Two hundred years' worth of killing. A town reliving a past it can't change, paying the price year after year. An eye for an eye. Published: March 6, 2018 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: 310 (Hardcover) Series: N/A - Standalone "Once a Swan sister has whispered in your ear, promised the touch of her … Continue reading Review: The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
Mystery
Review: In the Woods by Tana French
What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this-two things: I crave truth. And I lie. Published: May 17, 2007 Publisher: Viking Pages: 429 (Paperback) Series: Dublin Murder Squad #1 This case was too full of skewed, slippery parallels, and I couldn't shake the uneasy sense that they were somehow … Continue reading Review: In the Woods by Tana French
Review: The Garden Plot by Marty Wingate
"It seems all the important finds are accidents." Series: Potting Shed Mystery #1 Published: May 6 2014 Publisher: Alibi Pages: 267 (Kindle) And she desperately wanted something permanent; she wanted to fit into this new life she had chosen. Pru Parke always dreamed of living in England. And after the Dallas native follows … Continue reading Review: The Garden Plot by Marty Wingate
Review: The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
Isa Wilde thought she left Salten House, and the things that happened there, far behind her. She's a mom, a lawyer, and over a decade older than when she last left. Then, she gets a late night text sends her running right back to the place she said she'd never return, three little words that … Continue reading Review: The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
ARC Review: The Spook in the Stacks by Eva Gates
It's Halloween and celebrations are in full swing at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library. The book club is reading Sleepy Hollow, multiple ghost talks are scheduled, cardboard gravestones abound, oh, and there's a real dead body in the rare books room. Looks like librarian Lucy Richardson is back on a case! Published: June 12th, 2018 Publisher: Crooked … Continue reading ARC Review: The Spook in the Stacks by Eva Gates
Review: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
The psychic detectives of Lockwood & Co. are on a routine case when the unthinkable happens; the ghost is much stronger than they could have ever imagined. In the aftermath of that night, several old mysteries come to light, and it's up to Lucy, George, and Lockwood to uncover the answers or they might join … Continue reading Review: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
ARC Review: Denise Grover Swank’s ‘Blazing Summer’
After the crazy success that was the first season of Darling Investigations, Summer and her crew are back in Sweet Briar to film season two. Summer is worried about landing a big case for the season, but a string of fires, a murder, and Dixie's haunting past might make season two an even bigger … Continue reading ARC Review: Denise Grover Swank’s ‘Blazing Summer’
Elsie Chapman’s ‘Along the Indigo’ Reivew
Marsden Eldridge wants nothing more than to lie low and save enough money to get her and her little sister, Wynn, away from their small, dead-end town. But when Jude Ambrose asks for Marsden's help, they'll both get answers to questions they didn't know they had. Published: Expected March 20th, 2018 Publisher: Amulet … Continue reading Elsie Chapman’s ‘Along the Indigo’ Reivew
Ann Purser’s ‘The Hangman’s Row Enquiry’ Reivew
Just when Ms. Ivy Beasley had become accustomed to her new life at an assisted living facility, a stranger moves to town, a murder takes place, and she becomes an amateur PI on the case. Maybe life at a retirement home doesn't have to be so boring. Published: May 4th, 2010 Publisher: Berkley Mystery … Continue reading Ann Purser’s ‘The Hangman’s Row Enquiry’ Reivew
J.P. Delaney’s ‘The Girl Before’ Review
After moving into a gorgeous house, Jane learns that the previous tenant, a woman named Emma, died in the home. Soon Jane starts to notice striking similarities between herself and the girl before, and makes it a point to figure out what really happened to her. Published: January 24th, 2017 Publisher: Ballantine Books … Continue reading J.P. Delaney’s ‘The Girl Before’ Review
