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  • Peril in Pink is the first in a debut cozy mystery series by Sydney Leigh, featuring two friends who open a bed and breakfast that is decked out in pink
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Peril in Pink | Sydney Leigh | Hudson Valley B&B #1

    / March 20, 2024

    Everything is coming up rosé for innkeeper Jess Byrne until a murder on opening weekend gives her B&B’s killer vibe a whole new meaning. Schitt’s Creek meets Only Murders in the Building in…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Deadly to the Core | Joyce Tremel

    / January 18, 2024

    It’s always fun to join a cozy mystery series at book one. Joyce Tremel’s Deadly to the Core is the first in the Cider House Mysteries, and it was particularly interesting to me…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: I Know You by Annabel Kantaria #iknowyou #psychologicalthriller #bookreivew

    / June 20, 2023

    An engaging psychological thriller about an American woman who is lonely after moving to the UK with her husband, only to find that someone in her new group of friends may have ulterior…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    BOOK REVIEW: The Girls Weekend by Jody Gehrman @jodygehrman @crookedlanebks #bookreview #thegirlsweekend

    / August 28, 2020

    In Jody Gehrman’s The Girls Weekend, a group of women who are mostly friends (but maybe a bit of frenemies) get together for a reunion, at the large estate owned by queen bee…

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  • Book Review,  Horror,  Literary Fiction,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Little Darlings | Melanie Golding

    / July 24, 2020

    Eerie, innovative, and at times bleak, Little Darlings by Melanie Golding is the type of book that will get into your head. I wouldn’t consider this a psychological thriller in the traditional sense…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    BOOK REVIEW: A Deadly Feast (Key West food critic mystery #9) by Lucy Burdette @LucyBurdette @crookedlanebks #adeadlyfeast #bookreview

    / June 2, 2019

    It’s nearly Thanksgiving in Key West and for food critic Hayley Snow, that can only mean one thing—lobster macaroni, key lime pie, and murder! We find Hayley preparing for not only Thanksgiving, but…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: And Then You Were Gone by R. J. Jacobs @RJJacobsAuthor @crookedlanebks #andthenyouweregone

    / May 16, 2019

    A fast-paced thriller that will have your head spinning as you try to figure out what is going on!! R. J. Jacobs’ And Then You Were Gone is a unique thriller that features…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: Come and Get Me by August Norman @crookedlanebks #comeandgetme #augustnorman #bookreview

    / April 26, 2019

    A book with a fun, fierce, flawed female lead and a gripping mystery that had me hooked from the first chapter! August Norman’s Come and Get Me is his debut thriller featuring journalist…

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  • Book Review,  Fantasy,  Mystery

    BOOK REVIEW: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas @KateMascarenhas @crookedlanebks @ckemmelhainz #thepsychologyoftimetravel

    / February 18, 2019

    I’m thrilled to finally share my full review of The Psychology of Time Travel by the incredible Kate Mascarenhas. This book completely captivated me, and I actually purchased the hardcover and am on…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Book Review: Do No Harm | Dawn A. Eastman

    / December 21, 2018

    A disappearance in a small town, a decade old murder case revisited, and an enigmatic man at the center of it all—Dawn Eastman’s Do No Harm is compulsively readable and absorbing. I’d almost…

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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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