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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: The Engagement Party | Darby Kane

    / March 17, 2024

    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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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Mystery Review: The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder | C. L. Miller

    / March 5, 2024

    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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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Fatal First Edition | Jenn McKinlay | Library Lover’s Mystery #14

    / February 14, 2024

    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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  • The Fury by Alex Michaelides is an expertly plotted mystery thriller
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Recommendation: The Fury | Alex Michaelides

    / February 10, 2024

    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,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Scenes of the Crime | Jilly Gagnon

    / January 11, 2024

    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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  • Public Anchovy #1 is a locked room style cozy mystery in the Deep Dish Mystery series written by Mindy Quigley
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Public Anchovy #1 | Mindy Quigley | Deep Dish Mystery #3

    / December 26, 2023

    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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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: The Twelve Books of Christmas | Kate Carlisle | A Bibliophile Mystery #17

    / December 20, 2023

    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…

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  • There Should Have Been Eight is a Psychological Thriller by Nalini Singh featuring a locked room format
    Book Review,  Gothic,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: There Should Have Been Eight | Nalini Singh

    / November 29, 2023

    Nalini Singh’s psychological thrillers are always a hit for me. Dark, gothic, atmospheric, and suspenseful—There Should Have Been Eight is a new and captivating nod to the closed circle mysteries made popular by…

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  • The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis is a psychological thriller about a girls trip gone wrong, following a locked room format
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: The Chateau | Jaclyn Goldis

    / August 22, 2023

    If you’re looking for a psychological thriller that transports you to a beautiful French chateau in Provence that has some fairly dark secrets, look no further than The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis. A…

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  • Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six | Lisa Unger

    / June 30, 2023

    What could be better than a getaway with your friends to a luxury cabin in the woods with stunning views and top-end accommodations? This perfect getaway is a lot darker and more twisted…

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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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