Sentences with phrase «gripping mystery stories»

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This is so late, but I just found a podcast - family ghosts — not ghost stories, but family mysteries, stories of things not quite figured out — a secret relative, or question about how a house fire started — its gripping, turning my 20 minute workout into 50 because I want to listen to it all!

A low budget British thriller that is pretty tense and gripping, With some good performances from the cast especially Jack O» Connell, The story has been done before but the whole mystery to it kept it fresh, We all knew how it would end and when we found out who the killer was it wasn't a great surprise, A few gruesome scenes keep it entertaining, It's as good as it ever was going to be.

It's a harrowing place to begin the story (with the clean - up job excruciating in its unease), but once we get into the proper plot it prefaces — a mystery / slasher genre piece — things get a lot less gripping.

A mystery puzzle box thriller doused in mood and dread, the film tells the story of a village paralyzed by fear as a series of brutal murders grip the sleepy hamlet, while a peculiar illness seems supernaturally linked to everything going to hell in a handbasket.

Final Verdict: The Hateful Eight pleasantly harkens back to Tarantino's earlier days, but with a gripping Western mystery story with a brilliant pay - off at the end.

Story wise, it almost turns into a gripping murder mystery.

I was apprehensive in regards to the interest of the boy's in my class as the title indicates unicorns, however, the mystery behind the story had them all gripped.

In a gripping story that mixes mystery, puzzles, possibilities, ideas, and art, two Chicago sixth - graders become friends as they try to find out what happened to a stolen Vermeer painting.

A gripping story of action and mystery.

At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, an homage to 1940s noir, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.

Eloquently written and with powerful insight into human and animal nature, Doctor Death is at once a gripping mystery and a poignant coming - of - age story.

The Conjurer's Bird is a gripping literary mystery and passionate love story that tackles the intrigue surrounding the celebrated Banks, his secret affair with an enigmatic woman known only as «Miss B,» and the legendary bird that becomes a touchstone for their love.

It all feels very familiar and that's a little sad, frankly — when your gameplay is functionally sound but uninteresting in itself, you need to rely on a compelling and gripping story and I just didn't invest in the crew of the Xanadu or its mysteries.

The Wolf Among first debuted fittingly back in October around Halloween with an insanely gripping story full of mystery as a prequel to the...

Whilst this may be perilous for the protagonist, it ensures the game constantly entertains — much like a gripping thriller or mystery novel Danganronpa 1 • 2 Reload's story constantly keeps things tense, but in an effective way that keeps you hooked in and intrigued at what's going to unfold.

The latest entry in the long - running Broken Sword Franchise, Broken Sword 5 features clever puzzles and a gripping story that involves a murder mystery and a stolen painting that may or may not be cursed.