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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,  Fiction,  Literary Fiction,  Mystery

    Book Review: Before We Were Innocent | Ella Berman

    / December 7, 2023

    Ella Berman delivers another raw and complex commentary on the dark side of being in the public spotlight. Her previous book, The Comeback was gripping and gut-wrenching. Her follow up book, Before We…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: American Girl | Wendy Walker

    / December 6, 2023

    If you are a fan of stories about small towns with big secrets, Wendy Walker’s American Girl is must-add to your to-be-read list! About the Book | American Girl A pulse-pounding novel about…

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  • Book Review,  Gothic,  Mystery

    Book Review: Murder at Black Oaks | Phillip Margolin | Robin Lockwood #6

    / December 5, 2023

    I’ve had the Robin Lockwood series by Phillip Margolin on my radar for a few years now and have been wanting to try out the series. I was particularly interested in Murder at…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Bulletproof Barista | Cleo Coyle | Coffeehouse Mysteries #20

    / December 4, 2023

    The Coffeehouse Mysteries by Cleo Coyle are a cozy mystery series that I dip in and out of as new books come out. Its not a series I find necessary to read in…

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  • Book Review,  Gothic,  Mystery

    Mystery Review: The Curse of Penryth Hall | Jess Armstrong

    / December 3, 2023

    I’m continuing to love gothic settings now that winter has set in. They just make me want to cozy up with a book by the fire while the world outside is dark and…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Mulled to Death | Kate Lansing | Colorado Wine Mystery #3

    / December 1, 2023

    I enjoyed the first two books in the Colorado Wine Mystery series, Killer Chardonnay and A Pairing to Die For, so I went ahead to continue to the third book in the series.…

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  • There Should Have Been Eight is a Psychological Thriller by Nalini Singh featuring a locked room format
    Book Review,  Gothic,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: There Should Have Been Eight | Nalini Singh

    / November 29, 2023

    Nalini Singh’s psychological thrillers are always a hit for me. Dark, gothic, atmospheric, and suspenseful—There Should Have Been Eight is a new and captivating nod to the closed circle mysteries made popular by…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Weatherman | Royston Reeves @randomttours @royston_reeves

    / November 24, 2023

    A read-in-one-sitting thriller that will have you in a chokehold wondering if and how it will resolve. The Weatherman by Royston Reeves will take you through a nightmare scenario and have you wondering…

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  • Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Gone Tonight | Sarah Pekkanen

    / November 22, 2023

    Sarah Pekkanen writes a great suspenseful thriller, whether writing with the incredible Greer Hendricks or solo. I find that the books written with Hendricks are more twist-y psychological thrillers with true devious characters…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Nine Lives and Alibis | Cate Conte | Cat Cafe Mystery #7

    / November 21, 2023

    A 40-year-old unsolved murder and a current murder are linked as Daybreak Island celebrates Halloween with their Haunted Halloween Festival! Nine Lives and Alibis is the seventh book in the Cat Café Mystery…

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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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