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We Were Never Friends

Author: Kaira RoudaPublisher: Poisoned Pen PressPublished: February 3, 2026 This author’s books are ones I go to when I’ve just come off a series of hard-hitting thrillers or horror books, or a deeply moving nonfiction book. Her writing is just fun, soap opera, housewives of (locality) material. Not a lot for the reader to think about.…
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All Eyes on Him

Author: Illiana XanderPublisher: Poisoned Pen PressPublished: December 2, 2025 I read thrillers, so I’m used to suspending disbelief, but there were so many coincidences and unbelievable scenarios in this book that it almost made me quit reading. But I stuck with it and I’m glad I did! Once it got going, I couldn’t put it down.…
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Breathe In, Bleed Out

Author: Brian McAuleyPublisher: Poisoned Pen PressPublished: September 2, 2025 I’m relatively new to the horror genre, and I didn’t think I’d like slashers, but there was something about this book that allowed me to peek through my fingers at the gruesome goriness! Cult like atmosphere? Check! Mysterious guru and creepy accomplice? Check! Remote setting? Check!…
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6:40 to Montreal

Author: Eva JurczykPublisher: Poisoned Pen PressTo Be Published: October 28, 2025 While this book could have almost devolved into the black comedy humor of Weekend at Bernie’s, it actually unfolds as a macabre sequence of events that occur after Agatha is encouraged by her husband to take a train from Toronto to Montreal as a way…
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This Girl’s a Killer

COVER REVEAL Author: Emma C. WellsPublisher: Poisoned Pen PressDate to be Published: September 10 2024 Ask Cordelia Black why she did it. The answer will always be: He had it coming. Legally Blonde grows up and gets a murder-y Dexter alter-ego in this laugh-out-loud, riveting debut thriller about Cordelia Black—a best friend, an astute businesswoman, and, in her spare…
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The Inmate

Author: Freida McFaddenPublisher: Poisoned Pen PressDate Published: March 5, 2024 (First published June 13, 2022) Whelp, I almost pulled an all-nighter to finish this book in one day. 2 a.m. people! That’s how invested I was in this book! Freida McFadden, your writing is so twisted – in a good way, lol! The book alternates…