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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Last Time She Saw Him | Kate White

    / May 17, 2024

    I preorder any new Kate White book the moment it’s available through booksellers. The first book I read by her was The Sixes (which I’m going to reread and review soon since it…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological,  Suspense

    Book Review: Five Bad Deeds | Caz Frear

    / January 24, 2024

    At it’s core, Caz Frear’s novel, Five Bad Deeds, is about a woman named Ellen who has a blessed life, great family, beautiful home, and is surrounded by people who she thinks are…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction

    Book Review: Meet the Benedettos | Katie Cotugno

    / November 7, 2023

    Described as the Kardashians meets Pride and Prejudice, Katie Cotugno’s Meet the Benedettos is a funny and delightfully bold entry into the modern reimagining’s of Jane Austen’s greatest hits. About the Book |…

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  • Her, Too by Bonnie Kistler is a legal thriller and psychological thriller about a woman seeking revenge on a man who victimized her
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Legal Thriller,  Thriller

    Legal Thriller Review: Her, Too | Bonnie Kistler

    / August 19, 2023

    Part legal thriller, part contemporary fiction with a dash of revenge, Her, Too by Bonnie Kistler feels like a story that needed to be told in the ongoing dialogue amongst authors, journalists, and…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Fiancée | Kate White

    / August 15, 2021

    Honestly I don’t think there is anything that excites me quite like a new Kate White book does! I own every book of hers in hardcover (except one that I am still trying…

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  • Book Review,  Thriller

    BLOG TOUR: The Silent Conspiracy by L.C. Shaw @LCShawAuthor @SuzyAPBookTours @harperbooks #thesilentconspiracy

    / September 28, 2020

    The second installment in the Jack Logan books is as compelling and heart-pounding as the first. L.C. Shaw’s The Silent Conspiracy is a high-octane thriller that definitely had me hooked! About the Book…

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  • Book Review,  Thriller

    BLOG TOUR: The Network by L.C. Shaw @LCShawAuthor @suzyAPbooktours @harperbooks #thenetwork

    / December 20, 2019

    Fast-paced and intense! What I love about The Network by L.C. Shaw is that it is a true thriller. Not a psychological thriller, not a suspense thriller, not a mystery thriller—but a thriller…

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  • Over Her Dead Body is a mystery book by Kate White that is part of her Bailey Weggins series, about a journalist who solves murders
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: Over Her Dead Body | Kate White | Bailey Weggins #4

    / April 21, 2019

    Back at it with my Kate White spotlight series, with my review of Over Her Dead Body, the fourth installment in the Bailey Weggins series. To backtrack, I’ve been doing a re-read of…

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  • Til Death Do Us Part is part of Kate White's Bailey Weggins series, a mystery series with a female journalist as the amateur detective; the book is black with a wedding cake on the cover
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Book Review: Til Death Do Us Part | Kate White | Bailey Weggins #3

    / February 26, 2019

    I’m back again with my blog spotlight on Kate White, a favorite author of mine! I read almost all of her books before I had a blog, so I’m really excited to get…

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  • A Body to Die for is the second mystery in the Kate White Bailey Weggins mystery series about a journalist who solves murders
    Book Review,  Mystery

    Book Review: A Body to Die For | Kate White | Bailey Weggins #2

    / January 14, 2019

    Welcome to my Kate White book review series! I am a huge fan of Kate White, and because I read many of her previous books before I started my blog, I decided to…

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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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