Twenty-Five Years Ago Today [NOOK Book]

Loved It!

This book has it all - mystery, suspense, drama, deceit, and a sprinkle of romance. The characters sparkle with life. For me, this was one of those books where the characters became like friends I was rooting for. Right from the start, I was pulled into the story and taken for a wonderful ride.

Stacy Juba is a terrific new voice in fiction. She's at work on her next novel and I can't wait to read it!

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Top notch and original. Characters that will draw you in and a plot that will keep you guessing.

This New England mystery by a promising New England author is about a high profile unsolved murder that occurred 25 years ago. The main character takes it upon herself to investigate on behalf of the victim's family. With much empathy, she gets invovled in their present-day lives.

The reader will form an opinion about each character, and will get a feel for each, both as they are today and as they were 25 years before. The plot is well developed. The suspense builds. The reader will be guessing, judging, and speculating right to the end.

I highly recommed this compelling story to mystery lovers and to readers seeking out new and promising authors.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Thrilling and fast paced read! Highly recommended!

Twenty Five Years Ago Today is a solid and intriguing contemporary mystery by Stacy Juba.

Kris Langley is an aspiring newspaper journalist, working as an editorial assistant and obit writer for a Massachusetts newspaper. She is also in charge of a "25 Years Ago Today" column, and one of her duties is researching the archives. One day she comes across an unsolved murder mystery, that happened exactly 25 years ago. The murder victim was Diana Ferguson, a 21 year old cocktail waitress. Her body was found dumped in the woods. Unfortunately, despite various suspects, no one was ever actually charged with her murder.
Kris knows how it feels to have someone close to you brutally taken away, so she sympathizes with Diana's family. She decides she wants to try and solve the case and bring peace into their lives.
Kris starts to investigate the case on her own, without the approval of the managing editor, who surely wouldn't like the idea. She gets close with the victim's family, winning their trust and affection. With every moment she grows more and more desperate to solve the case.
Things get even more complicated when she meets Eric Soares, Diana's nephew, as the two of them are undeniably drawn to each other.

You won't regret picking up a copy of it. It's a fast-paced and engaging read, with just the perfect blend of mystery, drama and romance. It's definitely a page turner, I had trouble putting it down and thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Stacy Juba did an excellent job immersing the reader. She kept me guessing who the murderer was till the very last pages , and just when I thought I had it all figured out, there came yet another twist, completely throwing me off! The ending caught me by surprise and was absolutely unpredictable!
I especially enjoyed the occasional sprinkle of Greek mythology, it most definitely added to the whole story, making it even more captivating. The main characters, Kris and Eric, were very likeable and real. The chemistry between them was simply fantastic, yet the romance didn't take over the book. It was just a perfect amount of sexiness to keep me interested, but not enough to make me frown - just the way I like it :)

To sum it all up: I had a great time reading this book. It is a perfectly balanced novel, that has it all: action, unsolved crime, thrilling twists, interesting mythology facts, romance, family drama and more! I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't enjoy it!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

CAPTIVATING

If you love to read a great mystery book.Get this one by the new author STACY JUBA. Stacy takes you in on the first chapter. You will not be able to put this book down once you start it. Moves at a quick pace. Kris Langley the main character stumbles across an unsolved murder while compiling "25 Years Ago Today" items from the microfilm. She grows fascinated with the case of a young cocktail waitress who was bludgeoned to death and dumped in the woods. The author keeps you guessing throughout this book with a surprising ending. Can't wait for her next book.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Caught my attention

This is the first book I'd ever read from this author and have bought anything else I can find that she's written. The story was well written and got you engrossed in the characters and their lives that you don't want to put the book down, you just want to keep reading so you can find out what's happening.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

recommmend

I am reading this now and I am ejoyingit

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Good story a must read

This book was well written, I enjoyed it from the first page to the last page

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Another "Sad when it ends book" for me.

Never read Stacy Juba before, and that was my loss. This book is so wonderfully written and so real. I will definitely be reading more and sincerely hope Ms. Juba is writing away this very minute.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Plot moved along... enough suspense and turns to keep one wonder

Plot moved along... enough suspense and turns to keep one wondering.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great little mystery, would like to read more!

Great little mystery, would like to read more!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

great book

well written action packed could not put it down

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Disappointed. Mediocre writing, lack of descriptive narrative,

Disappointed. Mediocre writing, lack of descriptive narrative, too much dialogue and repetition. It read as though it was hastily written.

Jus awful, dont waste ur time.

I went back and forth over who was more idiotic; the author for attempting to pass this off as a murder mystery romance or myself for continuing to read it ater the first 20 pages.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Didn't get interesting until 40 pages from last page/

Didn't get interesting until 40 pages from last page/

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Easily forgotten

I always enjoy a mystery. This book did not leave a lasting impression though. I actually don't remember much of the story.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

I suggest you check this one out.

An exciting, good mystery with a surprise ending. I liked it.

Very good book

Enjoyed this book and recommend

This is a great mystery story. It grabbed me from the beginning

This is a great mystery story. It grabbed me from the beginning as Kris comes across a twenty-five year old murder that fascinated her. I was pulled along as she followed clues and became involved with the family. The story kept me guessing. The romance was just enough and didn't take away from the mystery.I listened to the audio book and it was fantastic. The narrator did an excellent job. Very easy to listen to.

Not too bad. Probably a better read for young adults.

Not too bad. Probably a better read for young adults.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

good mystery

Review: Twenty-Five Years Ago Today by Stacy Juba
4 STARS
Okay this mystery kept me guessing the whole book. Never sure where it was going, made a bunch a guesses. It kept me wanting to keep reading. I look forward to reading more from Stacy.
Kris Langley was newly hired working in the night shift writing obituaries, weddings ect. When she came across a murder that happened almost twenty-five years ago. Kris wanted to help that family get closesure so she wanted to investigated it and see if she can see something different now. Kris had one editor that let her but the other did not like Kris.
Kris when she was younger her cousin was murdered too, but her killer was got and at least helped her family know that. She wanted so badly make up for her cousin death that she though finding Diana killer would make a difference.
Their were lots of suspects, they knew someone had been stalking Diana.
I don't want to say more because I might give something away. It is a very good story. I really wanted things to be resolved for the family I came to care for them. I was given this ebook in exchange for honest review from librarything

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.