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The Girl Who Heard Maggots
Author: Abby DaviesPublisher: Apple Loft PressDate Published: December 5, 2023 Ivy has the best of intentions. She’s protective of her six-year-old charge Wren, and she likes her employer enough to dress up in a Victorian maid’s outfit. She’s not too sure about the other inhabitants of the house. Then there is the chauffeur, Maddock, who…
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There Should Have Been Eight
Author: Nalini SinghPublisher: Berkley Publishing GroupDate Published: November 21, 2023 For me, two things combined to make this a truly suspenseful book – the descriptions of the mansion, and Luna’s impending loss of vision. The author made me want to know about every twisting hallway and hidden room in this gothic family estate located across…
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The House Guest
Author: Alison JamesPublisher: BookoutureDate Published: November 1, 2023 Wow! I have been very stingy with my 5-star reviews but I’m happy that I found The House Guest well deserving of that rating! This is an intricate but fast-paced story with well-conceived characters that reel you in. Because of a trust that’s almost diabolical in the…
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When I’m Dead
Author: Hannah MorrisseyPublisher: St. Martin’s PressDate Published: October 31, 2023 I would say it would be great to be back in Black Harbor, but oh what a bleak place! The way the author paints the town, you just know you would never want to live there, either by birth or accident. You can just feel…
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The Lodge
Author: Sue WatsonPublisher: BookoutureDate Published: October 24, 2023 Sue Watson is an auto-buy for me, and this book had all the ingredients to keep me reading: a remote location, a snowstorm, a group of contentious people, and a murder (or two!). I loved the descriptions of the setting in this book – a cozy cottage,…
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The Only Survivors
Author: Megan MirandaPublisher: ScribnerDate Published: April 11, 2023 A group of survivors of a horrific van crash meet up every year on the anniversary of the event. This will be the tenth year, and what they did out there in the dark and rain all those years ago is finally catching up to them. Told…
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Angel Maker
Author: Alex NorthPublisher: Celadon BooksDate Published: February 28, 2023 Fate…or just pure evil When I first started reading The Angel Maker, I was convinced I was delving into a YA story about a romance between two teenagers. But when the question arose, “If you could see into the future, would you want to?” I was…
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The Sanctuary
Author: Katrine EngbergPublisher: Gallery Books/Scout PressDate Published: February 7, 2023 Katrine Engberg has written another atmospheric Nordic noir, this time set on the island of Bornholm. While this is part of a series, it’s completely readable as a standalone. Anette Werner works for the police in Copenhagen but has a case that seems to have roots…
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The It Girl
Author: Ruth WarePublisher: Gallery Books, Gallery/Scout PressDate Published: July 12, 2022 I jumped over all the other books on my TBR pile to get to review The It Girl. Because…Ruth Ware, ya’ll!! This is decidedly a departure from her earlier books, which had a more gothic, more locked room, Agatha Christie feel, so I had to…
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The Lost Boy
Author: Jane RenshawPublisher: Inkubator BooksDate Published: July 10, 2022 Description One island. Two women. A journey to hell. The Clarke family, Penny, Rod and their two young boys, are delighted when they are offered a holiday in a high-end guest house on a remote and beautiful island. Their hostess Anna seems like a lovely woman.…
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