Category Archives: Review

Review: The Returned by Jason Mott

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Harlequin MIRA (August 27, 2013) ISBN-10: 0778315339 Source: Publisher In 1966, Harold and Lucille Hargrave’s son died at his eighth birthday party. Now in their seventies, their lives have resumed without him, filled with loss and … Continue reading

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Review: Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense by Sarah Weinman

Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Penguin Books (August 27, 2013) ISBN-10: 0143122541 Source: Publisher We’re all familiar with modern bestselling crime fiction authors like Gillian Flynn and Tana French, but before them were a host of trailblazing women writers who paved … Continue reading

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Review: Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Hardcover: 624 pages Publisher: Random House (August 20, 2013) ISBN-10: 140006788X Source: Publisher “I love to put my characters in the dark. It’s only then that I can see exactly who they are.” Scott McGrath is an investigative journalist who … Continue reading

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Frightful Friday: Human Remains by Elizabeth Haynes

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. The featured title this week is Human Remains by Elizabeth Haynes: Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (August 20, … Continue reading

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Review: Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain

Series: Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell (Book 6) Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (August 13, 2013) ISBN-10: 0312619812 Source: Personal copy *Note: This title is the sixth book in a series. There may be spoilers listed … Continue reading

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Review: Son of a Gun by Justin St. Germain

Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Random House (August 13, 2013) ISBN-10: 1400068622 Source: Publisher In September of 2001, when the mother of twenty-year-old Justin St. Germain is murdered at the hands of her fifth husband in Tombstone, AZ, it is written … Continue reading

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Frightful Friday: Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week.  The featured title this week is Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet: Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Crown (August 6, 2013) … Continue reading

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Review: Multiple Exposure: A Sophie Medina Mystery by Ellen Crosby

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Scribner (August 6, 2013) ISBN-10: 1451659288 Source: Publisher Photojournalist Sophie Medina has just returned to London after an assignment to find her husband missing.  A geologist and undercover CIA operative, Nick’s disappearance opens up a host … Continue reading

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Frightful Friday: The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. The featured title this week is The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood: Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint … Continue reading

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Review: A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay

Hardcover: 512 pages Publisher: NAL Hardcover (August 6, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451414187 Source: Publisher Two months ago Cal Weaver’s teenage son, Scott, died in a tragic accident. The grief Cal and his wife, Donna, have endured is forcing them apart. His … Continue reading

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