Book reviews for genres: Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Sci Fi, Mystery, Thrillers, and YA
By Tom Bradby
Published on: November 5, 2019
A spy thriller where everyone is a suspect and you’re not sure whom to trust – there were times I even questioned the main character. But in addition to being a spy thriller, this is also a story where secret service agent must juggle the demands of both work and home.
Continue reading “Secret Service – Book Review”Kate Marshall Book 1 by Robert Brynzda
Published on: December 1, 2019
I love the feeling I get when I pick up the first book in a brand new series so I was happy to select this novel as my Amazon First Read choice. In Nine Elms, Kate is an ex-detective who now lectures at a local college. She is also known as the detective who identified the Nine Elms Cannibal serial killer back in 1995.
Continue reading “Nine Elms – Book Review”By Brianna Labuskes
Published on: October 29, 2019
Atmospheric and at times brooding, this mystery is unique in how it draws the reader into understanding how different life on an isolated island located off the coast of Maine can truly be.
Continue reading “Black Rock Bay – Book Review”By Alex North
Published: August 20, 2019
This review focuses on the audio book version.
Prior to The Whisper Man being released, I started seeing the terrific reviews coming in for this book. I knew almost immediately I wanted to read it, but wanted to wait until October, which seemed to me to be the perfect month for this book.
Continue reading “The Whisper Man – Audio Book Review”Nik Pohl Thriller Book 1 by Alexander Hartung
Translated by: Fiona Beaton
Published on: November 1, 2019
A gritty police procedural thriller I picked as my October Amazon First Reads selection. Originally published in German, it has now been translated to English by Fiona Beaton.
Continue reading “Broken Glass – Book Review”By Sarah A. Denzil
Published on: September 25, 2019
In this new psychological thriller, two sisters are forever altered when a boy they both know disappears one night.
Continue reading “The Liar’s Sister – Book Review”DI Sasha Dawson #1 by M.K. Hill
Published on: September 5, 2019
An enjoyable start to a new detective series. In The Bad Place characters ooze with life and the primary detective on the case has her hands quite full both on the job and off.
Continue reading “[ARC Review] The Bad Place”Detective Iris Locke Book 1 by Geraldine Hogan
Published on: August 23, 2019
There’s something almost joyous about being at the start of a new detective series. The Detective Iris Lock series is just that – a new series by Geraldine Hogan set in Limerick, Ireland with new flawed characters to love, be frustrated with, and hope at the end of the day they just make it home.
Continue reading “[ARC Review] Silent Night”By Ruth Ware
Published on: August 6, 2019
Loved it! Completely loved it! The Turn of the Key is a thoroughly absorbing tale full of just the right combination of creepiness, mystery and suspense in this new modern gothic mystery.
Continue reading “[ARC Review] The Turn of the Key – Book Review”by K.L. Slater
Published on: July 24, 2019
Two 10-year old cousins accused of murder. Going in, I wondered if this would be more like The Bad Seed, a 1956 psychological horror film, or the 1993 film The Good Son, or something completely different all together. Of course, I’m not going to tell here.
Continue reading “The Silent Ones – Book Review”
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