Book of The Month discussion

Ghostwriter Olivia Dumont has spent her entire professional life hiding the fact that she is the only child of legendary horror author Vincent Taylor, famous not only for his novels but for being the prime suspect in the brutal slaying of his siblings. On the brink of financial ruin, Olivia reluctantly agrees to ghostwrite her father's last book, not realising she will be forced to reckon with the ghosts that live at the centre of her family.

I have this one as an arc and am planning to buddy read it with a friend, starting tomorrow!

8 chapters

omg what a good start. I'm hooked

(view spoiler)[ wow, it's hard to know now what's really going on. Did the dad do it? I'm going to assume he didn't because all the evidence points there so far - the bloody shirt, burning it, talking about the knife.

but does it mean that someone else was attacking them and Danny protected him? that maybe his sister was killed first?
but who would he cover for? I can't imagine it was his girlfriend (later wife and her mom) - someone her dad says was his only friend

so would it have been someone after Danny? or his sister?

and it sounds like maybe there was a window in the backdoor that allowed anyone who knew about it to get in?

hmmm. . .I'm dying to know more! I can't even imagine being Olivia and being so weary of her father and this story! (hide spoiler)]

19 chapters / 49%

(view spoiler)[ OMG she found the footage! I was so hoping she would.
WHAT DID POPPY SEE?!?! I can't wait to hear what's on them!

and wow! So do we suspect the teacher? or how is the teacher involved - especially since he gave an alibi. Did they blackmail him into giving an alibi

and she had a good point - why would her mom marry her dad when she seemed like she wanted out of the town, to do something. why did she stay with him? was it the trauma response, like the dad said, or did something bigger tie them together. why would Vincent be scared the mom would find out he's writing about it?
(hide spoiler)]
so many questions and I'm so sucked in! I NEED ANSWERS! lol

29 chapters

(view spoiler)[ wow, she's really going around and interviewing everyone. I love it but also, yikes.
I find the teacher's story the most. . .unbelievable. but we don't have anything else to prove otherwise

and OMG THERE IS ONE MORE VIDEO!! WHERE IS IT! and it has sound. Does her dad have it? Has he been leading her the whole time with these stories? has he been leading her with clues?

so . . .I can't imagine it was her mom, right? because she couldn't have hurt Poppy. so what happened?!? (hide spoiler)]
this one is SO good!

and I'm done!

WOW (view spoiler)[ the turns this one took! I had no idea.

I figured it centered around Danny and I'm so sad for what he'd been through. He took his hurt from what his teacher did and he turned it on Lydia and Poppy - neither one deserved that.

but wow, for it to have been the teacher - and then her own mom. I never saw that final twist coming. When her dad said "okay, now let me tell you what really happened" my jaw dropped!

those home videos really were the the final pieces and I loved how the author described them again and again and brought them into the story.

ugh, this one was So good! (hide spoiler)]