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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,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Deadly to the Core | Joyce Tremel

    / January 18, 2024

    It’s always fun to join a cozy mystery series at book one. Joyce Tremel’s Deadly to the Core is the first in the Cider House Mysteries, and it was particularly interesting to me…

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  • The Woman on the Ledge is one of the most twisted psychological thrillers I've read; a gripping story of revenge
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: The Woman on the Ledge | Ruth Mancini

    / January 17, 2024

    Lies! Revenge! Obsession! Secrets! Manipulation! I cannot recommend this book enough—it is seriously twisted and the back half is so satisfying it made my toes curl with pleasure reading how it all unfolds.…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: The Dog Across the Lake | Krista Davis | Paws & Claws Mystery #9

    / January 15, 2024

    The ninth Paws and Claws Mystery by Krista Davis, The Dog Across the Lake, features a strange new dog appearing in Wagtail, Virginia, and leads to a murder mystery. A sweet cozy mystery…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Scenes of the Crime | Jilly Gagnon

    / January 11, 2024

    A unique take on a locked-room format mystery! An ambitious screenwriter tries to solve her friend’s disappearance by recreating their fateful final girls’ trip in Jilly Gagnon’s Scenes of the Crime. About the…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Paws to Remember | Sofie Kelly

    / January 9, 2024

    Sofie Kelly’s magical cats series is always a lot of fun, and Paws to Remember is no exception. In Paws to Remember, a body is discovered in the wall and the investigation uncovers…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Psychological Thriller Review: The Replacement Wife | Darby Kane

    / January 5, 2024

    A great hook and compelling twists make The Replacement Wife worth picking up. Imagine if one of your family members has a troubling history of women they date going missing or winding up…

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  • First Lie Wins is an oustanding psychological thriller written by Ashley Elston and chosen for several national book clubs
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Psychological Thriller Review: First Lie Wins | Ashley Elston

    / January 4, 2024

    Drop everything and get a copy of this book! Holy smokes! This is the best book I’ve read in ages (and I read a lot of great books!). Ashley Elston’s First Lie Wins…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Coconut Drop Dead | Olivia Matthews | Spice Isle Bakery Mystery #3

    / December 29, 2023

    The Spice Isle Bakery Mystery series by Olivia Matthews is a cozy mystery series set in Little Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York and centers around Lyndsay Murray and her Caribbean American family. Lyndsay co-owns…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Death in the Dark Woods | Annelise Ryan | Monster Hunter Mystery #2

    / December 28, 2023

    It is so exciting to find a fresh take on the cozy mystery genre and this series by Annelise Ryan delivers. In Annelise Ryan’s Monster Hunter Mystery series, a cryptozoologist is called in…

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  • Public Anchovy #1 is a locked room style cozy mystery in the Deep Dish Mystery series written by Mindy Quigley
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Public Anchovy #1 | Mindy Quigley | Deep Dish Mystery #3

    / December 26, 2023

    This time of year I always split my time for holiday gatherings between Chicago and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, so reading the newest Deep Dish Pizza Mystery by Mindy Quigley is basically the perfect…

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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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