The old saying “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” doesn’t fit Missing Sister. Penny knew exactly how much she valued what she had, which made losing it all the more painful. Penny and Nix Albright were born only three minutes apart. Exceptionally close, the twins had shared almost everything as children, but…
Poe Webb built her podcast, Tell Me What You Did, on the premise that people want to confess. Every week, anonymous callers admit to crimes—some petty, some monstrous—and Poe listens. She asks sharp, calm questions, curates the chaos, and chalks up with another hit episode. She’s not calling in, however. Even though, seven years ago,…
Rip-roaring, action packed, and fun as hell, The Bang-Bang Sisters is a delightful and fast-paced (even at 400 pages!) ride through the gritty world of a group of assassins who love music, justice, and one another. The titular Bang Bang sisters are Brea and Jessie – biological sisters – and their best friend, Flo. They…
Delilah Dawson’s books can’t be slotted into any one category, and The Violence is a great example of that. It’s women’s fiction and horror with a dash of psychological thriller, and while I wasn’t as transfixed as I was by her novel Bloom, it still kept me turning pages. The story begins with a virus…
Months earlier, Gina Forrester’s husband Rick went out to buy a newspaper, and never came back. Samantha Hayes’s In Too Deep begins with Gina trying to put the pieces of her life back together, but unable to move on because she just. doesn’t. know. Did someone murder Rick? Did he commit suicide? Did he just…
For the Last Time is the latest thinky thriller by popular author Heidi Perks. Ms. Perks has a talent for upending whatever the reader believes is happening, and this story includes the numerous surprises and twists she is known for. The book blurb mentions something that occurs at the literal fifty percent mark, but doesn’t…
Prom Mom takes themes incredibly prevalent in women’s fiction and twists them upside down, making a potent point about revenge, accountability, and pigeonholing. The returning bad girl, the reformed bad boy, the innocent wife – they collide here and live and breathe and twist in the wind. The end result is something incredibly powerful. Amber…
It’s One of Us is J.T. Ellison at her very best. A twisty-turny domestic thriller that examines the many ways to have a baby, and the devastation that occurs when you find the process is far more complex than expected. Her morning starts with blood. Olivia Bender had not been expecting to flush this particular…
from The New York Times in October 2022: Colleen Hoover has sold more books this year than Dr. Seuss. She’s sold more books than James Patterson and John Grisham — combined. To say she’s currently the best-selling novelist in the United States, to even compare her to other successful authors who have landed several books…
The Villa is an inky-dark look at two sets of best friends coping with some jaw-dropping betrayals. It unfortunately sports some predictable twists, and then takes far too many distracting excursions along its primrose pathway, all of which keeps it from pulling a higher grade. Motivational author Chess Chandler (WIP: Swipe Right on Life!) and…
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