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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Tenant | Freida McFadden

    / June 22, 2025

    This is a spoiler-free review of Freida McFadden’s latest thriller, The Tenant. If you are looking for a plot summary, spoilers, and to discuss the ending of The Tenant, head to the spoiler…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: House of Glass | Sarah Pekkanen

    / October 21, 2024

    I absolutely loved Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks’ collaborative thrillers (highly recommend An Anonymous Girl, The Golden Couple, and a book I consider to be an O.G. genre-defining psychological thriller, The Wife Between Us). I…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Hollywood Assistant | May Cobb

    / July 20, 2024

    This is my spoiler-free review of May Cobb’s psychological thriller, The Hollywood Assistant. If you are looking to find out how The Hollywood Assistant ends, head over to my spoiler-review where I unpack…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Book Review: The Switch | Lily Samson

    / June 2, 2024

    Lily Samson’s new thriller, The Switch, just published and I predict this book will be heating up discussions in book clubs all across the country. Unapologetically salacious and entertaining, this is the type…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: One Little Secret | Cate Holahan

    / April 25, 2024

    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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  • The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass shows a gritty motel on the cover with a lit vacancy sign and dark shadows
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Vacancy in Room 10 | Seraphina Nova Glass

    / April 12, 2024

    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,  Gothic,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Psychological Thriller Review: The New Couple in 5B | Lisa Unger

    / March 30, 2024

    I’ve been a big fan of Lisa Unger since I read In the Blood. I’ve gone on to read most of her books and my favorites have been The Stranger Inside and Confessions…

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  • The Hunting Wives by May Cobb is a blue book with lipstick and a bullet on the cover. This book is a dark, dramatic fiction thriller that is being adapted for television.
    Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Hunting Wives | May Cobb | Sneak Peak of TV Series

    / March 21, 2024

    Wickedly juicy fun! Grab an ice cold beverage and your sunglasses, because we are heading to a small town in Texas with big secrets… If you like books about rich people behaving badly,…

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  • What the Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman is a debut psychological thriller novel with jaw dropping twists and a diverse lead with a compelling backstory
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Recommendation: What the Neighbors Saw | Melissa Adelman

    / August 8, 2023

    There are a lot of neighborhood noir psychological thrillers out there and they range from the popcorn-thriller variety, to heart-pounding terror, and everything in between. The best ones for my personal tastes are…

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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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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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