Category Archives: Mystery/Suspense

Review: Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Harper; First Edition edition (June 14, 2011) ISBN-10: 0062060554 Source: Publisher Due to a horrible accident several years in the past, Christine now suffers from two types of amnesia. One prevents her from recalling the instance … Continue reading →

Posted in Harper Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller | 10 Comments

Review: The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult (June 9, 2011) ISBN-10: 052595211X Source: Publisher   A man wakes up, naked and cold, on a isolated beach.  He doesn’t recall why he is there or how he got there.  Actually, he remembers … Continue reading →

Posted in Dutton, Mystery/Suspense, Penguin, Review, Thriller | 9 Comments

Frightful Friday: The Ridge by Michael Koryta

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s Frightful Friday selection is The Ridge by Michael … Continue reading →

Posted in Frightful Friday, Little, Brown & Company, Mystery/Suspense, Paranormal Fiction, Review, Thriller | 11 Comments

Review: The Beach Trees by Karen White

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: NAL Trade; 1 edition (May 3, 2011) ISBN-10: 9780451233073 Source: Publisher When Julie was just twelve years old, her sister disappeared, never to be found.  Her once perfect family started to crumble.  Her mother became obsessed … Continue reading →

Posted in General Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, NAL, Penguin, Review, Women's Fiction | 14 Comments

Review: Come and Find Me by Hallie Ephron

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (March 22, 2011) ISBN-10: 0061857521 Source: Publisher In the two years since her husband’s death in a climbing accident, computer security expert Diana Banks has become a bit of a recluse, holed … Continue reading →

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Review: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (May 17, 2011) ISBN-10: 0060594675 Source: Publisher “M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, humpback, humback, I”  -How southern children are taught to spell Mississippi   Twenty-five … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Harper Perennial, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 15 Comments

Review: A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Mulholland Books (May 12, 2011) ISBN-10: 0316127337 Source: Publisher   Matthew Scudder is sitting at a bar, nursing a club soda, reflecting back on a case he worked nearly twenty-five years ago… Recently forced out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Mulholland Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 6 Comments

Frightful Friday: They’re Watching by Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Frightful Friday, Mystery/Suspense, Review, St. Martin's Press, Thriller | 4 Comments

Review: The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Bantam; First Edition edition (March 22, 2011) ISBN-10: 0553807226 Source: Publisher Willa Jackson returns to the small southern town of Walls of Water, North Carolina eight years ago when her father passed away.  Growing up, she … Continue reading →

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Review: The Violets of March by Sarah Jio

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Plume (April 26, 2011) ISBN-10: 9780452297036 Source: Publisher   At one point in her life, Emily Wilson had everything she wanted: a bestselling novel, a handsome and wonderful husband, a bright outlook on her future.  Ten … Continue reading →

Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Plume, Review, Women's Fiction | 17 Comments