Thriller
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Thriller Review: The Guests | Margot Hunt
A tense thriller about a family trapped indoors during a hurricane with three strangers who may be a bigger risk to the family than the storm. The Guests by Margot Hunt is an…
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Thriller Review: Missing Persons | A Private Novel | James Patterson and Adam Hamdy | Private #16
Whenever I have an in between moment where I am not sure what book to pick up that will grab me instantly, I have a few go-to authors and series that always seem…
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Book Review: The Paleontologist | Luke Dumas
A haunting portrayal of memory, grief, and the insatiable search for truth. Luke Dumas’s novel, The Paleontologist, blends science and the metaphysical in a story of one man’s search for answers to his…
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Feminist Thriller Review: Speak of the Devil | Rose Wilding
Speak of the Devil is a dark, debut thriller by Rose Wilding centering around seven women who all have a motive to kill the same man. And it appears they did… About the…
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Psychological Thriller Review: The Woman on the Ledge | Ruth Mancini
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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Legal Mystery Review: Betrayal | Phillip Margolin | Robin Lockwood #7
After reading Murder at Black Oaks, I was excited and surprised by the next book in the Robin Lockwood series, Betrayal. While Murder at Black Oaks followed a legal spin on a locked…
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Book Review: Robert B. Parker’s Broken Trust | Mike Lupica | Spenser #50
I’m no stranger to jumping into a series on the newest book just to see if I like it. With Robert B. Parker’s Broken Trust, this was a particularly interesting book to jump…
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Thriller Review: Zero Days | Ruth Ware
I’m not alone in sharing that I’m a big fan of Ruth Ware. I’ve read all of her books and enjoyed each of them, so the bar for her books is a high…
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The Exchange: After the Firm | John Grisham | Thriller Book Review
Count me among the millions of fans who revisit the godfather of legal thrillers, The Firm, frequently. This used to be one of my go-to books when I was home sick, finding comfort…
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What Have We Done | Alex Finlay | Book Review
I dabble into the spy and assassin thrillers from time to time and usually enjoy them. Though I typically like my psychological thrillers to be character-driven—and that’s not usually what we find in…