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    Book Review: The Chamber | Will Dean

    / March 6, 2025

    A locked room mystery to the extreme! Will Dean’s mystery, The Chamber is essentially a reimagining of And Then There Were by Agatha Christie, but trapped inside of a hyperbaric chamber deep under the water. And by…

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    Book Review: The Line Between | Tosca Lee

    / January 29, 2019

    Oh gosh—this is already a top read for me in 2019 and I’ve read some GREAT books! I found Tosca Lee’s latest book The Line Between to be intellectually fascinating, darkly mesmerizing, and…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: Go to My Grave | Catriona McPherson

    / October 24, 2018

    There’s nothing more important than family, they say. But I think the suspenseful thriller Go to My Grave will have you questioning that assumption. To say the main family in this book is…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Lies We Told | Camilla Way

    / October 5, 2018

    Compulsive, chilling, twisted—The Lies We Told was my first experience with Camilla Way’s writing and it blew my mind!! I must admit that for the first 75% of this novel, I had no…

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  • The Ancient Nine is a dark academia mystery by Ian K Smith featuring a black basketball student at Harvard and a secret society
    Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Ancient Nine | Ian K. Smith

    / September 18, 2018

    A twisty mysterious ride through the depths of the Harvard libraries and the best local spots in Cambridge, I absolutely had a blast reading The Ancient Nine! If you’re a fan of mysteries…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Our House | Louise Candlish

    / August 6, 2018

    A domestic noir novel that will pull you in with the suspense and shock you with every last twist! Wow, I am beyond impressed with the new novel Our House by Louise Candlish!…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Mystery

    Book Review: An Unwanted Guest | Shari Lapena

    / August 3, 2018

    An instant classic for me! Lapena has completely stolen my focus—my mind is captivated by this story! There is something magical about An Unwanted Guest that is hard to describe without having read…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Date | Louise Jensen

    / July 10, 2018

    Louise Jensen’s The Date is an absolute must-read book this year!!! I saw this book described as living in a nightmare, and I couldn’t say it better. This book got into my head!…

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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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