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  • Home
  • 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,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Perfect Liar | Thomas Christopher Greene

    / January 28, 2019

    Last week I finished reading Thomas Christopher Greene’s The Perfect Liar. This book was actually really hard to put down, because it is so fluidly written! But I also wanted to savor it, because…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Thriller

    Book Review: One Fatal Mistake | Tom Hunt

    / January 22, 2019

    This is one hold-onto-your-seat, heart-pounding book! What started out as a steady-paced domestic suspense novel about a secret kept took a turn and didn’t let up for the entire rest of the book!…

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  • Book Review,  Thriller

    Book Review: The Lock | Andrew Barrett

    / January 22, 2019

    Before I begin, I want to thank Sarah Hardy at Book on the Bright Side Publicity for the invitation to participate in this blog tour! This is a dark, action-packed crime drama flirting…

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  • Book Club,  Historical Fiction

    Branching Out: Historical Fiction

    / January 21, 2019

    Today I want to talk a bit about branching out from our reading comfort zones and learning to express what we love about other genres. If you’ve followed me for awhile, you know…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Suspect | Fiona Barton

    / January 17, 2019

    Fiona Barton’s The Suspect has a ripped-from-the-headlines premise that takes a surprising turn with a suspenseful twist, making this a fantastic development in the Kate Waters series. With short chapters and alternating narrators,…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Liar’s Room | Simon Lelic

    / January 15, 2019

    As dark and twisted as it is suspenseful, The Liar’s Room by Simon Lelic is filled with long buried secrets and worst case scenarios. I wondered how it would feel to be in…

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  • A Body to Die for is the second mystery in the Kate White Bailey Weggins mystery series about a journalist who solves murders
    Book Review,  Mystery

    Book Review: A Body to Die For | Kate White | Bailey Weggins #2

    / January 14, 2019

    Welcome to my Kate White book review series! I am a huge fan of Kate White, and because I read many of her previous books before I started my blog, I decided to…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: She Lies in Wait | Gytha Lodge

    / January 11, 2019

    A decades old disappearance brings the case back into the spotlight when the body is discovered. Secrets, deception, lies, and the search for the truth made this debut mystery She Lies in Wait…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Romance,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: In Dog We Trust | Beth Kendrick

    / January 10, 2019

    Cute emergency!!! In Dog We Trust is adorable, uplifting, and magnetic—I care so much for Jocelyn and those sweet labs that I wish I could have another book so I don’t have to…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Gothic,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Au Pair | Emma Rous

    / January 8, 2019

    Even deeply buried secrets have a way of coming out. It takes only a small thread of information to unravel a tightly woven web of lies. And when we find those threads, it’s…

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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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