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  • About PhDiva
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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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  • Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker is a gripping, emotional psychological thriller about a mother and daughter
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Don’t Look for Me | Wendy Walker

    / April 18, 2024

    I was reflecting after finishing Don’t Look for Me that I want to find a way to describe Wendy Walker’s books stylistically. While she writes psychological thrillers, the resolutions to her stories tend…

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  • Book Review,  Fiction,  Psychological,  Suspense

    Book Review: Bye, Baby | Carola Lovering

    / March 7, 2024

    Carola Lovering brings her signature suspenseful writing to explore the highs and lows of close female friendships in Bye, Baby. Her book explores the countless lingering effects that time, life changes, childhood trauma,…

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  • Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice is the latest laugh-out-loud comedy mystery from Elle Cosimano
    Book Review,  Contemporary,  Mystery

    Book Review: Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice | Elle Cosimano

    / March 1, 2024

    Scrreeeeecchhhh! What’s that sound? It’s the sound of the hilarious ball-of-energy, writer-turned-detective Finlay Donovan flying out of town on her next adventure—a girls trip to Atlantic City where she and her nanny Vero…

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  • Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Heiress | Rachel Hawkins

    / February 8, 2024

    Grab food and beverages of your choice and settle in somewhere cozy, because Rachel Hawkins’ latest book, The Heiress, is a read-in-a-day soapy psychological thriller! If you like a dash of rich people…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: Dark Corners | Megan Goldin

    / October 16, 2023

    Megan Goldin is an auto-buy author for me since her very first book. While Dark Corners is billed as the second book in a series, I’d say it reads more like a standalone…

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  • Psychological,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Vanishing Hour | Seraphina Nova Glass

    / June 25, 2023

    A gritty story of missing girls, murder, and the seedy underbelly of a small town. The Vanishing Hour by Seraphina Nova Glass is a compelling mystery with a twist-filled ending. About the Book…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Book Review: Brewed Awakening | Cleo Coyle

    / January 6, 2020

    This was a delightful twist on the cozy mystery! Very different than any story I’d read before and so much fun! In Cleo Coyle’s Brewed Awakening, a coffee-shop owner and expert barista awakens…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: Buried by Ellison Cooper @ECooperAuthor @MinotaurBooks #buried #ellisoncooper

    / July 19, 2019

    Seriously chilling! Are you prepared to dive deep into the mind of a serial killer? This book will keep you up at night reading, and you should maybe think about keeping the lights…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: And Then You Were Gone by R. J. Jacobs @RJJacobsAuthor @crookedlanebks #andthenyouweregone

    / May 16, 2019

    A fast-paced thriller that will have your head spinning as you try to figure out what is going on!! R. J. Jacobs’ And Then You Were Gone is a unique thriller that features…

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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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