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Best of Psychological Thrillers: Nine Lives | Peter Swanson (review)
There is no way I could make a list of best psychological thrillers without including at least one Peter Swanson book (and perhaps more than one!). Though I’ve enjoyed all of Swanson’s books…
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Book Review: One Little Secret | Cate Holahan
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: One of Us Knows | Alyssa Cole
A genre-bending gothic thriller centered around a woman with dissociative identity disorder serving as the caretaker at a gothic estate, when she finds herself trapped on the island with a murderer. Chilling! Over…
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Psychological Thriller Review: The Engagement Party | Darby Kane
Trapped on an island with a group of college friends (and two guests) who are hiding dark secrets from their past, someone seems to know those secrets and be enacting revenge one-by-one… Darby…
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Mystery Review: The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder | C. L. Miller
In new cozy mystery by C. L. Miller, The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder, a divorcee is learning to live as an empty nester when a mysterious death from her estranged mentor brings…
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Cozy Mystery Review: Fatal First Edition | Jenn McKinlay | Library Lover’s Mystery #14
A murder onboard a train seems linked to a rare first edition book that mysteriously appeared at an archivist convention. Jenn McKinlay’s Fatal First Edition is the latest in her Library Lover’s Mysteries…
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Book Recommendation: The Fury | Alex Michaelides
A unique and refreshing take on the locked room mystery, Alex Michaelides’s The Fury leverages a theatrical retelling and an unreliable narrator to deliver a wickedly clever third novel! About the Book |…
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Book Review: Scenes of the Crime | Jilly Gagnon
A unique take on a locked-room format mystery! An ambitious screenwriter tries to solve her friend’s disappearance by recreating their fateful final girls’ trip in Jilly Gagnon’s Scenes of the Crime. About the…
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Cozy Mystery Review: Public Anchovy #1 | Mindy Quigley | Deep Dish Mystery #3
This time of year I always split my time for holiday gatherings between Chicago and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, so reading the newest Deep Dish Pizza Mystery by Mindy Quigley is basically the perfect…
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Cozy Mystery Review: The Twelve Books of Christmas | Kate Carlisle | A Bibliophile Mystery #17
Kate Carlisle’s Bibliophile Mystery series is another cozy mystery series that I have popped in and out of. I hope to eventually read them all, but I find that they are so easy…