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  • About PhDiva
    • About My Reviews
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    • Contemporary
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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: The Paris Widow | Kimberly S Belle

    / June 23, 2024

    This is a spoiler-free review of The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle. If you’re looking for more on how The Paris Widow ends, head over to my spoiler review where I get into…

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  • Book Review,  Crime Fiction,  Mystery

    Book Review: If Something Happens to Me | Alex Finlay

    / May 24, 2024

    Alex Finlay is undeniably a great storyteller. His newest book revolves around a cold case when a car belonging to a local girl who went missing years earlier is discovered submerged in a…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Romance

    Book Review: The Five Year Lie | Sarina Bowen

    / May 9, 2024

    Sarina Bowen takes a departure from romance novels to write a psychological thriller about a woman who receives a text message from the love of her life who has been dead for years.…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Good Half Gone | Tarryn Fisher

    / May 3, 2024

    Tarryn Fisher is another author with whom I have a complicated relationship in terms of their books (see Mary Kubica for the same issue). She crafts stories with an outstanding premise, and executes…

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  • Book Review,  Gothic,  Psychological Thriller

    Best of Psychological Thrillers: The Wife Upstairs | Rachel Hawkins (book review)

    / April 20, 2024

    As I’ve been pondering on what books make my list of “Best of Psychological Thrillers,” I’m looking for the ones that stand out in my mind, even years later. When I think about…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Book Review: Layover | David Bell

    / July 17, 2019

    David Bell is a prolific writer, and while I don’t read every book he publishes, the ones I’ve read are always engaging, bingeable reads. Layover has an interesting premise and I truly could…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Suspect | Fiona Barton

    / January 17, 2019

    Fiona Barton’s The Suspect has a ripped-from-the-headlines premise that takes a surprising turn with a suspenseful twist, making this a fantastic development in the Kate Waters series. With short chapters and alternating narrators,…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: She Lies in Wait | Gytha Lodge

    / January 11, 2019

    A decades old disappearance brings the case back into the spotlight when the body is discovered. Secrets, deception, lies, and the search for the truth made this debut mystery She Lies in Wait…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense,  Thriller

    Book Review: The Craftsman | Sharon Bolton

    / October 21, 2018

    A new detective and the first female on the force, a town haunted by a merciless killer, children going missing only to be found in the most horrifying manner, and a mysterious darkness…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Lies We Told | Camilla Way

    / October 5, 2018

    Compulsive, chilling, twisted—The Lies We Told was my first experience with Camilla Way’s writing and it blew my mind!! I must admit that for the first 75% of this novel, I had no…

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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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