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  • Book Review,  Legal Thriller,  Suspense,  Thriller

    Book Review: Camino Island | John Grisham

    / May 3, 2024

    With John Grisham’s newest thriller, Camino Ghosts, coming out later this month, it’s the perfect time to go back and read the first two books that brought us to Camino Island, Florida. This…

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  • Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Contemporary,  Cozy Mystery,  Literary Fiction,  Mystery

    Book Review: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies | Catherine Mack

    / April 30, 2024

    Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for. Where do I start? I loved this book! Catherine Mack’s new novel, Every Time I…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Crime Fiction,  Mystery

    Mystery Review: The Last Word | Elly Griffiths

    / April 23, 2024

    If you haven’t read any of the novels in Elly Griffiths’ Harbinder Kaur collection, you’ve been missing out. These standalone mysteries have two things in common: detective Harbinder Kaur and a mystery that…

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  • Book Review,  Literary Fiction,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: End of Story | A. J. Finn

    / April 5, 2024

    Since his juggernaut of a debut, I think many of us have been looking forward to seeing what A. J. Finn would publish for his sophomore novel. Finn’s first book, The Woman in…

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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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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Gothic,  Mystery

    Mystery Review: How to Solve Your Own Murder | Kristen Perrin

    / March 28, 2024

    It’s one thing to try to solve someone else’s murder, but do you think you could solve your own murder before it even happens? In Kristen Perrin’s latest mystery, How to Solve Your…

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  • Book Review,  Literary Thriller,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Literary Thriller Review: The Mystery Writer | Sulari Gentill

    / March 25, 2024

    Sulari Gentill is a master of the literary thriller game. She has this extraordinary talent to take the concept for a thriller and build it out in a complicated and daring plot that…

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  • Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Listen for the Lie | Amy Tintera

    / March 18, 2024

    I have an idea… Let’s kill… I will never not chuckle when I think about that line and I will never not hear it in the outstanding narration by January LaVoy. Let’s back…

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  • Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Mystery

    Historical Mystery Review: The Proof of the Pudding | Rhys Bowen | Her Royal Spyness #17

    / February 17, 2024

    A poison garden is at the center of The Proof of the Pudding, when a dinner party is disrupted by a poisoned guest! About the Book | The Proof of the Pudding Lady…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead | Jenny Hollander

    / February 7, 2024

    I love a book with an unreliable narrator, and Jenny Hollander’s debut Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead delivers. After seeing a few less-than-favorable reviews of the ending, I was surprised to…

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Mackenzie Harms is the owner and author of all content of the PhDiva book blog

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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