Some books need more suspension of disbelief than others and The Third Mrs. Durst is definitely one of those novels. The tale of a ‘hillbilly’ getting her revenge against a rich, powerful man, it bends reality pretty close to the breaking point – but it has fun getting there. Marlena Altizer hadn’t even graduated from…
The Turn of the Key is the fifth novel by the incomparable Ruth Ware, and it tells the story of a young woman who answers a notice for employment and finds herself travelling down a dark and progressively disturbing path. The advertisement seems too good to be true. The au pair position pays extremely well,…
Girls Like Us is author Cristina Alger’s second novel, but it’s my first experience with her writing. She puts a fresh spin on the well-known serial killer trope, making this novel a pleasure to read instead of the slog it otherwise might have been. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a good thriller centered around…
Riley Sager is known for writing thrillers with hints of horror thrown in for good measure. Horror isn’t at all my thing, but I decided to pick up a copy of Lock Every Door, Mr. Sager’s latest novel, just to see what all the fuss was about – and now, I know. The novel is…
Ever Faithful is a terribly cute retro-romance that proves ‘traditional’ doesn’t have to equal ‘boring’; in fact its slow-burning romances and sweet courtships provide beautiful entertainment for the reader. It’s 1933 and Elsie Brookes is working as a maid at the Mammoth Hot Springs Lodge. She figures that two more years of doing the laundry…
If you love novels by authors such as Tana French and Jane Harper, Dervla McTiernan’s Cormac Reilly series is a definite must-read. The Scholar is the second installment in the series, and does not stand well on its own, so do yourself a favor and read The Ruin before diving in. The Scholar picks up…
I read my first Jeffery Deaver book back in 1999, and I’ve been a devoted fan ever since. I don’t love all of his books, but there’s something about his tightly plotted thrillers that keeps me coming back for more again and again. So, when I learned he was coming out with a new series,…
I’m going to use the word ‘charming’ a lot to describe Serious Moonlight. Mostly because ‘charming’ perfectly describes how the book combines a cute first love story, a coming of age tale, a mystery and a character study into a single, tight package. Eighteen-year-old narcoleptic bookworm and mystery lover Birdie Lindberg loves the Moonlight Diner…
I picked up The Night Visitors, the latest offering from author Carol Goodman, expecting to get lost in a twisty thriller. I’ve enjoyed several of Ms. Goodman’s previous works, so I had no reason to think this one would be any different. Unfortunately though, this particular story did not work for me. Alice is a…
I fell completely in love with Harper McClain, Christi Daugherty’s fiery, determined heroine when I read 2018’s The Echo Killing, and I’ve been eagerly awaiting the author’s next book featuring this intrepid newspaper reporter ever since. I’m happy to assure fellow fans that A Beautiful Corpse surpassed all of my expectations for a follow-up. I…
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