Mystery / Thriller

Darling Girls

Book Review Darling Girls by Sally HepworthThriller | Mystery | Suspense As young girls, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia were raised by foster mother, Miss Fairchild, on an idyllic farming estate. But their childhood wasn’t the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. When a body is discovered under the home they grew up in, the foster …

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The Slip the Bonds of Earth

Book Review To Slip the Bonds of Earth by Amanda FlowerHistorical Mystery | Cozy “While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, Katharine Wright is equally inventive – especially when it comes to solving crimes – in USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower’s radiant new historical mystery …

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Listen for the Lie

Book Review Listen for the Lie by Amy TinteraMystery | Thriller Reader’s Thoughts: What if everyone in town thought you’d murdered your best friend? What if no one believed you when you said you didn’t remember what had happened that night? After all, why would they? You were the last one to see her. You …

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Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

Book Review Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle CosimanoMystery | Humor Reader’s Thoughts: Finlay and Vero are back and up to their regular shenanigans in this fourth installment of the Finlay Donovan series, Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice! This book picks up in the immediate aftermath of the third book (Note: I highly recommend …

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The Lost Van Gogh

Book Review The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan SantloferMystery | Historical Fiction | Art Reader’s Thoughts: Having enjoyed the author’s first book, The Last Mona Lisa, I was very excited to receive a surprise copy of The Lost Van Gogh from the publisher. In this sequel, we once again find ourselves in the world of …

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Who To Believe

Book Review Who to Believe by Edwin HillPsychological Thriller | Mystery | Suspense Reader’s Thoughts: In a coastal town in New England, a shocking murder occurs. Laura Thibodeau has been found brutally murdered in her own home — and of course, her husband is the prime suspect. But everyone in Monreith has something to hide, …

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The Busy Body

Book Review The Busy Body by Kemper DonovanMystery | Cozy Mystery Reader’s Thoughts: From the host of the All About Agatha podcast, Kemper Donovan, comes an entertaining new mystery series. Featuring a ghostwriter who teams up with a presidential candidate to solve a murder, The Busy Body has all the classic mystery vibes but is …

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The Fury

Book Review The Fury by Alex MichaelidesThriller | Mystery Reader’s Thoughts: From the author of the bestselling thriller, The Silent Patient, comes a new story about a reclusive ex-movie star and her friends, whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by murder… This was my first read by Michaelides. While his previous …

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What Waits in the Woods

Book Review What Waits in the Woods by Terri ParlatoThriller | Mystery Reader’s Thoughts: When Esme’s career as a ballerina falls apart due to an injury, she has no choice but to return home. Home to a father who’s dying, a group of friends she hasn’t spoken to since high school, and a community with …

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Into The Fire

Book Review Into the Fire by Irene HannonRomantic Suspense | Christian Fiction Bri Tucker is an arson investigator with a curious puzzle on her hands. One of her former co-workers has died in a house fire — a suspicious sort of death for someone so aware of the risks of fire — and Bri thinks …

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