and stretched at the first few pages and got a bit bored out. But again loved how the ending was written. |
Julie H, Reviewer
An easy read with a few suspects and an interesting story. It is not a stand out book but still worth a read. Thank you to Netgalley for my copy. |
Thank you Netgalley and Lion Hudson Ltd for an ARC of this book.This review and the comments are my honest opinion. Julianne Burkes is a well-know mystery writer who is unfortunately showing signs of dementia. As this excellent thriller opens Julianna’s husband has been killed and she is desperate to find out who would have wanted to kill her husband and why. There are a number of suspects in this thriller by Deb Richardson-Moore and the author does an excellent job of building each character that at any point in this story you are sure you know who the killer is. This was a thoroughly interesting book and new author for me and I look forward to reading another thriller by this author. |
Although "Murder, Forgetten" starts off slightly slow and very confused, it quickly becomes a thriller filled with breakneck twists and turns. While I didn't love the killer's identity, I really enjoyed the journey there. I definately plan on checking out other books by Richardson-Moore! Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to enjoy this book! |
Educator 491084
Lots of plot twists in this mystery! Every time I thought I had it figured out, there was another plot twist. Characters you could relate to and wanted to help. Couldn’t put this book down. |
First, I'd like to thank NetGalley for the chance to read this book early in exchange for an honest review. I understand that this book was probably going through revision at the time I read it to take care of small grammatical errors that I found. I think the author needs to cut down much of the superfluous parts as getting to the mystery took too long and made me lose interest. I liked the plot and the characters. So, if the author sticks to the mystery itself, cuts out anything extra that doesn't contribute to the mystery, I think it will be a better read when it is published in September. |
Julianna is a best-selling mystery author who is secretly fighting memory loss. When her own husband is murdered, she must face the reality that she may never be able to solver her own mystery.... Murder, Forgotten was an enjoyable read from start to finish. I liked the premise -a writer of murder mystery books who has to solve her own murder mystery, and on top of that she is fighting dementia. Can she find out who killed her husband? What if she killed him? A total page turner! Disclosure: I'd like to thank the publisher for my advanced reader copy. This is my honest review. https://jemimareads.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jemimareadsofficial |
Thank you to NetGalley and Lion Hudson Ltd for the arc of Murder, Forgotten by Deb Richardson-Moore. Main Character Julianna, who is a best selling writer for mystery but she has has a secret that those who is closer to her are hiding from the entire world. She is is losing her memory, but her story telling has brought her to fame from this. Another devastating blast comes when her husband Connor is tragically murdered. Her mind can't grip that reality due to her memory problems, so in which her assistant has to break it to her. She is really desperate to know what actually happened to her husband. She battles with her mind in which is to investigate. Details of the murder of Connor comes to light in what really makes her question everything. She must fight to find the truth of it When even though her grip on reality is failing slowly.... This was a 4 Star Read for me⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was a great read for me in which had me gripped right from start to finish, had me on the edge of my seat and really enjoyed it, i recommend to anyone. |
Reviewer 568632
Julianna Burke is a best selling mystery novelist and she is slowly losing her memory. Her loving husband Connor is murdered and Julianna is desperate to know what happened and she battles her failing mind to investigate. She's afraid she may have killed him but she just can't remember. This was a really good whodunit, and you're not sure if Julianna is really losing her mind or just disappearing into her fantasy world of stories. There are lots of neighbours and friends who are potential suspects and it really keeps you guessing until the end. Thanks to NetGalley for this Kindle ARC in exchange for an honest review. |
Jackie M, Reviewer
This book kept me guessing some what, i really enjoyed it. I was a little surprised at who really was the killer.. very good plotting to it, no one thought about the dogs, that was clever of the writer how the dog s were written into the story. |




