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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Body Next Door | Maia Chance

    / September 5, 2024

    I was excited to read The Body Next Door because it promised to deliver some salacious content. I would say it’s unexpected! The cult storyline is mentioned but is much more prominent than…

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  • Book Review,  Gothic,  Horror

    Book Review: No Road Home | John Fram

    / August 19, 2024

    Toby Tucker and his sister Willow grew up spending hours every Sunday with their guardian, Uncle Exra, watching The Prophecy Hour. The televangelist program is hosted by a fire-and-brimstone televangelist preacher named Jerome…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Psychological Thriller Review: Nowhere Like Home | Sara Shepard

    / March 3, 2024

    Sara Shepard’s newest psychological thriller Nowhere Like Home explores female friendships and toxic relationships all surrounded by the glittering world of print media and a remote women’s commune. About the Book | Nowhere…

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  • A Step Past Darkness is a psychological thriller by Vera Kurian set around a cult in a small town
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Speculative Fiction

    Psychological Thriller Review: A Step Past Darkness | Vera Kurian

    / February 28, 2024

    Vera Kurian proves she can write about much more than psychopaths in her newest thriller, A Step Past Darkness. This book was a totally different feel than Kurian’s first book, but no less…

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  • Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Mystery

    Historical Mystery Review: Of Hoaxes and Homicide | Anastasia Hastings

    / January 29, 2024

    “It is a sad day, indeed, when even an orgy does not interest me.” From the opening line, it’s clear that Anastasia Hastings’s Of Hoaxes and Homicide will be titillating and delightful to…

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  • Book Review

    Book Review: Black Sheep | Rachel Harrison

    / November 6, 2023

    I don’t tend to read a lot of horror, mostly because I don’t enjoy the gore aspect as much. When I heard about the (controversial) concept of cozy horror, I was instantly intrigued.…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: This Might Hurt | Stephanie Wrobel

    / September 29, 2023

    Who doesn’t love a cult-themed psychological thriller? In This Might Hurt, three women with different but connect stories are on journeys to face their fears no matter the cost. Absolutely gripping and a…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Your Life is Mine | Nathan Ripley

    / October 25, 2019

    In Your Life is Mine, instant national bestseller Nathan Ripley follows up the success of Find You in the Dark with another suspenseful page-turner—this time about a woman whose notorious father died when…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Thriller

    Book Review: The Line Between | Tosca Lee

    / January 29, 2019

    Oh gosh—this is already a top read for me in 2019 and I’ve read some GREAT books! I found Tosca Lee’s latest book The Line Between to be intellectually fascinating, darkly mesmerizing, and…

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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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