Category Archives: Review

Review: Crazy Love You by Lisa Unger

New and loyal readers alike are certain to be thrilled with this phenomenal thriller. It mixes two of my favorite genres, thriller and horror, into one perfectly constructed, absolutely chilling package. At this point in her writing career, no one … Continue reading

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Review: The Damned by Andrew Pyper

I discovered Pyper’s work last year when I listened to the audiobook production of his novel, The Demonologist. I became an instant fan; Pyper’s talent for creating dark and richly terrifying reading experience makes him one of the horror writing greats, … Continue reading

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Review: One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis

One Step Too Far is, without a doubt, an intricately plotted thriller. Readers, through flashbacks to her past, learns about the woman behind Emily. An identical twin, she never really connected with her sister, Caroline.  Their battles raged on long before … Continue reading

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Review: Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 20, 2015) ISBN: 9781476755670 Source: Publisher When Otto awakens one morning, he finds the following note from Etta, his eighty-three year old wife: I’ve gone. I’ve never seen the water, so I’ve gone … Continue reading

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Review: The Resurrection of Tess Blessing by Lesley Kagen

Paperback: 386 pages Publisher: SparkPress (a BookSparks imprint); 1 edition (December 9, 2014) ISBN-13: 978-1940716558 Source: Publisher When forty-nine year old Tess is diagnosed with breast cancer, she instantly assumes the worst.  Convinced her death is imminent, she creates a to-do … Continue reading

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Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

  Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (January 13, 2015) ISBN: 9781594633669 Source: Publisher Rachel is an alcoholic. Despite having lost her job due to her condition, she continues to ride the same commuter train each morning and evening. Afraid for … Continue reading

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Review: A Second Bite at the Apple by Dana Bate

Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Kensington (November 25, 2014) ISBN: 9781617732607 Source: Publisher Sydney Strauss always had a passion for writing about food.  As of late, rather than pursuing her passion she’s been working for an early morning television show. When the station … Continue reading

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Review: Things Half in Shadow by Alan Finn

Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Gallery Books (December 30, 2014) ISBN: 978147676172 Source: Publisher When Edward Clark was but ten years old, he witnessed the death of his mother at the hands of his father, the great magician Magellan Holmes.  Since that horrific … Continue reading

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Review: Save Me by Kristyn Kusek Lewis

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing: December 30, 2014 ISBN: 9781455572236 Source: Publisher Daphne Mitchell has the idyllic life: a dream job as a doctor, married to her childhood sweetheart, Owen and living in a farmhouse they … Continue reading

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Review: Woman with a Gun by Phillip Margolin

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Harper; 1St Edition edition (December 2, 2014) ISBN: 9780062266521 Source: Publisher Stacey Kim saw the photograph at an art museum in New York City.  She’s immediately fascinated by the image:  a black and white photo of a … Continue reading

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