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  • About PhDiva
    • About My Reviews
  • Book Spoilers
  • Book Reviews by Author
  • Book Reviews by Genre
    • Contemporary
    • Fiction
    • Mystery
    • Psychological Thriller
    • Romance
    • Suspense
    • Thriller
    • Women’s Fiction

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction,  Literary Fiction

    Book Review: The Band | Christine Ma-Kellams

    / April 15, 2024

    Christine Ma-Kellams’s whip-smart, darkly funny, and biting debut, The Band, follows a psychologist with a savior complex who offers shelter to a recently cancelled K-pop idol on the run. About the Book |…

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  • The Wife Between Us is a psychological thriller with a great twist for fans of Gone Girl; the cover is blue with yellow writing and shows two women's faces, one in profile
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Best of Psychological Thrillers: The Wife Between Us | Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (book review)

    / April 14, 2024

    Over the years, I’ve gotten more requests for recommendations from people who are just discovering (or rediscovering) their love of reading. This can be a tricky exercise—if someone hasn’t read hundreds of psychological…

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  • Book Review,  Horror,  Mystery

    Book Review: Indian Burial Ground | Nick Medina

    / April 13, 2024

    While horror isn’t my usual genre, I’ll wade into it for the right book. Things I usually look for if I’m thinking of reading a horror book include an interesting premise (duh), a…

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  • The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass shows a gritty motel on the cover with a lit vacancy sign and dark shadows
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Vacancy in Room 10 | Seraphina Nova Glass

    / April 12, 2024

    I absolutely love a psychological thriller about what may be happening behind closed doors in your neighborhood. Take that concept and push them all into a rundown, moody apartment building and you’ve got…

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  • Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense,  Thriller

    Book Review: Kill for Me, Kill for You | Steve Cavanagh

    / April 11, 2024

    I’ve been wanting to read Steve Cavanagh’s work for some time after his thriller Thirt3en. However, when I saw the plot of Kill for Me, Kill for You and it’s inspiration from Strangers…

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  • She's Not Sorry is a psychological thriller by Mary Kubica about a single mother and ICU nurse who gets tangled in the secrets of one of her patients
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Book Review: She’s Not Sorry | Mary Kubica

    / April 11, 2024

    This is a spoiler free review. If you are looking for spoilers about the ending and my thoughts, go to my spoiled review where I unpack everything. I have a complicated relationship with…

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  • A Likeable Woman is a character-driven psychological thriller by May Cobb featuring a woman in a blue bathing suit on the cover, relaxing in a pool
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: A Likeable Woman | May Cobb

    / April 10, 2024

    I’m a big fan of May Cobb—she writes the best soapy, gossip-filled, summer reads with a bit of steam and a whole lot of bad behavior. That’s what I expected when I opened…

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  • Book Review,  Horror,  Mystery

    Book Review: Bless Your Heart | Lindy Ryan

    / April 9, 2024

    A dash of Sweet Magnolias, a splash of Salem’s Lot, and a sprinkle of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and you’ll get close to this hysterical, absurd, cozy horror novel,…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: The Poison Pen | Paige Shelton | Scottish Bookshop Mystery #9

    / April 8, 2024

    I’m always happy when I pop into a cozy mystery in the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series. It’s like taking a vacation through a book! The ninth installment in this mystery series by Paige…

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  • The House on Biscayne Bay is a gothic historical mystery fiction book by Chanel Cleeton set in Miami in the early 1900s
    Book Review,  Gothic,  Historical Fiction,  Mystery

    Book Review: The House on Biscayne Bay | Chanel Cleeton

    / April 7, 2024

    I’ve been a fan of New York Times bestselling author, Chanel Cleeton, ever since I was introduced to her writing in Reese’s Book Club pick, Next Year in Havana. I’ve come to expect…

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Hi! I'm Mackenzie, the Ph.D. student behind the book reviews and blog. Reading books has always been my favorite pastime and I love sharing my thoughts about them with the world. Now I should probably get back to writing that dissertation...

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