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  • The Wife Between Us is a psychological thriller with a great twist for fans of Gone Girl; the cover is blue with yellow writing and shows two women's faces, one in profile
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Best of Psychological Thrillers: The Wife Between Us | Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (book review)

    / April 14, 2024

    Over the years, I’ve gotten more requests for recommendations from people who are just discovering (or rediscovering) their love of reading. This can be a tricky exercise—if someone hasn’t read hundreds of psychological…

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  • Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense,  Thriller

    Book Review: Kill for Me, Kill for You | Steve Cavanagh

    / April 11, 2024

    I’ve been wanting to read Steve Cavanagh’s work for some time after his thriller Thirt3en. However, when I saw the plot of Kill for Me, Kill for You and it’s inspiration from Strangers…

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  • A Likeable Woman is a character-driven psychological thriller by May Cobb featuring a woman in a blue bathing suit on the cover, relaxing in a pool
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: A Likeable Woman | May Cobb

    / April 10, 2024

    I’m a big fan of May Cobb—she writes the best soapy, gossip-filled, summer reads with a bit of steam and a whole lot of bad behavior. That’s what I expected when I opened…

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  • The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware is a tense, gothic, psychological thriller with a grey cover and a black key on it
    Book Review,  Gothic,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Turn of the Key | Ruth Ware

    / April 6, 2024

    Opening up a new Ruth Ware book has to be one of my favorite things ever. It’s like getting ready to eat a delicious meal or take a nap—the anticipation of something you…

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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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  • The Fury by Alex Michaelides is an expertly plotted mystery thriller
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Recommendation: The Fury | Alex Michaelides

    / February 10, 2024

    A unique and refreshing take on the locked room mystery, Alex Michaelides’s The Fury leverages a theatrical retelling and an unreliable narrator to deliver a wickedly clever third novel! About the Book |…

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  • First Lie Wins is an oustanding psychological thriller written by Ashley Elston and chosen for several national book clubs
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Psychological Thriller Review: First Lie Wins | Ashley Elston

    / January 4, 2024

    Drop everything and get a copy of this book! Holy smokes! This is the best book I’ve read in ages (and I read a lot of great books!). Ashley Elston’s First Lie Wins…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Psychological Thriller Review: I’m Not Done With You Yet | Jesse Q Sutanto

    / December 18, 2023

    Jesse Q Sutanto’s first psychological thriller, I’m Not Done With You Yet, tops my list of best books of 2023. This psychological thriller has everything I could want—a dark academia setting, a story…

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  • Book Review,  Fiction,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Younger Wife | Sally Hepworth

    / July 9, 2023

    Lately I’ve been pondering a lot about why people’s opinions on books differ so much (beyond the obvious that we all like different things) and one reason I think the opinions vary so…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Book Review: A Twisted Love Story | Samantha Downing

    / July 5, 2023

    I mean this in the best possible way—what did I just read??? Samantha Downing never disappoints me, and her latest book A Twisted Love Story is no exception. I didn’t even really read…

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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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