In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

Recommended by a friend with great taste, I needed something that could cleanse my palate after reading about a massacre all week.  I love a good mystery, and I especially love a good British mystery, so this was exactly where I needed to be.

Taking place deep in the woods, it tells the story of a semi-reclusive woman in her 20's who spends her time either writing crime novels or running.  That's it.  So when she gets invited to a bachelorette party for a friend she hasn't seen since high school, for some reason (?) she goes and shit goes down.

This wasn't a particularly exciting book, nor was it a tightly crafted mystery with all sorts of twists and turns and a shocking conclusion - the whole plot was pretty standard.  What made it better than most was the characterization and writing - I enjoyed it, I related to it and it was very readable - it was a great fun read that didn't ask too much of me.  So, I'll give it four Brazilian Best Friends out of five.