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Let's Buddy! - Mystery/Crime > No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise -> Starting August 7th, 2025

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Jamie | 4756 comments Mod
With an expert hand, Rachel Louise Adams’s debut No Rest for the Wicked reads like an edge of your seat, heart-pounding scary movie.

In one Halloween obsessed Midwestern town, everyone’s on red alert after a local politician goes missing. Little do they know it’s only the beginning.

It’s been close to twenty years since forensic pathologist Dolores Hawthorne left her hometown of Little Horton, Wisconsin. The town is famous for its Halloween celebrations, but also its history of violent deaths linked to the holiday. To Dolores, it’s the place she fled, family, bad memories, and all. Until the FBI calls to tell her that her father--the former mayor turned US Senator--is missing under mysterious circumstances.

Some people count to ten to wake up from a nightmare. Dolores always counts the bones of her head sphenoid, frontal, lacrimal. But no matter how many times she counts them, it doesn’t change the fact that her father is missing, that his final words of warning to her were to trust no one, and that now, the rest of her family is giving Dolores a chilling welcome. With Halloween fast approaching, Dolores must face the past she left behind before it’s too late.


message 2: by Trisha (last edited Aug 15, 2025 12:33PM) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Trisha | 7014 comments 15 chapters (stopped at 2003) / 27%

wow! I thought this was YA horror and it's for sure not! lol
I love the cover though

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Trisha | 7014 comments 24 chapters / 42% (stopped at 2003 again)

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Trisha | 7014 comments 52 chapters / 80% (stopped at another 2003)

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Trisha | 7014 comments wow, and done

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megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments This cover is giving me everything I want! I have the audio of this. Excited for it!


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments getting closer, just downloaded my audio ARC. ((finally))


Carrie | 809 comments megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "getting closer, just downloaded my audio ARC. ((finally))"


love to read this one with you. I just downloaded the book off hold also!


Carrie | 809 comments just started this one this morning!


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Carrie wrote: "just started this one this morning!"

Nice! I can hopefully start soon, it's def on my high radar. I love the cover. I hope you enjoy it, Carrie!


Carrie | 809 comments megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Carrie wrote: "just started this one this morning!"

Nice! I can hopefully start soon, it's def on my high radar. I love the cover. I hope you enjoy it, Carrie!"

Megs-message me when you are ready to start this one as well as Coffin Moon and I will have Mods reset date....I will wait for you to buddy! Just Let me know!


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Carrie wrote: "megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Carrie wrote: "just started this one this morning!"

Nice! I can hopefully start soon, it's def on my high radar. I love the cover. I hope you enjoy..."


I think we're still within the time frame for this one...I think it is 14-days from the last comment. So we can just use this thread, unless I'm wrong


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Carrie wrote: "megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Carrie wrote: "just started this one this morning!"

Nice! I can hopefully start soon, it's def on my high radar. I love the cover. I hope you enjoy..."

Carrie, I just started this one today. I will ask them to reset the link for today if that works for you! Hopefully you see this, your profile says you aren't accepting messages...


Carrie | 809 comments megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Carrie wrote: "megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Carrie wrote: "just started this one this morning!"

Nice! I can hopefully start soon, it's def on my high radar. I love the cover. I..."

Awesome


Carrie | 809 comments megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Carrie wrote: "megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Carrie wrote: "just started this one this morning!"

Nice! I can hopefully start soon, it's def on my high radar. I love the cover. I..."

Hoping I fixed the messaging also!


message 17: by Jamie (new)

Jamie | 4756 comments Mod
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megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments To Ch 9: Interesting set-up thus far. I love when (view spoiler)


Carrie | 809 comments megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "To Ch 9: Interesting set-up thus far. I love when [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)


Carrie | 809 comments through 21-wtf was that (view spoiler)


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Trisha wrote: "15 chapters (stopped at 2003) / 27%

wow! I thought this was YA horror and it's for sure not! lol
I love the cover though


Okay, so I don't have any guesses!

It must be terrible to have been att..."


I thought it was YA Horror as well 🤣 it's definitely not the story I was expecting, but I'm really into it. One of my favorite tropes is (view spoiler)


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Trisha wrote: "24 chapters / 42% (stopped at 2003 again)


WOW! We know so much more.

so I wonder ..."

Yeah, I think that's a good theory about it having been (view spoiler)


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Carrie wrote: "megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "To Ch 9: Interesting set-up thus far. I love when [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"


Yeahhhh, there's definitely something up with them...


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Carrie wrote: "through 21-wtf was that [spoilers removed]"

It definitely has built out plenty of avenues of mystery and suspense, which I'm sure will all come together eventually. It's very intriguing 🤔


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments To Ch 25: This is quite a web!


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments To Ch 45: Oh man, Kate (view spoiler)


Carrie | 809 comments megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "To Ch 25: This is quite a web!"

That doesn't even begin to describe it! I finished it yesterday and trying to come back and write my notes down and I am still a bit bewildered.


Carrie | 809 comments Ok the last half of the book, I was just consumed by and it just flew by...The thing that I was disappointed in but fit in this story...(view spoiler)


Carrie | 809 comments finished thoughts-(view spoiler)


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Done! This was nothing like what I expected, but I really enjoyed it. I found the drama captivating and suspenseful!


message 31: by megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (last edited Oct 06, 2025 06:23PM) (new) - rated it 4 stars

megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Carrie wrote: "Ok the last half of the book, I was ...[spoilers removed]"

Yeah, they did mention that in the story, did you notice that? And the character, I can't remember which one, probably (view spoiler)


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Carrie wrote: "finished thoughts-[spoilers removed]"

Yeah, me too. Dolores definitely deserved (view spoiler)


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Trisha wrote: "wow, and done

wow, all the dirty dealings going on in that town!
I was so surprised ..."


It did get so twisted, but I also loved all the (view spoiler)


Carrie | 809 comments megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Trisha wrote: "wow, and done

wow, all the dirty dealings going on in that town!
I was so surprised ..."

It did get so twisted, but I also loved all the [spoilers removed]"


Well the cats did lead to the bag… if there hadn’t been the feral cat population explosion , the bag wouldn’t have been found by Delores!


Carrie | 809 comments megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Carrie wrote: "finished thoughts-[spoilers removed]"

Yeah, me too. Dolores definitely deserved [spoilers removed]"


Oh yes< spoiler> all deserved closure


Carrie | 809 comments megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Carrie wrote: "Ok the last half of the book, I was ...[spoilers removed]"

Yeah, they did mention that in the story, did you notice that? And the character, I can't remember which one, probably [sp..."


I missed them discussing that but plot wouldn’t have been the same if not!


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Carrie wrote: "megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Trisha wrote: "wow, and done

wow, all the dirty dealings going on in that town!
I was so surprised ..."

It did get so twisted, but I also loved a..."

Yeah, good point. That's very true!


megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) (megs_bookrack) | 3333 comments Carrie wrote: "megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)) wrote: "Carrie wrote: "Ok the last half of the book, I was ...[spoilers removed]"

Yeah, they did mention that in the story, did you notice that? And the ch..."


Yeah, agree!!


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