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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: One Little Secret | Cate Holahan

    / April 25, 2024

    A locked room mystery with twists, turns, and unforgettable characters—Cate Holahan’s One Little Secret explores the way we often see those closest to us the least clearly. Who are the main players? Jenny…

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  • Book Review,  Literary Thriller,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Literary Thriller Review: The Mystery Writer | Sulari Gentill

    / March 25, 2024

    Sulari Gentill is a master of the literary thriller game. She has this extraordinary talent to take the concept for a thriller and build it out in a complicated and daring plot that…

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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,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Deadly to the Core | Joyce Tremel

    / January 18, 2024

    It’s always fun to join a cozy mystery series at book one. Joyce Tremel’s Deadly to the Core is the first in the Cider House Mysteries, and it was particularly interesting to me…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Mulled to Death | Kate Lansing | Colorado Wine Mystery #3

    / December 1, 2023

    I enjoyed the first two books in the Colorado Wine Mystery series, Killer Chardonnay and A Pairing to Die For, so I went ahead to continue to the third book in the series.…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Psychological Thriller Review: Such a Good Wife | Seraphina Nova Glass

    / November 20, 2023

    Seraphina Nova Glass writes psychological thrillers that are unafraid to feature a flawed and messy lead, and that is something I admire about her books. In Such a Good Wife, a wife and…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: Never Saw Me Coming | Vera Kurian

    / November 1, 2023

    If you are looking for an absolutely wild and compulsive psychological thriller (particularly one about psychopathy)—Vera Kurian’s Never Saw Me Coming is your next read! I didn’t go into this with any expectations,…

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  • A Pairing to Die For by Kate Lansing audiobook review
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    A Pairing to Die For | Kate Lansing | Cozy Mystery Review | Colorado Wine Mystery #2

    / October 11, 2023

    I’m really enjoying the Colorado Wine Mystery series by Kate Lansing. While there are lots of culinary series around, I hadn’t read one specifically focused on a winery before. I love this theme…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Arrangement | Kiersten Modglin

    / August 15, 2021

    Kiersten Modglin has been all the rage lately in the psychological thriller circles on social media and largely that has centered around her most recent book, The Arrangement. I wasn’t sure what 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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