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  I have waited so long for a chance to get my hands on this book as I have heard so many good reviews about it.  As soon as I heard about this book, I went to my library website to see if I could check it out, it turns out that about 7 other people had the same idea I did!  I was NOT going to wait about 7 weeks for that book so my original plan was to wait for the line out and request it when the book got a bit older, however, that was not needed because a friend happened to have a copy of Two can keep a secret and I borrowed it as soon as possible.  I am SO glad I read this book it is honestly one of the best mysteries I have ever read (along with Agatha Christie mysteries).  However, I am giving it a ⭐⭐⭐⭐out of 5 stars because the first few chapters were VERY slow let me tell you I was actually regretting getting this book but I powered through the lameness, and once you get to about chapter 5 things start to fall into place and get interesting (trust me!)....

  I just finished reading Marple which has 12 short mystery stories based on Agatha Christie's legendary sleuth, Jane Marple.  The mysteries and authors of each story are in the list below: EVIL IN SMALL PLACES by Lucy Foley THE SECOND MURDER AT THE VICARAGE by Val McDermid MISS MARPLE TAKES MANHATTEN by Alyssa Cole   THE UNRAVELLING by Natalie Haynes MISS MARPLE’S CHRISTMAS by Ruth Ware THE OPEN MIND by Naomi Alderman THE JADE EMPRESS by Jean Kwok A DEADLY WEDDING DAY by Dreda Say Mitchel MURDER AT THE VILLA ROSA by Elly Griffiths THE MURDERING SORT by Karen M. McManus THE MYSTERY OF THE ACID SOIL by Kate Mosse THE DISAPPEARANCE by Leigh Bardugo I am going to give the book overall an 8-star read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐out of 10 stars and the reason why is because some of the stories are just too confusing and have too many characters or too many things happening at once to understand what is really going on.  But on the other hand, some of the stories were one of the best mystery ...