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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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  • Reviews include Bringing Down the Duke and A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore. Both books have engaging cover designs featuring colorful drawings of the ladies and dukes
    Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Romance

    Historical Romance Review: Evie Dunmore | Bringing Down the Duke | A Rogue of One’s Own | A League of Extraordinary Women Books 1 and 2

    / March 16, 2024

    I have been wanting to start Evie Dunmore’s A League of Extraordinary Women series for some time but for me, historical romances tend to be a mood-read. In other words, this is a…

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  • The Guest by BA Paris is a psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping ending
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Guest | B.A. Paris

    / February 20, 2024

    New York Times bestselling author B.A. Paris has built a well-deserved reputation of writing standout psychological thrillers. I’ve read several of her books and I always look forward to the next one! The…

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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,  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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  • The Expectant Detectives is a humorous mystery book written by Kat Ailes that is one of the best mysteries of 2024
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Mystery Book Recommendation: The Expectant Detectives | Kat Ailes | The Expectant Detectives #1

    / January 26, 2024

    This week I really needed a pick me up and The Expectant Detectives delivered the mood lift I needed and more! Fresh, funny, heart-warming, and intriguing—this is the perfect mystery. I can’t imagine…

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  • Book Review,  Thriller

    Feminist Thriller Review: Speak of the Devil | Rose Wilding

    / January 20, 2024

    Speak of the Devil is a dark, debut thriller by Rose Wilding centering around seven women who all have a motive to kill the same man. And it appears they did… About the…

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  • The Woman on the Ledge is one of the most twisted psychological thrillers I've read; a gripping story of revenge
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: The Woman on the Ledge | Ruth Mancini

    / January 17, 2024

    Lies! Revenge! Obsession! Secrets! Manipulation! I cannot recommend this book enough—it is seriously twisted and the back half is so satisfying it made my toes curl with pleasure reading how it all unfolds.…

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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 Club,  Book Review,  Gothic,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Au Pair | Emma Rous

    / January 8, 2019

    Even deeply buried secrets have a way of coming out. It takes only a small thread of information to unravel a tightly woven web of lies. And when we find those threads, it’s…

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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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