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  • About PhDiva
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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Red River Road | Anna Downes

    / June 19, 2025

    Anna Downes’ latest novel centers around a woman who will do anything to find out what happened to her sister. If you are looking for spoilers, head to my spoiler review. Or stay…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: A Midnight Puzzle | Gigi Pandian | Secret Staircase Mystery #3

    / March 19, 2024

    Gigi Pandian’s A Midnight Puzzle is a fun, relatively light mystery centering around a family of magicians. This premise feels fresh—as a frequent mystery reader I don’t think I’ve come across something like…

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  • Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Mystery

    Historical Mystery Review: Of Hoaxes and Homicide | Anastasia Hastings

    / January 29, 2024

    “It is a sad day, indeed, when even an orgy does not interest me.” From the opening line, it’s clear that Anastasia Hastings’s Of Hoaxes and Homicide will be titillating and delightful to…

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  • The Expectant Detectives is a humorous mystery book written by Kat Ailes that is one of the best mysteries of 2024
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Mystery Book Recommendation: The Expectant Detectives | Kat Ailes | The Expectant Detectives #1

    / January 26, 2024

    This week I really needed a pick me up and The Expectant Detectives delivered the mood lift I needed and more! Fresh, funny, heart-warming, and intriguing—this is the perfect mystery. I can’t imagine…

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  • Book Review,  Thriller

    Feminist Thriller Review: Speak of the Devil | Rose Wilding

    / January 20, 2024

    Speak of the Devil is a dark, debut thriller by Rose Wilding centering around seven women who all have a motive to kill the same man. And it appears they did… About the…

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  • Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Mystery

    Historical Fiction Review: The Wharton Plot | Mariah Fredericks

    / January 19, 2024

    A narrative non-fiction take on Edith Wharton’s time in the Gilded Age of New York, The Wharton Plot focuses on Wharton’s obsession with the murder of a renowned novelist. About the Book |…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Coconut Drop Dead | Olivia Matthews | Spice Isle Bakery Mystery #3

    / December 29, 2023

    The Spice Isle Bakery Mystery series by Olivia Matthews is a cozy mystery series set in Little Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York and centers around Lyndsay Murray and her Caribbean American family. Lyndsay co-owns…

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  • Book Review,  Legal Thriller,  Mystery

    Legal Mystery Review: Betrayal | Phillip Margolin | Robin Lockwood #7

    / December 12, 2023

    After reading Murder at Black Oaks, I was excited and surprised by the next book in the Robin Lockwood series, Betrayal. While Murder at Black Oaks followed a legal spin on a locked…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: American Girl | Wendy Walker

    / December 6, 2023

    If you are a fan of stories about small towns with big secrets, Wendy Walker’s American Girl is must-add to your to-be-read list! About the Book | American Girl A pulse-pounding novel about…

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  • Book Review,  Gothic,  Mystery

    Book Review: Murder at Black Oaks | Phillip Margolin | Robin Lockwood #6

    / December 5, 2023

    I’ve had the Robin Lockwood series by Phillip Margolin on my radar for a few years now and have been wanting to try out the series. I was particularly interested in Murder at…

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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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