Category: Thriller

  • The Butcher and the Wren

    The Butcher and the Wren

    Author: Alaina UrquhartPublisher: ZandoDate Published: July 25, 2023 I am late to the party on this one, but it’s been sitting on my TBR shelf long enough that I decided to do a buddy read to motivate me. And I’m glad I did – I finished this in one day! First of all, I might be…

  • This Book Will Bury Me

    This Book Will Bury Me

    Author: Ashley WinsteadPublisher: Sourcebooks LandmarkDate Published: March 25, 2025 I was blown away by the way that Winstead captured the capacity for people to band together for a common cause. The Internet has given birth to the burgeoning “internet sleuth/true crime” business, and thousands of forums and podcasts have sprung up around this theme. While I…

  • My Son’s Girlfriend

    My Son’s Girlfriend

    Author: Kerry WilkinsonPublisher: BookoutureDate Published: February 27, 2025 BOOK TOUR Kerry Wilkinson always writes the main female character well, and in this instance he proves he can also write from a mom’s point of view. The reader will feel every bit of a mom’s anguish when Jennifer here’s her son’s anguished words: “It wasn’t me” followed…

  • You Are Fatally Invited

    You Are Fatally Invited

    Author: Ande PliegoPublisher: Random House Publishing – BallantineDate Published: February 11, 2025 Six prominent mystery writers are invited to a private island by an anonymous author, J. R. Alastor, whose works are well known even if he isn’t. And each writer is hiding a secret. This book is a wonderful debut by author Ande Pliego. It’s…

  • The Widow’s Lie

    The Widow’s Lie

    BOOK TOUR Author: Melanie PricePublisher: WendleburyDate Published: December 26, 2024 I discovered this author a year ago, and this book reinforces why she will always be an auto-buy for me! If you thought it was just the widow lying, you would be…wrong! Everyone in this book seems to be hiding something. The irony is that Jacqueline…

  • Horrible Husbands

    Horrible Husbands

    Author: Jessica HuntleyPublisher: Joffe BooksDate Publishing: January 23, 2025 This book was like a runaway train… clickety-clack… clickety-clack… clickety-clack, clickety-clack, clickety-clack, clickety-clack….until it goes off the rails! But then we find it didn’t go off the rails, it just took a detour on a totally different track, and then, man! What a bumpy ride it was.…

  • The Perfect Home

    The Perfect Home

    Author: Daniel KenitzPublisher: ScribnerDate Published: January 14, 2025 As someone who grew up on the OG fixer-upper shows and loves the dynamics of the couples on those HGTV reality shows who buy/sell/fix/flip homes, this book really struck a chord! You know them – the shows with magazine-quality curated cushions, fixtures, knick-knacks, and unlimited budgets. Those shows…

  • The Business Trip

    The Business Trip

    Author: Jessie GarciaPublisher: St. Martin’s PressDate Published: January 14, 2025 The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia Holy cow! This is a debut author? Bravo!! I really wish I could reveal spoilers, because I feel like I need to talk about parts of this book in more detail. But let’s just start with the idea of meeting…

  • Lie Like the Devil

    Lie Like the Devil

    Author: Birgitte MargenPublisher: IndieDate Published: August 22, 2024 The word that kept coming to mind while I was reading Lie Like the Devil was “intelligent”. The author has done her research to create a well-plotted fictionalized thriller/police procedural based on the real history of the Puritans and their beliefs based on scripture from the Geneva Bible…

  • The Perfect Couple

    The Perfect Couple

    Author: Ruth WarePublisher: Gallery BooksDate Published: May 21, 2024 This book was written by one of my favorite authors and included one of my favorite tropes – a locked room mystery. So of course I was going to love it! Five couples join a reality TV show, The Perfect Couple. Half of the participants aren’t sure…