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Book Review: One Little Secret | Cate Holahan
A locked room mystery with twists, turns, and unforgettable characters—Cate Holahan’s One Little Secret explores the way we often see those closest to us the least clearly. Who are the main players? Jenny…
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Book Review: Darling Girls | Sally Hepworth
A dark suspense novel, Sally Hepworth’s Darling Girls is another incredible story with rich character development, surprising humor, and her signature delicious little twists. What is Darling Girls about? Jessica, Norah, and Alicia…
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Book Review: Don’t Look for Me | Wendy Walker
I was reflecting after finishing Don’t Look for Me that I want to find a way to describe Wendy Walker’s books stylistically. While she writes psychological thrillers, the resolutions to her stories tend…
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Book Review: One of Us Knows | Alyssa Cole
A genre-bending gothic thriller centered around a woman with dissociative identity disorder serving as the caretaker at a gothic estate, when she finds herself trapped on the island with a murderer. Chilling! Over…
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Best of Psychological Thrillers: The Wife Between Us | Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (book review)
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: The Vacancy in Room 10 | Seraphina Nova Glass
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 Review: Kill for Me, Kill for You | Steve Cavanagh
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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Book Review: A Likeable Woman | May Cobb
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: If I Disappear | Eliza Jane Brazier
I absolutely loved Eliza Jane Brazier’s third book, Good Rich People, so I wanted to go back and read her debut. One thing is certain, Brazier writes some of the most bizarre and…
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Book Review: The Turn of the Key | Ruth Ware
Opening up a new Ruth Ware book has to be one of my favorite things ever. It’s like getting ready to eat a delicious meal or take a nap—the anticipation of something you…